Bachelor of Arts in Security Management

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Bachelor of Arts in Security Management

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The Bachelor of Arts in Security Management offers students the opportunity to learn about the principles and theories associated with various types of security, from international security to information security that focus on protection of assets. Graduates of this program are inclined toward professions that involve general public or private management, federal or local government civil service, military service, law enforcement, and private security.

Degree Program Objectives

In addition to the institutional and general education level learning objectives, the Bachelor of Arts in Security Management also seeks the following specific learning outcomes of its graduates. Graduates in this degree program will be able to:

Identify organizational security risk exposure; identify cost-effective mitigation strategies; and prepare for recovery strategies.
Employ the use of risk analysis and vulnerability assessment processes.
Critically examine the variety and extent of losses from criminal acts, natural disasters, and security breaches facing society.
Analyze concepts of information security, personnel security, and physical security and determine the planning approaches to prevent business losses.
Analyze the trends affecting security and loss prevention and determine the approaches to reduce losses facing businesses and institutions.
Evaluate, from a multi-disciplinary approach, non-traditional approaches to crime prevention.
Distinguish between traditional criminal justice roles, functions, and concepts as a reactive institution to the security roles as a preventive societal institution.

Degree Program Requirements

RQ295 / COL 100 Foundations of Online Learning (fomerly Academic and Career Planning) (3 semester hours) - Required as the first course in all undergraduate programs.

General Education Requirements (34 semester hours)
English Composition - 6 semester hours
EN101 / ENG 101 - Proficiency in Writing (Required)
EN102 / ENG 102 - Effectiveness in Writing or
EN202 / ENG 200 - English Composition and Literature

Social Sciences - 6 semester hours
SS101 / ECO 101 - Microeconomics
SS102 / ECO 102 - Macroeconomics
SS111 / GEO 101 - Introduction to Geography
SS133 / SOC 111 - Introduction to Sociology
SS134 / PSY 101 - Introduction to Psychology
SS190 / ANT 100 - Introduction to Anthropology
SS210 / CFD 220 - Human Sexuality
SO220 / SOC 220 - American Popular Culture

Science - 4 semester hours including required 1 hour labs
SC100 / SCI 100 - Introduction to Biology
SC198 / SCI 100 L - Introduction to Biology Lab
SC101 / SCI 110 - Introduction to Chemistry
SC199 / SCI 110 L - Introduction to Chemistry Lab
SC102 / SCI 102 - Introduction to Human Anatomy & Physiology
SC122 / SCI 102 L - Introduction to Human Anatomy & Physiology Lab
SC103 / SCI 103 - Introduction to Physics
SC123 / SCI 103 L - Introduction to Physics Lab
SC104 / SCI 104 - Introduction to Astronomy
SC124 / SCI 104 L - Introduction to Astronomy Lab
SC106 / SCI 106 - Introduction to Oceanography
SC126 / SCI 106 L - Introduction to Oceanography Lab
SC107 / SCI 107 - Introduction to Meteorology
SC127 / SCI 107 L - Introduction to Meteorology Lab

Mathematics - 3 semester hours
MA110 / MA112 / MAT 110 - Introduction to College Algebra and Trigonometry / College Algebra, or
MA111 / MA113 / MAT 111 College Algebra and Trigonometry / College Trigonometry, or
MA125 / MAT 125 - Math for Liberal Arts Majors, or
MA225 / MAT 225 - Calculus

History - 6 semester hours
HS101 / HIS101 - American History to 1877
HS102 / HIS 102 - American History since 1877
HS111 / HIS 111 - World Civilization I
HS112 / HIS 112 - World Civilization II
HS121 / HIS 121 - Western Civilization Before The Thirty Years War
HS122 / HIS 122 - Western Civilization Since Thirty Years War
HS215 / HIS 223 - History of the American Indian
HS217 / HIS 221 - African-American History before 1877
HS218 / HIS 222 - African-American History since 1877

Humanities - 3 semester hours
HM101 / SPA 100 - Spanish I
HM102 / SPA 101 - Spanish II (Prerequisite: HM101) - or other foreign language
HM200 / MUS 200 - Music Appreciation
HM230 / REL 201 - Introduction to World Religions
HM240 / ART 200 - Art Appreciation
HM277 / PHI 200 - Introduction to Ethics
PH101 / PHI 101 - Introduction to Philosophy

Literature - 3 semester hours
HM201 / LIT 220 - American Literature before the Civil War
HM202 / LIT 221 - American Literature from Civil War to Present
HM221 / LIT 210 - English Literature: Beowulf to 18th Century
HM222 / LIT 211 - English Literature: 18th Century to Present
HM211 / LIT 201 - World Lit through the Renaissance
HM212 / LIT 202 - World Lit since the Renaissance

Political Science - 3 semester hours
SS121 / POL 210 - American Government I
SS131 / INR 210 - International Relations

Core Courses (24 semester hours)
CJ300 / CRJ 300 - Research Methods of Criminal Justice and Security
CJ319 / SCM 319 - Global Terrorism
CJ370 / SCM 370 - Principles and Theory of Security Issues
CJ371 / SCM 371 - Legal and Ethical Issues in Security Management
CJ372 / SCM 372 - Risk Analysis And Loss Prevention
CJ373 / SCM 373 - Evaluation of Security Programs
CJ374 / SCM 400 - Contemporary Issues in Security Management
CJ390 / SCM 401 - Security Administration

Major Courses (15 semester hours)
Students may select any five (5) courses from the list below to complete their major course requirement without a concentration. Those students who seek a concentration in a particular area of Security Management must take five (5) courses within the same concentration.
General Program without Concentration
CJ311 / SCM 311 - Private Security
CJ392 / SCM 392 -Industrial Espionage
CJ393 / SCM 393 - Access Controls
CJ394 / SCM 394 - Business Asset Protection
CJ396 / SCM 396 - Protective Services
CJ397 / SCM 397 - Physical Security
CJ410 / HLS 311 - Border and Costal Security
MC445 / HLS 312 - Port Security
IS306 / ISS 340 - Information Security
CJ491 / SCM 490 - Independent Study: Security Management

Concentration in Information Security
IS306 / ISS 340 - Information Security
CS305 / ISS 362 - IT Security: Attack & Defense Strategies
GM316 / ISS 381 - Cyberlaw and Privacy in a Digital Age
MC466 / ISS 421 - Computer and Network Security
CS406 / ISS 471 - IT Security: Auditing
CS407 / ISS 481 - IT Security: Planning and Policy
CJ392 / SCM 392 - Industrial Espionage
CJ320 /CRJ 320 - Law Enforcement Intelligence Applications

Electives (45 semester hours)
Select any courses that have not been used to fulfill core or major requirements. Credits applied toward a minor or certificate in an unrelated field may be used to fulfill elective credit for the major.

Total = 121 semester hours

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