HLSS500 - Research Methods in Homeland Security

Course Details

Course Code: HLSS500 Course ID: 3624 Credit Hours: 3 Level: Graduate

This course is highly recommended as a second class for homeland security graduate students. This course provides basic research methods skills to assist homeland security graduate students in addressing problems and issues in the discipline. Students taking this course will become well-versed in research planning, secondary data collection, and qualitative data analysis methods, as well as how these methods relate to the larger field of social science research.

Course Schedule

Registration Dates Course Dates Start Month Session Weeks
Registration08/25/2025 - 01/30/2026 Course Dates02/02/2026 - 03/29/2026 Start Month February SessionWinter 2026 Session I Weeks8 Week session
Registration09/29/2025 - 02/27/2026 Course Dates03/02/2026 - 04/26/2026 Start Month March SessionWinter 2026 Session D Weeks8 Week session
Registration10/27/2025 - 04/03/2026 Course Dates04/06/2026 - 05/31/2026 Start Month April SessionSpring 2026 Session B Weeks8 Week session
Registration11/24/2025 - 05/01/2026 Course Dates05/04/2026 - 06/28/2026 Start Month May SessionSpring 2026 Session I Weeks8 Week session
Registration12/29/2025 - 05/29/2026 Course Dates06/01/2026 - 07/26/2026 Start Month June SessionSpring 2026 Session D Weeks8 Week session

Previous Syllabi

Not current for future courses.