Graduate School of Management & Technology - Programs

Management Program

• Program Description
• Specialization Overview
• Program Objectives
• Program Overview
• Student Profile

Specialization Requirements

• Accounting
• Financial Management
• Health Care Administration
• Homeland Security Management
• Human Resource Management
• Information Systems & Services
• Interdisciplinary Studies in Management
• Marketing
• Nonprofit & Association Management
• Procurement & Contract Management
• Project Management
• Public Relations

Dual Degrees

• Master of Business Administration
• Master of Distance Education

Related Certificates

• Accounting
• Financial Management in Organizations
• Health Care Administration
• Homeland Security Management
• Project Management
• Public Relations
• More

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Homeland Security Management Specialization Description

The Homeland Security Management specialization provides managers and practitioners with the background to prepare for and deal with a wide range of man-made and natural threats and vulnerabilities at the community and organizational level.

The curriculum prepares students to perform security risk assessments and to develop strategies to mitigate threats to people, physical facilities, and information-dependent critical infrastructure, as well to plan for and manage operational recovery.

Courses also explore the evolving roles within various first responder communities regarding pre-event planning and post-event response.

Career Path

The MSM program prepares graduates for a number of entry-, mid-, and high- level positions, as determined by a student’s work experience.

Depending on a student’s background and an employer’s criteria, graduates of the Homeland Security Management specialization may qualify for these positions:

• Enterprise Chief Operation Officers
• Facility and Plant Managers
• Facility Security Officers
• Military Planners
• Federal, State, and Local Government Emergency Planners and Policy Makers
• Law Enforcement, Emergency, and Medical Practitioners and Administrators

Requirements

Recommendations

Students who wish to improve their graduate writing skills may take COMM 600, Academic Writing for Graduate Students (3).

Core Required Courses

UCSP 611 Introduction to Graduate Library Research Skills (0), to be taken within the first 6 credits of study

• MGMT 610 The Manager in a Technological Society (3)
• MGMT 615 Intercultural Communication and Leadership (3)
• MGMT 640 Financial Decision Making for Managers (3)
• MGMT 650 Research Methods for Managers (3)

Capstone Course: MGMT 670 Strategic Management Capstone (3)

Clustered Course Option

MGMT 630 Organizational Theory and Behavior in a Global Environment (6) is a six-credit course. Students who receive credit for MGMT 630 may not receive credit for MGMT 610 or MGMT 615.

Core Rules

1. Students must complete 24 credits, including other core requirements, before enrolling in MGMT 670.
2. MGMT 640 and MGMT 650 should not be completed simultaneously.
3. MGMT 640 is prerequisite to FIN 610 in the Financial Management specialization.

Homeland Security Management (HSMN) Specialization Required Courses

• HSMN 610 Concepts in Homeland Security (3)
• HSMN 620 Physical Security (3)
• HSMN 630 Business Continuity: Disaster Recovery, Planning, and Response (3)
• INFA 660 Security Policy, Ethics, and the Legal Environment (3)
• BSBD 641 Biosecurity and Bioterrorism (3)
• ENER 603 Energy Infrastructure Management (3)

Capstone Course: HSMN 670 Seminar in Homeland Security (3)

Specialization Rules

HSMN 610 must be taken as one of the first two specialization courses.

Note: Some course names and numbers were updated beginning with the fall 2007 semester. If you began the program prior to fall 2007 and have chosen to follow your original, pre-fall 2007 requirements, you should use the pre-fall 2007 Study Plan for this degree.