Earn Your BCJ In Homeland Security/Terrorism: Real Innovation For Real Success!

Protecting Our Country: This Is As Real As It Gets!

The Tiffin University Homeland Security/Terrorism major is a relatively new offering.  We developed this Bachelor of Criminal Justice (BCJ) major in direct response to the real security threats posed by transnational terrorist organizations.  Protecting the citizens of our nation is as real as it gets.

This major is designed to provide you with the opportunity to understand homeland security issues and challenges in context of the new and evolving contemporary operating environment.  While terrorism is certainly a key emphasis, the major also gives you the opportunity to plan for and assess real world situations from a first responder’s viewpoint.

A Strong Need For Homeland Security Experts

The need for college graduates with a grasp of the complexities associated with homeland security and terrorism is clear.  This innovative major affords you the chance to hone your professional interests while acquiring traditional skill sets needed to succeed in the 21^st century.

Your Homeland Security/Terrorism Curriculum

1. Knowledge Skills and Liberal Education Core 49 hours
2. Open Electives/Minor 24 hours

Criminal Justice Core

Courses In The Homeland Security/Terrorism Major

As A Graduate, You Will Have The Expertise To:

• Devise problem-solving strategies, using state, local, and national instruments of power, for foreign, domestic, and natural threats to homeland security.
• Apply accepted principles of homeland security by constructing an appropriate security and response plan.
• Devise problem-solving strategies, using the instruments of national power, for foreign threats to our national security within the U.S. and abroad.
• Develop critical thinking and analytical skills of students as they apply to research and practical application of criminal justice concepts.
• Identify, assess, and prioritize threats, risks, and vulnerabilities.
• Identify and coordinate resources to combat threats, minimize risks, and reduce vulnerabilities. Ability to communicate within government, across government levels, and to all sectors. 
• Understand principles of managing people, financial obligations, and projects.
• Understand and work within the environment of social, economic, legal, ethical, technological, and political interdependencies of homeland security. 
• Understand public, private, and non-profit institutional roles and responsibilities of homeland security. 
• Work effectively within and understand dilemmas of collaborative networks.

Opportunities For Students On Campus

TU students have formed a Global Affairs Organization (GAO) to promote interest on campus in national and homeland security issues.  The GAO has arranged field trips, a 9/11 commemoration, electronic SWAT training, and takes the student lead in the visits to campus of such national figures as then-CIA Director Porter Goss, former National Counterterrorism Center Chief John Brennan, FBI National Security Chief Willie Hulon, and recruiters and other visitors from Washington and elsewhere.  There is also a Criminal Justice Club on campus as well as a Paintball Club.

Have Additional Questions?

We’re Here Every Step Of The Way!

For more information about the BCJ Homeland Security/Terrorism Degree Program, or the School of Criminal Justice and Social Sciences, contact us at (419) 448-3292, or (800) 968-6446, ext 3292.