Master of Science, Management of Personal Protection
Program Description
The Master’s Degree in Management of Personal Protection is earned by satisfactory completion of an online program equivalent to a year and a half of full time post-graduate study. This program emphasizes professionalism, proactive strategies, and the benefits of lifetime learning, safety and preparedness. It unites proven successful management practices with proven methods for meeting a wide variety of security and protective services to individuals and businesses. All courses are four and one half credit hours unless otherwise noted.
Program Objectives
Graduates of this program will be able to:
- Conduct protection operations in a team leadership or management role
- Plan and carry out advanced surveillance and countersurveillance operations on potential threats to a client
- Display a detailed knowledge of protective security law and conduct operations that will not expose the agent or the client to legal or civil liability
- Work with and protect high level clients at the diplomatic level
- Perform sophisticated analysis and evaluations of possible threats to a client
- Respond as appropriate to emerging threats to a client
Students with minimal knowledge of Personal Protection should begin this program with PRO 595 & PRO 596. These courses will be taken in place of two elective courses. All others will begin with the required courses listed, and then may take their choice of elective courses.
Required Courses
Number Course Name
PRO 500 Advanced Executive Protection
INT 505 Advanced Strategies/Crisis Preparedness
INT 550 Advanced Open Source Intelligence
INT 584 Area Studies Analysis
COM 510 Advanced Protocol, Manners, and Etiquette
PRO 600 Advanced Counterterrorism
Elective Courses (Choose Two)
PRO 595 Advanced Protection Operations
PRO 596 Advanced Protective Intelligence
SOC 510 Terrorists Group Dynamics
MGT 605 Advanced Consequence Management and Incident Command System
Elective Courses/Choose any Two Areas of Emphasis
Area of Emphasis: Protective Intelligence
INT 521 Advanced Intelligence Collection
INT 522 Advanced Surveillance and Countersurveillance
CJ 537 Hostage Negotiation, Hostage Survival
Area of Emphasis: Threat Assessment
PRO 520 Stalking and Workplace Violence
PRO 690 Advanced Threat Assessment
INT 621 Background Investigations
Area of Emphasis: Advance Operations
PRO 540 Topics in Advance Work
INT 595 Advanced Intelligence Operations
PRO 679 Kidnapping Strategies
Area of Emphasis: Protection Operations
CJ 535 Advanced Vehicular Security
PRO 521 Advanced Building and Perimeter Security
PRO 660 Explosives and Arson Security
Area of Emphasis: Corporate Security
CJ 530 Evidence & Crime Scene Management
INT 617 Cyberterrorism, Cyberwarfare, Cybercrime
CJ 611 White Collar Crime
Student Research Project (mandatory courses):
FRP 695 Final Research Project A - Topic and Techniques
FRP 697 Final Research Project B - Writing for Publication
Total Required Units 72 units
(Average part time completion rate is 2 1/4 years)
Upon completion of a full evaluation of all previous courses and credits, students will receive a customized degree plan detailing the specific courses they will need to take.
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