Homeland Security Leadership

The Center for Continuing Studies,
in partnership with the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, California, is offering a Master of Professional Studies degree with a Homeland Security Leadership concentration (MPS HSL).

The MPS HSL is a part-time, online degree program, designed to meet the professional development needs of individuals who have experience in law enforcement, emergency management, corporate security, transportation security, fire service, public safety, public health preparedness, and the military.

The Master of Professional Studies in Homeland Security Leadership is offered to cohorts of 15-20 students in a blended learning format. Based on a network learning model developed by NPS, courses are delivered online through HuskyCT and are supported by a series of residential immersion sessions. This format allows students to work on individual and team problems online asynchronously during the semester, and also have the opportunity to engage each other and the faculty via face-to-face discussions during residencies. The four-week residential immersion component will be conducted at various intervals over the two-year program, allowing the program to attract participants from around the world.

The Master of Professional Studies in Homeland Security Leadership is a cohort-based program.

• As such, 15-20 students are admitted each fall semester, and must follow a prescribed course of study throughout the two-year program; applicable courses must be taken as scheduled for the cohort. See Class Schedule details below.
• Additionally, graduate students are not allowed to take courses on a pass/fail basis, nor can courses be taken one at a time. Apart from the final Capstone Project, two courses must be taken each semester.
• At the present time, the courses are only open to students who are matriculated in the Homeland Security field of study.

Students in this degree program will develop competencies and knowledge relating to:

• Homeland Security Strategy and Policy Development
• National Security Issues in Terrorism
• Critical Infrastructure Protection
• Strategic Intelligence
• Developing Technologies in Homeland Security
• Performance Management and Leadership
• Managing Organizational Change

Toward the end of the program, students have an opportunity to develop subject matter expertise in a particular area of homeland security through elective choices and the completion of their Capstone Project.

Unless otherwise stated, all courses follow APA format, and students are expected to familiarize themselves with the standards outlined by the American Psychological Association (APA).

To apply for admission to this part-time Master's program, please review our admission information, and apply through the University's Graduate School web site at www.grad.uconn.edu.

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To view course syllabi, please click on the course links below.

Required Core MPS Courses: (9 credits)

• Organizational Behavior MGMT 5637
• Program Evaluation GPPS 5347
• Quantitative Analysis GPPS 5357

Required Core HSL Courses: (15 credits)

• Introduction to Homeland Security HSL 5310
• Terrorism and Homeland Security HSL 5311
• Intelligence for Homeland Security: Organizational & Policy Challenges HSL 5312
• Critical Infrastructure Protection in Homeland Security
  HSL 5313
• Contemporary Issues in Homeland Security HSL 5315

Electives (6 credits)

• Seminar of Complex Humanitarian Emergencies HSA 5302
• Issues in Humanitarian Studies HSA 5312
• Managing Organizational Change MGMT 5223
• Global Enterprise Risk Management GPPS 5301
• Project Management GPPS 5301

MPS Capstone Project GPPS 5397: (6 credits)

Towards the end of the MPS program, students will select, with faculty approval, a topic for a major project that demonstrates the student’s ability to define, analyze, evaluate, and identify strategic solutions to deal with a major issue, problem, or opportunity within the field of study.

• Capstone Projects may include job-related field projects, integrative analyses of professional literature and published research, original research projects, and comprehensive project proposals for adoption by third parties.
• In all cases, the Capstone Project should reflect the development of subject matter expertise in a particular area of Homeland Security, the ability to develop an integrative and systemic analysis of a particular problem, and the ability to identify appropriate solutions and recommendations.
• A completed paper and a formal presentation before the students' faculty committee constitute completion of the capstone experience.

MPS HSL Residency

The MPS HSL program requires students to complete four professional residencies, during the course of the two-year program. At the end of the program, each student must present their Capstone Project to committee members in Storrs, Connecticut, USA. See current schedule below for actual dates.

CLASS SCHEDULES

Cohort 3, Admitted Fall 2006 (Current schedule of courses)

Course Title

Fall 2006 (8/28/06-12/8/06)

Residential Session 1 (9/10/06-9/16/06 - 1 week)

Introduction to Homeland Security

Terrorism and Homeland Security

Spring 2007 (1/16/07-4/27/07)

Residential Session 2 (1/21/07-1/27/07 - 1 week)

Risk Management: Critical Infrastructure Protection Strategies

Intelligence for Homeland Security: Organizational and Policy Challenges

Summer 2007 (Online Session) (5/29/07-8/17/07)

Quantitative Analysis (Research/Policy)

Program Evaluation (Strategic Planning/Evaluation)

Fall 2007 (8/27/07-12/7/07)

Residential Session 3 (9/9/07-9/15/07 - 1 week)

Contemporary Issues in Homeland Security

Organizational Behavior

Spring 2008 (Online Session) (1/22/08-5/2/08)

Elective 1

Capstone Project (3 credits)

Summer 2008

Elective 2

Capstone Project (3 credits)

Residential Session 4: Capstone Project Presentation and Graduation, August 2008 (2 days - 8/11/08-8/12/08)

Cohort 4, Admitted Fall 2008 (Current schedule of courses)

Course Title

Fall 2008 (8/25/08-12/5/08)

Residential Session 1 (9/7/08-9/12/08 - 1 week)

Introduction to Homeland Security

Terrorism and Homeland Security

Spring 2009 (1/20/09-5/4/09)

Residential Session 2 (1/25/09-1/30/09 - 1 week)

Quantitative Analysis (Research/Policy)

Intelligence for Homeland Security: Organizational and Policy Challenges

Summer 2009 (Online Session) (6/1/09 - 8/21/09)

Program Evaluation (Strategic Planning/Evaluation) - SS I

Critical Infrastructure Protection in Homeland Security - SS II

Fall 2009 (8/31/09-12/11/09)

Residential Session 3 (9/13/09-9/18/09 - 1 week)

Contemporary Issues in Homeland Security

Organizational Behavior

Spring 2010 (Online Session) (1/19/10-4/30/10)

Elective 1 - Global Enterprise Risk Management

Capstone Project (3 credits)

Summer 2010 (TBD)

Elective 2 - Project Management

Capstone Project (3 credits)

Residential Session 4: Capstone Project Presentation and Conferral Dinner, August 2010 (2 days - 8/2/2010 & 8/3/2010)

Cohort 5, Admitted Fall 2009 (Current schedule of courses)

Course Title

Fall 2009 (8/31/09-12/19/09)

Residential Session 1 (9/13/09-9/18/09 - 1 week)

Introduction to Homeland Security

Organizational Behavior

Spring 2010 (1/19/10-5/8/10)

Residential Session 2 (1/24/10-1/29/10 - 1 week)

Intelligence for Homeland Security: Organizational and Policy Challenges

Quantitative Analysis

Summer 2010 (Online Session) (TBD)

Terrorism and Homeland Security - SS1

Program Evaluation (Strategic Planning/Evaluation) - SS2

Fall 2010 (8/30/10-12/18/10)

Residential Session 3 (9/12/10-9/17/10 - 1 week)

Critical Infrastructure Protection in Homeland Security

Contemporary Issues in Homeland Security

Spring 2011 (Online Session) (1/8/11-5/7/11)

Elective 1

Capstone Project (3 credits)

Summer 2011 (TBD)

Elective 2

Capstone Project (3 credits)

Residential Session 4: Capstone Project Presentation and Conferral Dinner, August 2011 (2 days - TBD)

Fees
Approximate cost of this two-year program is $21,000. Additional costs will be incurred during the residential portion of the program.

For more information on the Homeland Security Leadership Program please contact:

Donna Lee Campbell
donna.campbell@uconn.edu
860-486-0184