10 courses with the subject HSM, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
This course is an introduction to the principles of private security, including the history and role of private security, threat assessment and security survey, and principles of physical security, including personnel security and functional area security systems. Terms Offered: As needed
This course will provide an introduction to homeland security management, the protection of U.S. territory, sovereignty, domestic population, and critical infrastructure against external threats and aggression, and its role in society. Students will receive an overview of the roles and duties of various Federal, Tribal, State and local agencies in maintaining homeland security, as well as the relationship between homeland security and private security. The course also explores threats from terrorism and weapons of mass destruction and provides an overview of emergency management. Terms Offered: As needed
This course is an introductory study of crime and intelligence analysis, including the roles and duties of the analyst and the collection, analysis, and dissemination of information. Several common analytic techniques will be examined. Practical analytical assignments in both crime and intelligence analysis are covered. Terms Offered: As needed
This course is a study of emergency management to include the history and role of emergency management in the United States as part of homeland security. Response to natural disaster, terrorism, and other incidents will be explored, as well as the Incident Command system and interaction of all public safety organizations. The course will also cover emergency management to include the National 203
This course provides an overview of the threat to the business community from espionage and counterintelligence operations. It also covers legal issues such as the Espionage Act and the U.S. NISPOM regulations for the protection of classified information. The development of a business counterintelligence program will also be covered. Terms Offered: As needed
Environmental security examines threats posed by environmental events and trends to individuals, communities or nations. It may focus on the impact of human conflict and international relations on the environment, or on how environmental problems cross state borders. Environmental security is environmental viability for life support, with three sub-elements: • Preventing or repairing military damage to the environment. • Preventing or responding to environmentally caused conflicts, and • Protecting the environment due to its inherent moral value. It considers the abilities of individuals, communities or nations to cope with environmental risks, changes or conflicts, or limited natural resources. For example, climate change can be viewed a threat to environmental security. Human activity impacts CO2 emissions, impacting regional and global climatic and environmental changes and thus changes in agricultural output. This can lead to food shortages that will then cause political debate, ethnic tension, and civil unrest. Terms Offered: As needed
This course is a study in crime and intelligence analysis, including the role and duties of the analyst, the collection, analysis, and dissemination of information, and the laws pertaining thereto. Emphasis will be placed on the criminal intelligence analyst, however, practical analytical assignments in crime and intelligence analysis will be covered. Terms Offered: As needed
This course will analyze the history and many dimensions of national security before and after 9/11. It will also provide a comprehensive and interdisciplinary critique of the concepts of threats and responses and explore the nature of various threats. The course will compare and contrast how to conduct threat assessment using the concept of threats using the included practical risk assessment tool for emergency managers. It will also look at assessing and defending against cyber-terrorism and cyber-warfare to include how information can be used as a weapon. Terms Offered: As needed
Disasters and emergencies challenge people and their governments. Burned into American psyche is how government officials performed after 9/11 terror attacks of 2001 and response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster in New Orleans in 2005. Rather than look at disasters and the response to them as unexpected events, this course will attempt to show that the response to these events is determined by public policy and analysis, organizational management, and leadership. The book is thematic, intended to guide students through a wealth of material by employing a simple analytical framework and set of 204
This course is an advanced study in the field of intelligence analysis, including applications in data mining as an analytical tool to predict crime trends, emerging security threats and statistical analysis of crime trends. Specialty topics, such as foreign and domestic security threats, anti-terrorism, and counter-intelligence will be featured. Previously learned analytic techniques and skills will be applied in case studies and research projects. Analytic methods using open sources of information will be featured. Terms Offered: As needed Hotel & Restaurant Management
Source: Central Penn College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
