This graduate-level certificate program addresses the increasing global and local concern involving security issues. The program consists of three required courses plus one elective course that can be chosen from a list of courses in the student's particular area of interest.

After the tragedies of September 11, 2001, national policymakers called upon state and local law enforcement agencies to work together in strengthening our national defense. The formulation of the Homeland Security Act was a legislative effort to implement a “total” security infrastructure composed of federal, state, local, and private law enforcement agencies as well as a vast range of organizations that historically did not interface with one another.

Because of these recent changes in government, there is a growing need to understand the type of information gathering that occurs in these agencies, strategies for sharing the information while maintaining data quality, and ways to use the information for strategic planning, policy development and analysis. There are also concerns about how to go about gathering and analyzing this critical information without infringing upon the public's civil liberties and privacy rights.

In response to the demand for knowledge in this area, UMass Lowell's Criminal Justice Department has developed a graduate-level program designed to educate students in the complex nature of threats and how to manage them. Students can focus their studies in areas such as risk management and analysis; organizational and systems integration; legal and political policy and ethical issues in responding to threats; policy development and analysis; and the use of technology in implementing national security. The program is appropriate for students with a general interest in homeland security, professionals who are currently employed in security-related jobs, and for those interested in pursuing careers in security.

To apply into this certificate program, download the Application Form in .pdf file format.

Intended Audience
This certificate is appropriate for students with a general interest in homeland security, professionals who are currently employed in security-related jobs, and for those interested in pursuing careers in security.

Required Courses (2):
44.567 Overview of Homeland Security
44.549 Terrorism/Counter-Terrorism

Elective Courses (Choose 2):
44.526 Domestic Terrorism and Hate Crimes
44.554 Threat Assessment and Risk Management
44.594 Crime Analysis and Mapping
44.598 Criminal Justice Organizations and National Security
44.599 Criminal Justice Intelligence & Information Sharing
 

Faculty Biographies

Stan Supinski, Ph.D.
Stanley Supinski is the Deputy Director, Training and Education, of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command, located in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  He is also the founder and current chair of the Homeland Security/Defense Education Consortium.  Dr. Supinski retired from the US Air Force last year after serving for 27 years.  He worked as an intelligence officer for most of that time, and did tours in Germany, Korea, Saudi Arabia, and numerous locations around the US.  He also spent many years at the US Air Force Academy where he was an administrator, Associate Professor of Russian and racquetball coach.  Dr. Supinski received his master’s degree in National Security Affairs from the US Naval Postgraduate School and his Ph.D. in Instructional Systems Design from Florida State University.  He has conducted research and consulted on homeland security education and instructional technology.

Matthew S. Feely, Ph.D.
Matthew Feely is currently the Deputy Director of Logistics Plans and Operations, North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command, located in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  Dr. Feely provides logistics guidance and direction to Department of Defense forces in all logistics matters pertaining to missions related to defending the United States, Canada, Mexico, portions of the Caribbean, and the contiguous waters of the Atlantic and Pacific out to 500 miles. Previously, he was an Operations and Economic Analyst in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, The Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. He served as an adviser to the Secretary of Defense in matters relating to costs and benefits of capital investments and the costs of military operations. Dr. Feely received  his B.S. degree from the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland; a Master of Business Administration, Public Finance Management from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; a Master of Science degree in National Resource Strategy from the National Defense University, and a Ph.D. in Decision Analysis from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Don Faggiani, Ph.D.
Don Faggiani received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1994. He has worked extensively with law enforcement data systems and is one of a very small group of researchers in the country to demonstrate the versatility of the FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) data. His work with and knowledge of national data systems led to his appointment to the FBI’s N-DEx Project Development Council. N-DEx is an effort to develop a national data exchange and integration program for information and intelligence sharing among Federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement. Dr. Faggiani’s theoretical interests evolve from a sociological perspective with an emphasis on social disorganization, collective efficacy, routine activities and formal social control. He has published extensively on issues such as juvenile violence and delinquency, assaults of older persons, the use of NIBRS for policy, tactical, and strategic crime analysis and incorporating the use of GIS techniques in identifying and understanding patterns of crime and deviance.

For Additional Information on this program, visit:
http://www.uml.edu/Dept/criminal/grad/index.htm or
email cjgradadvisor@student.uml.edu

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