O'Neill School Of Public and Environmental Affairs
Graduate
Certificate Programs
Homeland Security and Emergency Management
The Certificate in Homeland Security and Emergency Management is a 15-credit-hour program of study. The certificate program is flexible enough to be adapted to the needs of pre-career and in-service individuals. Graduate students in other disciplines can use the program to supplement their primary fields with course work in homeland security and emergency management, possibly using the certificate courses as part of a doctoral or master's degree minor. Career employees of public and private sector agencies seeking courses in homeland security and emergency management, especially those changing from professional or technical roles to managerial roles, should find the certificate program beneficial.
Admission Eligibility
The student must have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university to apply.
Application
An online application and information may be obtained from the Web site here. Students should apply to the O'Neill admissions office on the IU Indianapolis campus. Students must pay a nonrefundable application fee.
Program Restrictions
- Students enrolled in a certificate program must complete 15 credit hours of approved O'Neill course work with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 (B). Failure to do so may result in dismissal from the certificate program.
- Transfer credit, course substitutions, or course waivers are not accepted for meeting certificate requirements.
- Students admitted to O'Neill's MSCJPS graduate degree program are not eligible for admission to the HSEM certificate program or eligible for the awarding of the certificate.
- Admission to or successful completion of a certificate program does not guarantee subsequent admission to an O'Neill graduate degree program.
- Students enrolled in the certificate program who apply to O'Neill’s graduate programs must meet all existing admission requirements. If a student has a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or better at the completion of the certificate, the student can request a waiver of the GRE requirement in applying to the MPA or the MSCJPS.
Certificate Requirements (15 credit hours)
Required Courses (9 credit hours)
- SPEA-J 524 Emergency Management (3 cr.)
- SPEA-J 528 Risk Analysis for Public Safety (3 cr.)
- SPEA-J 531 National and Homeland Security in America (3 cr.)
Electives (6 credit hours)
Two additional O'Neill graduate courses that cannot include independent research studies, readings, or internship classes.
- SPEA-J 520 Mapping and Analysis for Public Safety (3 cr.)
- SPEA-J 586 Public Safety in America (3 cr.)
- SPEA-J 682 Planning and Management for Criminal Justice and Public Safety (3 cr.)
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this certificate program, students will:
- Manage and lead individuals and organizations with an understanding of the ethical underpinnings and professional standards of criminal justice and public safety agencies.
- Communicate effectively and interact productively within a complex and diverse criminal justice or public safety environment.
- Identify public safety risks using various risk analysis tools, and describe ways to plan, prepare, manage, and mitigate natural and human made risks.
- Critically discuss criminal justice and public safety system actors, agencies, and processes, describe the underlying operations of police, emergency management, courts, and corrections agencies, and identify the major policy issues in criminal justice and public safety systems.
- Define and describe homeland security, how federal state and local agencies work to maintain homeland security, and how it relates to public safety, in theory and in practice.
- Describe the elements of effective leadership before, during, and after major public safety events.
