Homeland Security Specialist

This program is designed to prepare successful participants to work in various Homeland Security agencies at a local, state, or federal level. Specifically for those learners whose career-focus is in counterterrorism, counterintelligence, national security or government security, this program is a great way to examine new and different subject areas within this growing field. The program provides an overview of the elements involved in the homeland security function, as well as the challenges critical, infrastructure managers in government and industry can/will face.

This online program is taught by Condensed Curriculum International, an educational partner working with the University of Arkansas.

Course Outcomes

This course covers:

• The Shifting Definition of Terrorism
• Practical Criminology, Radicalization, and Types of Terrorism
• Terrorist Financing and Money Laundering
• Terrorism and the Media
• Force Multipliers, Gender Roles, and Tactics
• Long-Term Separatist Terrorism
• Nationalistic and Endemic Terrorism
• Background to the Middle East
• Terrorism in Israel and Palestine
• Revolutionary and Counterrevolutionary Terrorism
• Jihadist Networks
• Domestic Terrorism
• An Introduction to Homeland Security
• Organizing for Homeland Security
• Homeland Security and Constitutional Issues
• Law Enforcement, Homeland Security, and the Future

Certification

Homeland Security Specialist is not a state-regulated profession in the state of Arkansas. Law Enforcement Officers and Private Security Officers are licensed, regulated professions at the state level. This course does not prepare learners to become certified law enforcement or private security officers.

This course prepares learners to take an exam for a certification which can assist in gaining an entry-level position.

Prior Learning

This professional skills training course is beginner-friendly, with no prior expertise required. However, to ensure success, students should:

• Be comfortable reading and understanding English, as all materials are provided in English.
• Have basic computer skills, including navigating the internet, downloading/uploading files, installing software, and using applications like Microsoft Word.

These foundational skills will help you engage fully with our primarily online courses.

Optional Volunteer Externship Opportunity

Students who complete this program are eligible to participate in an optional volunteer externship opportunity with a local company/agency/organization whose work aligns with this area of study in order to gain valuable hands-on experience. As students progress through their eLearning program, an Externship Coordinator will reach out to coordinate placement.

Note: Additional documentation including health records, immunizations, drug-screening, criminal background checks, etc. may be required by the externship facility.