MS Master of Science in Homeland Security Homeland Security
Overview
Capella's Master's in Homeland Security prepares you to be a leader in this growing field by equipping you with vital skills in homeland security preparedness, mitigation, and management; cross-functional and media communications; infrastructure, cyber, and border security; and threat analysis and resolution. You'll learn from faculty who are leaders in the field, with experience working directly for or with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the National Security Agency (NSA), and other federal, state, local, and tribal agencies. To strengthen the collaboration skills important to managing crisis situations, you'll participate in Capella's cutting- edge simulation, Riverbend City, where you will step into various public service leadership roles. By the end of the program, you will have a professional portfolio that demonstrates your homeland security skills and proves your understanding of the concepts that qualify you to be a leader in the field.
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Degree outcomes
With your Master's in Homeland Security from Capella, you'll coordinate with multiple agencies, foreign, domestic, public, and private, in order to communicate, gather, process and share information. You'll also perform technical or managerial leadership in order to guide, educate, inform, and influence others to accomplish goals, policies, priorities and needs. Discover specifically what you'll learn — and how you can apply it.
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Career outcomes
Common jobs with an online Master's in Homeland Security include asylum officer, border patrol agent, counterterrorism enforcement agent, crisis management consultant, emergency preparedness specialist or coordinator, homeland security agency director, homeland security coordinator or manager, immigration enforcement agent, intelligence analyst, mission support specialist, preparedness and incident management director, prevention and response specialist or screening analyst. Potential workplaces include: corporate security firm, government agency, homeland security agency, law enforcement agency, private security firm or nonprofit organization.
Capella also provides you the opportunity to delve deeper into a specific knowledge area by earning a program concentration that will be included on your transcript and can enhance your career opportunities.
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Earn credit for what you already know
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