Advisory:It is advised that students be able to engage in written composition at a college level and read college-level texts.
Transfers to:CSU

This course provides first responders and students with foundational knowledge about homeland security. The course takes up theories about and the history of homeland and national security, and includes discussions about the policies, organizational relationships, and legal issues in an American context from federal, state, and local municipal government perspectives.

Advisory:It is advised that students be able to engage in college composition written at a college level and read college-level texts.
Transfers to:CSU

This course is an introduction to mitigation—one of the four core phases of emergency management. The course covers the hazard planning process to assist students in mitigating or eliminating hazards from an all-hazard approach to emergency management. Students also learn about the national framework used in the public-private sector of the homeland security enterprise, including governmental agencies and regulatory and legal sources responsible for hazard mitigation. Students apply concepts learned in the course to risk assessments and in developing strategies and plans at local, state, national, and international levels.

Advisory:It is advised that students be able to engage in college composition written at a college level and read college-level texts.
Transfers to:CSU

This course is for students who want to know about emergency planning and response. The course covers this subject using the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the Incident Command System (ICS) as part of the National Response Framework (NRF). Students learn about national responses to all types of disasters and emergencies in the United States; and how the NRF’s flexibility is used in the public-private sector of the homeland security enterprise, including governmental agencies and regulatory and legal sources responsible for hazard mitigation. Students apply concepts learned in the course to risk assessments and in developing strategies and plans at local, state, national, and international levels.

Advisory:It is advised that students be able to engage in written composition at a college level and read college-level texts.
Transfers to:CSU

This course provides the student with an overview of the policies, strategies, and practical application of critical infrastructure security and resilience from an all-hazards perspective. Students will explore the contemporary risk environment and examine the challenges and opportunities associated with the following: public-private partnerships; information-sharing; risk analysis and prioritization; risk mitigation and management; performance measurement; incident management; and addressing future risks.

Advisory:It is advised that students be able to engage in college composition written at a college level and read college-level texts.
Transfers to:CSU

This course provides students with the foundational knowledge that pertains to first responded responsibilities and emergency management. Topics include policies, organizational relationships, and legal issues from United States federal, state, and local municipal government perspectives.

Advisory:It is advised that students be able to engage in college composition written at a college level and read college-level texts.
Transfers to:UC, CSU

This course provides students with an overview of domestic and global issues related to terrorism and violence in society. The course includes an analysis of terrorism and violent extremism as an aggressive alternative to peaceful change and traditional warfare in the modern age. From domestic and international levels of analysis, students also investigate the role economic, political, and social factors play in determining patterns of terrorist activity, homegrown terrorism, and violent extremism.

Advisory:It is advised that students be able to engage in written composition at a college level and read college-level texts.
Transfers to:CSU

This course provides the student with an in-depth overview of the issues related to the leadership, policies and practices of homeland security in America and abroad. This course provides for the critical examination of the challenges facing the nation and the homeland security enterprise through detailed investigation of selected case studies from a leadership perspective. Students will analyze significant issues of homeland security from social, political, economic and cultural perspectives facing the nation. This course adds to the Homeland Security program with an in-depth study of the policies and practices affecting homeland security.

Advisory:It is advised that students be able to engage in written composition at a college level and read college-level texts.
Transfers to:CSU

This course provides the student with an overview of the domestic and global issues related to the policies and practices of cybersecurity in America. This course includes an analysis of the history of the internet, the technological advances of internet based programs and the security of the cyber domain. Students will also investigate the role economic, political and social factors play in determining how cybersecurity will play a significant role in society from a domestic and international level of analysis.