Bachelor of Science (BS) in Public Safety

School of Undergraduate Studies

Security Management Specialization

Prepare yourself to assume a leadership role in the growing field of private security. Private security professionals are responsible for protecting the vast majority of the nation’s infrastructure, 85 percent of which is privately owned. They are also increasingly recognized as being integral to the central business functions of corporations that must protect their operations against fraud, information and property theft, workplace violence, terrorism, and other security concerns. Capella's Security Management curriculum includes courses covering such topics as leadership; information, operational, commercial, and retail security; executive protection; laws and legal procedures; and security management in a global business environment. A capstone project provides an opportunity to apply and demonstrate your security management skills. People who choose this specialization may include military, public safety, or private security personnel who wish to pursue management positions focused on private security risk management and asset protection.

The National Security Agency and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security have designated Capella University as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education (CAEIAE).

General Education Requirements

To complete your bachelor's degree, you will need 45 quarter credits in general education subject areas with a minimum of 6 quarter credits from each category. We offer general education courses in communication, humanities, natural science and mathematics, and social science.

Residents of Arkansas must complete Arkansas general education requirements.

All credits listed below are quarter credits.

MAT2050 - Statistical Literacy required for Security Management specialization.

Core Courses

• PS3004 - Communication Strategies for the Public Safety Professional - 6 quarter credits
• PS3100 - Introduction to Criminal Justice - 4 quarter credits
• PS3200 - Introduction to Emergency Management - 4 quarter credits
• PS3300 - Principles of Security Management - 4 quarter credits
• PS3400 - Introduction to Homeland Security - 4 quarter credits
• PS3500 - Applied Public Safety Theory - 4 quarter credits
• PS3600 - Principles of Public Safety Investigation - 4 quarter credits
• PS3700 - Justice, Crime, and Ethics - 4 quarter credits
• PS3800 - Applied Public Safety Research Methods - 4 quarter credits
• PS3900 - History of Violence in the U.S. Society - 4 quarter credits
• PS3950 - Introductory Public Safety Statistical Research* - 6 quarter credits

Specialization Courses

• PS4410 - Introduction to Security Management* - 4 quarter credits
• PS4420 - Ethics in Security Management - 4 quarter credits
• PS4430 - Leadership in Security Management - 4 quarter credits
• PS4440 - Technology and Systems in Security Management - 4 quarter credits
• PS4445 - Emerging Practices in Security Management* - 4 quarter credits
• PS4450 - Information Security in Security Management* - 4 quarter credits
• PS4460 - Operational Security - 4 quarter credits
• PS4465 - Commercial and Retail Security* - 4 quarter credits
• PS4468 - Executive Protection* - 4 quarter credits
• PS4470 - Laws and Legal Procedures in Security Management - 4 quarter credits
• PS4480 - Security Management in a Global Business Environment - 4 quarter credits

Elective Courses

• Choose 37 quarter credits of additional undergraduate courses.

Capstone course (to be taken during learner's final quarter)

• PS4990 - Public Safety Senior Capstone Project - 6 quarter credits

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