Graduate Certificate program in Homeland Security at Texas A & M University-Commerce

Broaden your knowledge of relevant land security policies and procedures at the local, state and federal government level.

Learn the fundamentals of land security by earning your graduate certificate at A M-Commerce. Offered fully online, our 12-hour program is designed for professionals outside the traditional criminal justice fields. Our certificate equips you with the knowledge and critical thinking skills to understand security challenges within the United States. You can earn your certificate in as little as a year. Each course is five weeks in length, letting you learn at an accelerated pace.

This course will provide a theoretical and empirical explanation of terrorism. It will identify various forms and typologies of terrorist activities, their consequences and preventive measures, particularly those that are relevant to the criminal justice system in the United States.

An introduction to various aspects of terrorism and land security as both affect the United States today. To understand what is going on currently we will examine the historical context of terrorism, national security, emergency management and civil liberties.

This course will introduce the students to the concept of counterintelligence (CI) and its importance in the U.S. today. This course will examine various aspects of CI including what is CI, CI operations (both offensive and defensive), case studies, and CI in the age of the internet.

Red teaming is the process of viewing a problem from the perspective of an adversary or competitor in order to serve as a complement to security, vulnerability, risk and strategy assessments. This course will provide students with experience in thinking like an adversary, while also examining the principals, goals, challenges and constraints of red teaming.

After you application, the Graduate School will send a confirmation email within two business days to the personal email account you used for ApplyTexas.

After you application, you may be granted provisional status, which means you can enroll in one semester of courses. You will not be eligible for financial aid until you submit all of your documents and are accepted into the program.

We recommend that you request transcripts for all of your academic work.

All international transcripts must be evaluated and the evaluation submitted to the Graduate School.

Rebecca StevensGraduate Student Services Coordinator: College of Business, College of Humanities Social Sciences and Arts, and Non-Degree.

Apply for scholarships and graduate assistantships once you are admitted.

land Security Graduate Certificate:: International Students Application section.

Earn a 3.0 GPA on all required coursework (No course substitutions may be applied on graduate certificates).

Submit a Completion of Certificate Request while taking your final graduate certificate courses.

Upon completion of the certificate program, courses will count towards a Master of Science in Applied Criminology (MSAC), and newly declared graduate students can lock in their tuition rates for two years.