Homeland Security

The market for homeland security jobs is growing at all levels in the public and private sectors.
Earning a Certificate in Homeland Security at NHCTC Stratham & Portsmouth can provide emergency response professionals the skills and expertise necessary to effectively plan, prepare, and respond for a potential terrorist attack. Students pursuing a Criminal Justice degree may also take the Homeland Security Certificate to enhance their potential employment opportunities.

Upon completion of the homeland security at NHCTC at Stratham & Portsmouth, graduates will be able to:
• Examine the historical and evolving concept of homeland security within the broader political and national security system of the contemporary nation-state.

• Recognize the detailed mitigation, planning, response, and recovery phases to and from a homeland security incident.

• Differentiate among the various homeland security threats to include those that are manmade, technological, and natural.

• Discuss the strategic, operational, and tactical threats presented by chemical, nuclear, and biological agents to include agent characteristics and delivery systems.

• Distinguish among and assess the various homeland security approaches, techniques, and processes, such as analytics, indications, warnings, and forecasting.

• Explain the key administrative and command and control elements of the evolving homeland security relationships among the intelligence community, Department of Homeland Security, interagency processes and institutions; federal, state, and local intergovernmental relations; and a comprehensive U.S. homeland security strategy.

• Be able to assess the risk of threat and utilize crisis management strategies to develop a plan and minimize organization and community vulnerability.