Security Administration Course Offerings
- SEC401/510 Security Systems and Crime
Prevention 3 credits
Provides both undergraduate and graduate student with an overview of the private security field and crime prevention. Course coverage includes: community based policing initiatives, private and public sector liaison,private sector growth, premises liability issues, crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED), environmental criminology, privatization of public services, etc.
- SEC404/504 Comparative Security 3
credits
Course uses a comparitive methodology to review specialized security requirements in a variety of setting and venues (e.g., retail, airport, campus, executive protection, etc.) Emphasis is also placed on industrial sabotage, espionage and ethical practices.
- SEC406/506 Evaluation of Security Programing 3
credits
Methods of determining foreseeability of security incidents and resulting adequacy of security programming. Negligence proofing and concepts of legal liability. Discussion of industry standards and practices.
- SEC424 Crime Prevention through Environmental
Design 3 credits
The role of the physical environment in facilitating and hindering crime. Urban planning and architectural design to help minimize criminal activity. Foreseeability of crime based on neighborhood analysis.
- SEC456 Managing Aggressive Behavior 3
credits
Anticipating, responding to, and preventing or controlling various forms of aggressive behavior in the workplace, the home, and everyday life. Appropriate responses are examined from law enforcement, human services, and private security perspectives, This course includes a hands-on component in which self defense techniques are demonstrated.
- SEC490 Financial Aspects of Security 3
credits
Introduces security managers to effective preparation and use of accounting information in management. Specific topics include: financial statement, cost analysis and control, budgeting, performance measurement, and capital expenditure analysis.
- SEC495/595 Computer and Information Security 3
credits
Provides both undergraduate and graduate students with an in-depth exploration of computer and information security in an increasingly technologically dependent world. Emphasis is placed on protection of proprietary in all forms and information from competitive intelligence gathering and espionage in a setting of global economic turbulence. Computer security issues include viruses, hackers, frauds, disaster recovery, etc. Ethical areas are also discussed (e.g., privacy).
- SEC502 Principles of Loss
Prevention-Security Surveys 3 credits
An examination of security programming responding to commercial, retail, industrial,and governmental proprietary needs. Review of physical, personnel, and informational security. Techniques of the security audit.
- SEC503 Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) 3
credits
State and federal legislation that impact safety in the work place. Employers' rights and responsibilities. Life safety systems, NFPA requirements and BOCA codes will be explored.
- SEC505 Interviewing Methods (CJS 505) 3
credits
Approaches to interviewing in human services with special attention to legal and practical issues in law enforcement, corrections, and security. Analysis of non-verbal behavior and techniques of assessing credibility.
- SEC598 Research Projects in Security 3
credits
Research project in area of specialized interest. Restricted to students who have completed a major portion of their course work. By arrangement only.
- SEC599 Seminar in Security Issues 3
credits
Review and analysis of current controversies in security including problems of terrorism, false alarms, and public police moonlighting in private security. Critique of critical reviews of the security field including RAND, Hallcrest I and II, and other government reports. - INT 542 Leadership and Behavior in Organizational
Intelligence 3 credits
The course will provide an overview of leadership and organizational behavior in intelligence gathering organizations (private and governmental). Major topics to be reviewed are: major managerial theorists, distinctions between private/public sector management, challenges facing the intelligence profession, learning and communicating, use of organizational power, leadership functions for initiation of change, leadership socio-technical skills and competencies, organizational structure of intelligence operations, organizational development (OD), motivation, budgeting, screening of employees, hiring, disciplinary issues, supervisory relationships, use of "emotional intelligence" theory, coaching, human resources and program evaluation.