Homeland Security and Emergency Management

Associate Degree Program

The Homeland Security and Emergency Management Associate Degree provides students with entry-level knowledge and skills in the ever-adjusting field tasked with safeguarding our lives from natural and man-made threats and vulnerabilities.

The program focuses on key strategies related to "all-hazards" planning, mitigation, response and recovery prevention or pre-event planning, mitigation, post-event response, and recovery for crisis events. This program also focuses on the mutual aid efforts between various State and Federal agencies such as law enforcement, military, security and medical before, during and after such events to protect persons, and assets pertaining to finances and physical properties.

The coursework provides students with the knowledge and skills needed for protection, security, law enforcement, and management positions in public, private, local, state, and federal agencies.

Offered at the following campus(es): Dover

What You Can Do

In this program, you will gain the knowledge and skills to prepare you for positions such as:

  • Law Enforcement, Emergency and Medical Responders, Planners or practitioners
  • Federal, State, local and private Emergency Responders and Planners
  • Military and Intelligence personnel
  • Security Officers
  • Facility or plant operators

What You Will Learn

Program Graduate Competencies

The Program Graduate Competencies listed below identify the major learning goals related to your specific program of study and identify the knowledge and skills you will have when you graduate to be successful in your chosen field.

  1. Articulate the roles and responsibilities of key Criminal Justice and Homeland Security agencies and organizations.
  2. Demonstrate "all-hazards" planning, mitigation, response and recovery.
  3. Apply mitigation and crisis intervention strategies used by integrated disaster response teams to diverse citizen populations.
  4. Articulate the psychology and history of domestic and international terrorism.

Core Curriculum Competencies

The Core Curriculum Competencies listed below identify what you will be able to do as a graduate, regardless of your program of study. You will acquire these core competencies through general education courses and program-specific coursework. You will be expected to use relevant technology to achieve these outcomes:

  1. Apply clear and effective communication skills.
  2. Use critical thinking to solve problems.
  3. Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
  4. Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
  5. Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
  6. Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.

Suggested Pathway to Graduation

Semester 1

Number Course Title Credits
SSC 100First Year Seminar1
HDM 101Introduction to Homeland Security and Emergency Management3
PSY 121General Psychology3
MAT 152Quantitative Reasoning3
SOC 111Sociology3
ENG 101Composition I3

Semester 2

Number Course Title Credits
HDM 110Issues in Homeland Security and Emergency Management3
HDM 103Information and Intelligence Sharing in Homeland Security3
CIS 107Introduction to Computers/Application3
HDM 105Environmental Hazards and Vulnerabilities3
ENG 102Composition II3

Semester 3

Number Course Title Credits
CRJ 226Crisis Intervention3
HDM 244Introduction to Terrorism3
HDM 204All-Hazards Management and Critical Infrastructure Protection3
CRJ 222Constitutional Law3
ENG 122Technical Writing and Communication3
 
SPA 133Using Beginning Spanish3
Or
SPA 136Spanish Communication I4

Semester 4

Number Course Title Credits
CRJ 217Ethics, Professionalism, and Communication in Public Safety3
CRJ 223Criminology3
HDM 202First Responder3
HDM 225Supervision and Leadership in Emergency Management3

To complete program requirements, you must pass the above courses and earn at least 62 credits. The number of courses and credits required for graduation may be more depending on college readiness and the elective courses offered in your program major (if electives are a part of the program).

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Pursuing a Bachelor's Degree?

This is a Connected Degree program that enables you to complete your associate degree and then transfer to a four-year degree program as a junior. See a program advisor for details!

Campus-Specific Program Information
Contact Dover

Wilbert Bordley
Department Chair, Instructor and Program Advisor
wbordley@orkexpo.net
(302) 857-1742

This program is offered at the Dover campus.

This program is offered at the Dover campus.

This program is offered at the Dover campus.