Overview

Course Details

Enhance your knowledge of national security and defense, policies, planning, and programs and evaluate current defense tactics with the Homeland Security Postgrad. Cert. at the American Public University.

APU’s online graduate certificate in homeland security covers a wide range of topics including national security threats, weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, intelligence, consequence management, and interagency government-related issues.

The program is intended for graduate students who want to expand their knowledge of homeland security without committing to a degree program, especially those already in the homeland security field or the military.

Key Facts

Predict the need to conduct and/or contract for research related to high probability chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or energetic (CBRNE) events and their consequences in any community of interest
Design and modify homeland security plans and programs at federal, state, and/or local levels
Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of public, private, and military efforts to reduce patterned and non-patterned "warfare" by overt and covert means of both nation states and transnational terrorist groups

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Research Methods in Homeland Security

Homeland Security and Defense

Weapons of Mass Destruction and the New Terrorism

Domestic Terrorism and Extremist Groups

Intelligence and Homeland Security

Homeland Security and the Law

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.

More details

Courses Start Monthly

Language

English

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

18 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Charles Town, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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105

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

All APU graduate programs require you to have earned a minimum of a bachelor’s degree from an institution whose accreditation is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).
Please read all graduate admission requirements before applying to this program and be prepared to submit the required documentation.
If you have a non-U.S. transcript, please view our International Admissions page for more information.
There is no fee to complete the APU admission application.

TOEFL iBT minimum scores required: 24 in Reading, 27 in Writing

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

8190 USD / year

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Out-of-State

8190 USD / year

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Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

8190 USD / year

≈ 8190 USD / year

Additional Details

$290 with Preferred Military Rate

$386.75 with Veteran Grant

$409.50 with APUS Opportunity Grant

Funding

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Additional Details

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