Bachelor's Degrees in Public Safety & Security
A Bachelors Degree in Public Security can prepare you for management positions in public safety, private security, homeland security, disaster response and recovery, or hazard identification and mitigation. This is an excellent degree for someone who wants to make the transition from the military into a civilian public safety career. This degree may also help with your career advancement in federal, state, or local security and enforcement agencies.
Public security or public safety includes many facets of protecting private and public resources. With 85% of the nation’s infrastructure being privately owned, private security is being recognized as an integral part of guarding the nations business assets against many national and international security risks. Public security and safety are also part of homeland security, which protects the citizens, lands, and other properties of your country. This entails working with government agencies who also oversee disaster response and recovery.
Public security is a natural change from a military career into a higher civilian public safety or security position.
Earning a degree in public security will provide you with the opportunity to learn the technology, strategies, and principles that keep people, assets, and property safe. There are three specializations of public security, which include security management, homeland security, and emergency management. Security management focuses on the protection of information, as well as commercial and retail properties.
Homeland security focuses on upholding national security through the defeat of domestic and international terrorism with diplomacy, technology, intelligence, and multijurisdictional coordination. Emergency management focuses on public safety research, theory, and principles, and how they apply to real life disasters.
In a public security degree program, the classes you take will depend on your specialization, but there are some overlapping areas of study between Security Management, Homeland Security, and Emergency Management. Before you start classes for the degree, you will need a general associate’s degree with classes in statistics, communication, humanities, natural science, mathematics, and social science.
Once in the program, the core classes for all three specializations will include Communication Strategies for the Public Safety Professional, Introduction to Criminal Justice, Introduction to Emergency Management, Principles of Security Management, Introduction to Homeland Security, Applied Public Safety Theory, Principles of Public Safety Investigation, Applied Public Safety Research Methods, History of Violence in the U.S. Society, Introductory to Public Safety Statistical Research, and Justice, Crime, and Ethics.
Advanced classes will correspond to your chosen discipline which covers the advanced principles of security management, homeland security, and emergency management. You will also be required to complete a capstone project which will be reflective of your chosen specialty.
Careers in Public Security and Safety
Careers in public security and safety are generally advancements to management for those who already work in entry level positions in federal, state, or local security and enforcement agencies. They are also for those with military training who have left the service and would like to use the skills they already have in the public sector. These days, public security is not just about being a night time security guard in an empty building, or getting hired as a mall cop. Security personnel are used on every level to help prevent terrorism, stop corporate security breaches, investigate information theft, and provide assistance in national disasters. There are many employment opportunities with private companies as well as local, regional, and national government entities.
The featured colleges below offer bachelor degrees in public security & safety
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Capella University
Capella University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. |
At Capella University, you will earn your degree from an accredited online university that offers the challenge and quality of a traditional classroom and the flexibility to fit education into your life.
 Bachelor of Science in Public Safety
Criminal Justice Criminal justice careers put you on the front line, protecting and serving your community. This specialization provides an overview of public safety research, theory and principles, with a focus on criminal justice processes and procedures. Course work includes such topics as corrections and judicial systems, criminal law and the legal process, police-community relations, white collar and organized crime investigations, and criminal procedure and evidence. People who choose this specialization are often pursuing entry-level officer positions or career advancement within law enforcement agencies, corrections departments, and federal regulatory or enforcement agencies.
Bachelor of Science in Security Management
Prepare yourself to assume a leadership role in the growing field of private security. Private security professionals are responsible for protecting the vast majority of the nations infrastructure, 85 percent of which is privately owned. They are also increasingly recognized as being integral to the central business functions of corporations that must protect their operations against fraud, information and property theft, workplace violence, terrorism, and other security concerns. Capella's Security Management curriculum includes courses covering such topics as leadership; information, operational, commercial, and retail security; executive protection; laws and legal procedures; and security management in a global business environment. People who choose this specialization may include military, public safety, or private security personnel who wish to pursue management positions focused on private security risk management and asset protection.
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Kaplan University
Kaplan University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission of the
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. |
Whether you're looking to change or advance your career, Kaplan University will help you get there faster. Our online degree programs are built upon a long and distinguished history as both academic pioneer and career-maker.
Bachelor of Science in Private Security
Learn techniques behind search, seizure, and discovery to help start or advance your career in security in companies, computer firms, retail stores, and schools. This emphasis area will also concentrate on collecting evidence and investigative trends as used by the private security profession in the United States. Graduates may qualify for employment in private security agencies, law firms, and corporate investigation departments. Courses include Introduction to Corrections, Private Security, Criminal Evidence, White Collar Crime, Supervisory Practices in Criminal Justice, Administering the Business of Security.
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Ashford University
Ashford University is regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. |
Founded in 1918, Ashford has provided quality education to thousands of students. As an online student, you'll benefit from the expertise and diversity found at Ashford University.
Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Management - Public Safety Administration
The Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Management program is designed for students who have some full-time work experience and desire to improve their understanding of how organizations function and develop effective skills in management and leadership. Focused attention is given to defining and understanding strategic planning, financial management, law and marketing, and other areas in which an organizational leader must be knowledgeable in order to be effective. The Organizational Management program examines the human side of managing organizations, allowing for skill development in communication, group behavior, decision-making, human resource management, and ethics. Organizational Management graduates are prepared for careers as leaders of organizations.
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Grand Canyon University
Grand Canyon University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association. |
Founded in 1949, Grand Canyon University developed into a premier teacher education college, and soon formed other exceptional programs in the nursing, business, Christian studies, and arts & sciences.
B.S. in Emergency Management
The Emergency Management program is a bachelors’ degree completion program designed for the adult working professional 25 years and older who has completed at least two years of college. The program emphasizes the fundamentals of emergency management while providing an interdisciplinary course of study in the skills and practices of emergency planning and management. The primary purpose of the program is to serve the needs of emergency management professionals to address all aspects of natural and human-caused disasters. Graduates of the program will possess a knowledge and experience-based approach to strategic planning for disaster prevention, reduction, response, and recovery. Candidates for the degree include those working in or desirous of working in emergency management and who have completed academic work in one of several fields including fire protection, emergency medical response, law enforcement, environmental health and safety, and other related fields.
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Eastern Kentucky University
Eastern Kentucky University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. |
With a wide variety of offerings available, you can choose the program that is right for you. Delivered completely online, our programs are ideal for working professionals just like you.
Bachelor of Science in Fire & Safety Engineering Technology
Earn Your Bachelor's Degree Completely Online in 2 Years. Eastern Kentucky University's fire science program can be completed while you work. Earning your bachelor's degree will immediately put more money in your pocket and in your pension plan, not to mention, you'll also be at the front of the line for promotions.
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