Penn State's 12-credit online postbaccalaureate certificate in homeland security and defense consists of courses designed to enhance your understanding in:
- foundational knowledge about homeland security
- the tools necessary to be integral members of incident management and response
- strategies to protect against and respond to the threats of the twenty-first century
- the framework for national homeland security and defense mobilization and coordinated response
The courses are led by world-class faculty who are intensely involved in the online education process. Throughout the certificate program the students communicate with their peers and instructors through e-mail and online discussion groups.
