**[Northcentral University -- Doctor of Philosophy in Business
Administration with Homeland Security Specialization.]{.underline}**

Northcentral University is offering an online Doctor of Philosophy in
Business Administration with a Homeland Security Specialization. The
program enable the students to gain needed skills through rigorous
reflection on their professional experiences, in-depth exposure to the
insights offered by the world's leading organizations, review of classic
and cutting edge theory and research, and mastery of methods and
techniques to identify, assess, understand and communicate strategically
critical knowledge. The Homeland Security Specialization will prepare
senior management of law enforcement, public safety and emergency
medical care and disaster preparedness agencies for positions of
executive leadership I the general field of homeland security. Courses
will span the spectrum of management, budgetary rules, personnel and
critical issues relating to crisis management and terrorism.

The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree requires 81 graduate semester
units. A maximum of 30 semester units in related graduate courses may be
accepted in transfer. The dissertation preparation courses account for
24 of the total required unites. The following objectives are a guide to
the students and will also constitute some elements by which the student
is evaluated.

1.  Discuss and analyze the historical development, theoretical, legal
    and philosophical foundations, and contemporary conceptual
    directions of the field of homeland security;\
    2. Analyze the conceptual and theoretical framework of modern and
    historical terrorism in order to understand the roots of the
    problem;\
    3. Analyze, in a systems framework, the four global approaches to
    international crime including common law, civil, socialist and
    Islamic traditions;\
    4. Understand the role of public health, environmental protection
    and the private sector in homeland security in light of the U.S.
    Patriot Act and the challenge of balancing security with civil
    liberties; cyberterrorism and cybersecurity;\
    5. Understand key concepts regarding computer security and
    comprehensive, coordinated approaches to establish and enhance
    computer security;\
    6. Understand the threats and countermeasures appropriate to defend
    the international global transportation network;\
    7. Demonstrate comprehension of the practical applications of key
    concepts of homeland security.\
    8. Demonstrate the capability to identify, assess, apply and
    communicate contemporary and historic scholarship in the field of
    homeland security;\
    9. Demonstrate the capability to identify and apply appropriate
    methods to collect, analyze and present research data in the field
    of homeland security.

[Homeland Security Specialization (Select Six Courses -- 18
Credits)]{.underline}

**Fundamentals**

OM7015 - Personnel Management and Organizational Behavior

**[Accounting / Finance (One Course or Equivalent
Required)]{.underline}**

FIN5014 - Financial Institutions

MGT5005 - Management Finance and Control

MGT5012 - Managerial Accounting for Decision Making

**[Business Statistics]{.underline}**

MGT5028 - Business Statistics

**[General Management (One Course or Equivalent Required)]{.underline}**

MGT5000 - Business Organization and Management

HRM5000 - Human Resources Management

MGT5025 - Total Quality Perspectives in Management

**[Marketing (One Course or Equivalent Required)]{.underline}**

HCA5018 - Health Care Marketing

IB5013 - International Marketing

MGT5002 - Marketing Management

 

**Specializations (Select Six Courses - 18 Credits)**

**Homeland Security**

CJ5010 - Forensic Scientific Evidence

CJ5011 - Survey of Forensic Sciences

HS5000 - Terrorism and Countermeasures/Executive Protection

HS5001 - Homeland Security Transportation

HS5002 - International Crime and Terrorism

HS5003 - Homeland Security Risk Management

HS5004 - Computer Security, Forensics and Cyberterrorism

HS5005 - Strategy and Intelligence

HS6010 - Homeland Security Research Project

BUS6011 - Special Topics in Business & Technology Management

MGT5050 - Management in the Cinema

RSH9900B - Historical Research Methodology

RSH8910-B - Phenomenological Qualitative Research

PUB5011 - Terrorism-What Public Administrators Need to Know

 

**Doctoral Coursework**

RSH8951-B - Research Questions, Constructs and Design

RSH8952-B - Measurement of Constructs and Concept Paper

RSH8953-B - Design, Statistics and Data Analysis

RSH8954-B - Research Ethics and Proposal

CMP8091B - Doctoral Comprehensive (3 units)

DIS9007B - Doctoral Dissertation Proposal (3 units)

DIS9017B - Doctoral Dissertation Data (3 units)

DIS9027B - Doctoral Dissertation Defense (3 units)

 

**[Electives]{.underline}**

Northcentral University is accredited by the North Central Association
of Colleges and Schools.

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