Overview of Monroe CC Homeland Security AS - Online

The online Homeland Security A.S. degree from Monroe Community College is equivalent to the first 2 years of a bachelor's degree in homeland security or emergency management. The homeland security associate degree equips you with the knowledge and skills to provide vital prevention and protection services to our country and your community. The accredited, two-year degree inspires students to discover a world of homeland security career opportunities in national, private, community, or global security.

Homeland security is a national effort to protect and respond to threats against the United States, according to the EPA. Homeland security professionals protect the states from natural disasters, pandemics, terrorism, and cyber threats and attacks.  Homeland security graduates are critical to all levels of homeland security, such as law enforcement, intelligence analysis, information security, infrastructure protection, emergency management, and cybersecurity. 

Learn about joining the front lines as an immigration or customs inspector, a trained expert in law enforcement, or an emergency medical services provider. Perhaps you prefer the combat domestic and global threats online instead, the homeland security degree prepares you to work behind the scenes in cybersecurity and emergency planning.

What You Will Learn in the Homeland Security Program

When you receive your AS in Homeland Security, you will be educated and trained to:

1. Describe the role and functions of homeland security in our nation’s various governmental systems.
2. Describe the structure and functions of various governmental agencies responsible for homeland security at the local, state, federal and international levels.
3. Compare the various homeland security threats, including terrorism, man-made, technological and natural disasters.
4. Explain the interactions of the various agencies at the local, state and federal levels and how they integrate their resources related to homeland security.
5. Explain core principles of homeland security as they apply to the roles of citizens, governmental agencies and the private sector.
6. Apply appropriate policies and procedures of homeland security to real world situations and threats.
7. Identify appropriate responses to ethical issues encountered in the homeland security professions.
8. Identify homeland security career options and their required qualifications.

Courses in the homeland security degree program

• Intro to Intelligence Processes
• Physical Security
• Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Terrorism and Homeland Security
• Intro to Cybersecurity
• Communication and Crisis
• Intro to Emergency Management
• Computer Security I
• International Politics
• Organizational and Facility Security

What you can do with an associate degree in homeland security

After successfully graduating with a 2-year degree in homeland security, most graduates transfer to a 4-year college. As a homeland security graduate, you are ready to apply for transfer as a junior to a bachelor's degree program in homeland security, emergency management, or a related major at a SUNY college.

In addition to transferring to a bachelor's degree, graduates with an associate degree in homeland security can also obtain jobs with the TSA (Transportation Security Administration), in loss prevention and mitigation, and cybersecurity. 

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