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Keiser University’s Master of Arts degree in Homeland Security provides an intensive study of topics related to protecting the U.S. from threats to Homeland Security. The program fosters independent learning and enables students to contribute intellectually to the areas of homeland security, border patrol and cyber security. Students learn to work in areas such as border patrol, airports, seaports and waterways; research and development of the latest security technologies; responders to natural disasters or terrorist assaults; analysis of intelligence reports, and other timely areas related to homeland security. Graduates demonstrate a conceptual understanding of homeland security and topics related to protecting the U.S. from threats to homeland security and critically analyze and solve problems based on applied research methods.

Program Objectives

Keiser University’s MAHS program enables students to contribute to the homeland security profession and fosters independent learning. Upon completion of this program students are able to:

• Collaborate with community stakeholders to create prevention, deterrence, preemption, defense, and response strategies and systems appropriate to local, regional, national, and international critical incidents and emergencies;
• Make use of technological and scientific research that focuses on the evolution of existing science and technology and/or the development of new science/and technology that contribute to homeland security;
• Evaluate domestic security challenges that face the United States and other industrialized nations;
• Evaluate and propose necessary changes at federal, state, and/or local levels, to reflect the evolving strategic policy issues associated with a statutory and current U.S. governmental direction for homeland security;
• Recognize terrorist groups’ activities in order to forecast the risks, types, and orders of magnitude of terrorist threats most likely to confront the nation-state.
• Define and describe by example the statutory, policy, strategy and legal differences between homeland security and homeland defense.
• Evaluate existing policies, procedures and protocols by DHS and inter-agency community to allow seamless agency integration through prevention, protection, and incident response and recovery scenarios. Validate literal and procedural alignment/compliance with other agencies.
• Explore interdisciplinary perspectives on, and approaches to, homeland security.

Program Outline

To receive a Master of Arts in Homeland Security degree, students must earn 36 graduate semester credit hours. Thirty of the program hours must be completed through Keiser University.

Online study mode is available below campuses: Clearwater, Daytona Beach, Flagship Residential Campus, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Graduate School, Jacksonville, Lakeland, Melbourne, Miami, New Port Richey, Orlando, Patrick Air Force Base, Pembroke Pines, Port St. Lucie, Tallahassee, Tampa, West Palm Beach.

Courses are offered with all options like Face to face, Virtual Remote but Live or Online.