Bachelor of Science in
Homeland Security and Intelligence
Hands on experience, leading-edge labs and expert faculty help sharpen critical thinking skills and prepare students to solve real-world hazard management challenges.
Embry-Riddle’s B.S. in Homeland Security and Intelligence enhances and expands the disciplines of public safety, homeland security, emergency management and intelligence analysis by delivering the highest quality academic and practical professional program in the U.S.
Among the first four-year degrees of its kind, it features academic courses, research projects and hands-on field experience that exposes undergraduate students to the latest procedures used by the agencies that secure the American homeland.
Taught by expert faculty members with vast real-world experience, the courses were devised in collaboration with industry subject matter experts who supervise hiring our graduates, and the degree program focuses on core academic areas that explore all aspects of this rapidly expanding field.
Input from industry leaders also helped Embry-Riddle build an outcomes-based curriculum that is rooted in a culture of professionalism and patriotism and prepares students to make immediate contributions to the vital organizations that protect our country, including:
- Government agencies, such as the FBI, CIA, NSA, CBP, Border Patrol, Secret Service, DHS, FEMA, TSA, the State Department and Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)
- Transportation Infrastructure (e.g., airlines and airports, port facilities, mass transit)
- Department of Defense
- U.S. Coast Guard
- Aerospace companies and defense contractors
- Local law enforcement agencies
DETAILS
About Homeland Security and Intelligence at the Daytona Beach, FL Campus
The B.S. in Homeland Security and Intelligence degree at our Daytona Beach campus is a broad and inclusive program that includes studies in:
- Emergency Management
- Critical Infrastructure Protection
- Risk Analysis
- Industrial Security
- Environmental Security
- Terrorism
- Intelligence
- Criminal Justice
- Cybersecurity
- Law and Policy
Students can take advantage of Embry-Riddle’s situation lab, which runs real-time scenarios that allow role-playing in disaster response situations, as well as table-top exercises and drills to sharpen strategic thinking skills in hazard response management.
Embry-Riddle’s longstanding industry connections make possible a wide range of internships that can provide practical experience and help students begin building the professional networks so vital to career success.
Key hands-on experience also comes from research in conjunction with group and individual projects and thesis papers, all of which prepare students to solve real-world challenges. Potential topics for research exploration include:
- Counterterrorism
- Disaster Response
- Physical Security
- International Relations
- Environmental Security
- Critical Infrastructure Protection
- Cybersecurity
- Intelligence Analysis
In addition, there are opportunities to study abroad on faculty-led trips to destinations, such as Ireland, England, Germany and Israel, where students attend workshops and get behind-the-scenes tours of security-related facilities to learn how other nations deal with current security issues.
Students can also join the National Security Student Association, a vibrant student club for all Homeland Security and Intelligence and Global Conflict Studies students that works closely with Embry-Riddle’s Career Services team to stay connected with job fairs, internships and employment opportunities, as well as opening networking channels with current homeland security and public safety professionals.
Students will:
- Interpret the legal and policy structure of the homeland security and intelligence enterprise.
- Evaluate emergency management policies and strategies, including emergent threats.
- Analyze terrorism, its origins, ideologies, and goals.
- Assess U.S. critical infrastructures using risk-based methodologies and resiliency concepts.
- Apply risk management and analysis principles to homeland security and intelligence issues.
- Compare concepts of human and environmental security as applied to homeland and intelligence.
- Analyze elements of strategic planning and decision making.
- Engage in all phases of the intelligence cycle, including techniques, strategies, and counter-intelligence concepts.
- Identify information security threats, cybersecurity challenges, and countermeasures.
General Education Requirements
For a full description of Embry-Riddle General Education guidelines, please see the General Education section of this catalog. These minimum requirements are applicable to all degree programs.
| Communication Theory and Skills (COM 122, COM 219, COM 221 or COM 222 or COM 223) | 9 | |
| Humanities - Lower level | 3 | |
| Social Sciences - Lower level (PSY 101 or equivalent) | 3 | |
| Humanities or Social Sciences - Lower or Upper level | 3 | |
| Humanities or Social Sciences - Upper level | 3 | |
| Computer Science | 3 | |
| Mathematics (recommend MA 120 and MA 220) | 6 | |
| Physical Science (lab must be included) | 6 | |
| Total Credits | 36 | |
Homeland Security Core Courses
| CEHS 396 Co-Op/Internship or HSI 491 * | 3 | |
| CYB 155 | Foundations of Information Security | 3 |
| HSI 110 | Introduction to Homeland Security | 3 |
| HSI 115 | Critical Thinking and Analysis | 3 |
| HSI 215 | Introduction to Industrial Security | 3 |
| HSI 220 | National Security Enterprise | 3 |
| HSI 250 | Indications and Warning | 3 |
| HSI 310 | Fundamentals of Emergency Management | 3 |
| HSI 315 | Critical Infrastructure Security, Resilience, and Risk Analysis | 3 |
| HSI 320 | Homeland Security and Intelligence Law and Policy | 3 |
| HSI 323 | Government of the U.S. | 3 |
| HSI 325 | Terrorism: Origin, Ideologies, and Goals | 3 |
| HSI 328 | History of U.S. Intelligence | 3 |
| HSI 350 | Intelligence Systems and Structures in Homeland Security | 3 |
| HSI 360 | Strategic Planning and Decision Making in Homeland Security | 3 |
| HSI 405 | Emergent Topics in Homeland Security | 3 |
| HSI 410 | Exercise Design and Evaluation in Homeland Security | 3 |
| HSI 470 | Intelligence Experiential Learning Laboratory | 1 |
| HSI 490 | Senior Capstone in Homeland Security | 3 |
| SS 207 | Introduction to Research Methods | 3 |
| Total Credits | 58 | |
Specified Electives
| Choose any 2 courses (courses from General Education may count toward a Minor but not toward Specified Electives) | 6 | |
HSI 290 | Introduction to Environmental Security | |
| Any upper level CYB course not otherwise being used toward your degree (must meet prerequisites) | ||
| Any upper level HSI course not otherwise being used toward your degree (must meet prerequisites) | ||
| Any of the specified GCS courses not otherwise being used toward your degree (must meet prerequisites) | ||
| Total Credits | 6 | |
- *
Students with a 2.5 CGPA or higher may enroll in the internship program at the equivalent of three or more credits to be taken during or after their sophomore year. Students must see their professional advisor and meet with the Career Services Office to be enrolled in and receive academic credits for their internship. Students unable to take CEHS 396 may substitute HSI 491 (Thesis) with prior approval of HSI Program Coordinator.
Breadth Area
All Homeland Security and Intelligence majors must complete coursework to complement the HSI core courses. Students are strongly encouraged to complete their breadth requirement by a minor (minimum of 15 credits) or a "coherent block of credits" (minimum of 15 credits), determined with the consent of the Homeland Security and Intelligence Program Coordinator. All minors are located in this catalog's Minor Course of Studies section.
| One Minor or One Coherent Block | 15 | |
| Courses from General Education may count toward a Minor but not toward Specified Electives. | ||
Program Support
| AS 319 | UAS Law | 3 |
| GEO 210 | Introduction to Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
| MA 210 | Introduction to Data Science | 3 |
| UNIV 101 | College Success | 1 |
| Total Credits | 10 | |
| Total Degree Credits | 125 | |
| Freshman Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Credits | ||
| COM 122 | English Composition | 3 |
| CYB 235 | Computer and Network Technologies | 3 |
or CS 118
|
Fundamentals of Computer Programming | |
or CS 120
|
Introduction to Computing in Aviation | |
or BA 125
|
Foundations in Business Data Analytics | |
| HSI 110 | Introduction to Homeland Security | 3 |
| CYB 155 | Foundations of Information Security | 3 |
| HU 14X Elective | 3 | |
| MA 120 | Quantitative Methods I | 3 |
| Physical Science Lecture with lab | 4 | |
| HSI 115 | Critical Thinking and Analysis | 3 |
| HSI 215 | Introduction to Industrial Security | 3 |
| PSY 101 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| UNIV 101 | College Success | 1 |
| Credits Subtotal | 32.0 | |
| Sophomore Year | ||
| COM 219 | Speech | 3 |
| COM 223 | Intelligence Writing | 3 |
or COM 221
|
Technical Report Writing | |
or COM 222
|
Business Communication | |
| SS 207 | Introduction to Research Methods | 3 |
| HSI 250 | Indications and Warning | 3 |
| HSI 220 | National Security Enterprise | 3 |
| HSI 310 | Fundamentals of Emergency Management | 3 |
| Lower or Upper Level Humanities or Social Science Elective | 3 | |
| MA 220 | Quantitative Methods II | 3 |
| Physical Science Lecture | 3 | |
| GEO 210 | Introduction to Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
| Credits Subtotal | 30.0 | |
| Junior Year | ||
| HSI 315 | Critical Infrastructure Security, Resilience, and Risk Analysis | 3 |
| HSI 320 | Homeland Security and Intelligence Law and Policy | 3 |
| HSI 325 | Terrorism: Origin, Ideologies, and Goals | 3 |
| HSI 350 | Intelligence Systems and Structures in Homeland Security | 3 |
| HSI 360 | Strategic Planning and Decision Making in Homeland Security | 3 |
| MA 210 | Introduction to Data Science | 3 |
| HSI 323 | Government of the U.S. | 3 |
| HSI 328 | History of U.S. Intelligence | 3 |
| Breadth Area (Minor or Coherent Block) | 6 | |
| CEHS 396 or HS 491 (Thesis offered Summer C only) | 3 | |
| Credits Subtotal | 33.0 | |
| Senior Year | ||
| Upper Level Humanities or Social Science Elective | 3 | |
| AS 319 | UAS Law | 3 |
| HSI 405 | Emergent Topics in Homeland Security | 3 |
| HSI 410 | Exercise Design and Evaluation in Homeland Security | 3 |
| HSI 470 | Intelligence Experiential Learning Laboratory | 1 |
| HSI 490 | Senior Capstone in Homeland Security | 3 |
| Specified Electives | 6 | |
| Breadth Area (Minor or Coherent Block) | 9 | |
| Credits Subtotal | 31.0 | |
| Credits Total: | 125 | |
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