Pro Tip
Still unsure if a degree in homeland security is your calling? Take the career test
Homeland Security is a degree category that consists of the following common degrees:
- Read more about Homeland Security
Homeland security degree programs prepare students to work in the areas of intelligence, counter-terrorism, border security, and emergency management.
The typical curriculum addresses topics like these:
• Developing safety awareness
• Jobs and roles in the homeland security field
• Disaster preparedness and response
• Emergency services
• Emergency exercises
• Understanding terrorism – domestic and international threats
• Crisis communication and public awareness
• Ensuring national security while protecting Constitutional freedoms
• Intelligence methods and guarding national secrets
• Assessing perceived threats posed by terrorist organizations and world events
• Countering the use of a biological weapon
• Using the media to gain control of an emergency situation