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Click on the name of an online public services graduate course to view the detailed information; you can also find out about the college or university offering the category by clicking on "School's Profile". |
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Religious Military Orders (LW593) |
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American Public University |
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This course provides insight into the creation, operation and continued development of Religious Military Orders. Starting with the Knights Templar, Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem , the Teutonic Knights (modeled on the former), and the Order of Santiago (which spread throughout Castile, Leon, and Portugal), the course covers over 1000 years of war, peace, social change, and religious growth. The course will allow students to understand the creation, growth and fall of certain orders (Templars) and the continued social and economic diversity of others which have allowed them to develop into the 21st century. |
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Research and Technology in the Military (DM508) |
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Public Services |
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American Public University |
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This course is a study of the relationship between the military and the fields of research and technology with particular emphasis on the "pull - push" theory of that relationship. |
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Research Methods in Emergency and Disaster Management (RC540) |
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Public Services |
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American Public University |
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This course teaches the student to design their own empirical research, and evaluate the research of others, in any of the sub-fields of emergency and disaster planning, response, or recovery. The course begins with an introduction to the field of emergency management and disaster relief. It introduces the philosophy of social science and several theoretical approaches used in the discipline. The course then concentrates on teaching the details of emergency management research design. The course takes the student step-by-step through qualitative, comparative, and quantitative research design and analysis methods. |
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Research Methods in Fire Science Management (RC570) |
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Public Services |
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American Public University |
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This course is a study of theories and practices in fire science, management, and administration. It focuses on theoretical and methodological approaches to the study and research of contemporary fire-related and fire profession issues. The course teaches the student to design their own empirical research, and evaluate the research of others. It begins with an introduction to the field of fire science and management and associated research. It then concentrates on teaching the details of fire science research design. The course takes the student step-by-step through qualitative, comparative, and quantitative research design and analysis methods. |
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Research Methods in Global Engagement (RC565) |
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American Public University |
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Classic and contemporary social science and humanities research methods are explored. From the fieldwork of the anthropologist to the survey research of the sociologist to the historical and documentary analysis of the historian to the focus group of the political scientist to the textual analysis of the literary critic, numerous different forms of social science and humanities research are reviewed. |
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Research Methods in Intelligence Studies (RC502) |
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American Public University |
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This course is designed to build the University System student?s ability to organize and conduct research in the intelligence field, and to enable the student to present findings in a clear, concise, coherent manner. It is devoted to thinking about research logically, creatively, critically, structurally and scientifically. Course material covers qualitative research designs, theory building, and the role of argumentation in presenting a research report (thesis), as well as describing and analyzing quantitative variables. RC502 is required for all Intelligence Studies graduate students who begin their program at the University System on or after December 1, 2000. |
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Research Methods in Military Studies (RC500) |
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American Public University |
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This course is an historical survey of the best methods for studying and using military studies and history. The course focuses on graduate-level research, project formulation, writing and presentation, critical reading, and studied analysis. |
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Research Methods in National Security (RC503) |
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American Public University |
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Learn the latest research methods for collecting and analyzing information about national security studies, problems and issues. This course focuses on the detailed procedures for conducting qualitative case studies, which encompass the vast majority of foreign policy and security studies research conducted in both policy and academic circles. Become well-versed in qualitative case study planning, data collection, and analysis methods and learn how these methods relate to the larger field of social science research. Learning the case study approach is facilitated by introducing the empirical, theoretical, and historical approaches for explaining the origins of war and peace. This is a required course for all National Security Studies majors. Other graduate students interested in mastering social science case study research methods or investigating the origins of war and peace may also register. |
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Research Methods in Public Administration (RC511) |
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American Public University |
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This course presents the research methods commonly used by public administration experts and other social scientists. The course is intended to prepare the student to understand material and issues associated with but not limited to the logic of the scientific method, research design (emphasizing survey research and experiments), and statistical analysis of data. Students will be afforded the opportunity to conduct research in the course on a topic of public administration of interest to them. The course is intended to provide a foundation from which the student may use the knowledge and practices gained throughout the rest of the graduate public administration program. |
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Retail Security (CR543) |
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American Public University |
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The course provides a comprehensive detail analysis of loss prevention, its causes, and various prevention strategies. Topics covered include legal liability, investigations, electronic countermeasures such as EAS, CCTV, and alarms, security guards, outsourcing, public relations, employee screening and awareness programs, and environmental deterrents to theft. |
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Ride With a Great Captain (MS657) |
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American Public University |
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Ride along with a captain of war, statesmanship, or industry and discover what makes such men and women "great." This course explores the power of personality and the role of the individual in high command, war, or industry. |
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Risk Communications (DM644) |
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American Public University |
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This course provides the student an arsenal of useable tools and techniques that are universally prescriptive and can be implemented in nearly every risk-associated situation, from public health to accidents to terrorist attacks and even to challenges to corporate reputation management. Students who complete this course will be prepared to make the best possible decisions during a crisis emergency about the effected population?s well being, and communicate those decisions, within nearly impossible time constraints, and ultimately, to accept the imperfect nature of choices as the situation evolves. |
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Roots of Terrorism (LC514) |
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American Public University |
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Ideological, psychological, sociological, economic, and political assessments and evaluations of why individuals and organizations turn to terrorism. |
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Russia Country Analysis (IN533) |
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American Public University |
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This course is designed to give the advanced graduate student practical research experience in performing an intelligence estimate on various aspects of 21st Century Russia. The student is provided with sufficient readings to establish a MINIMUM knowledge base from which to begin predictive analysis and research. It is highly recommended that the student either have taken IN520 before this course, or at least be taking it concurrently, in order to become familiar with several predictive analytical methodologies. The course begins with an historical overview of Russia, utilizing selected essays by various Russian experts. It then moves rapidly into the Cold War and post-Cold War period to address key challenges that Russia will be compelled to confront in the 21st Century. While the student will have selected a specific aspect for the intelligence estimate paper, it is expected that the student will learn to view Russia as a complex whole, and not focus on one aspect to the exclusion of all others. |
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Russian and Chinese Air Power (AW520) |
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American Public University |
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A comparison of the Russian/Soviet and Chinese Air Forces from their inception to the present day. Examines Russian/Soviet and Chinese airpower, including their political and doctrinal development. |
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Russian Military History (LW520) |
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American Public University |
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A survey of Russian and Soviet military history from the pre-Bolshevik revolutionary era to the present. Includes the Soviet view of the Berlin Crisis, the Iron Curtain, Afghanistan, and the East-West confrontation. |
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Seapower and Maritime Affairs after the Cold War (NW536) |
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American Public University |
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A detailed appraisal of the potential applications of sea power in the post-cold war era (1989-present day), and of the role of maritime affairs in related political, geographic and economic events. |
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Secularism, Modernity, and the West (GE535) |
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American Public University |
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Approaching secularism as a world view, this course exposes the roots of modern secularism, and explores the ramifications of secularism on modern governments and societies. |
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Security Architecture (CR544) |
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Public Services |
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American Public University |
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This course stresses the core principles of the CPTED (Crime Prevention through Environmental Design) concept. Students learn how to work with architects, city, and municipal planners to ensure new or refurbished construction is designed in such a way as to minimize or eliminate criminal activity. Topics covered include initial planning considerations, gathering information from multiple sources, formulating and implementing the plan based on core CPTED principles, and the need for modifications and review over time. |
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Security Management Ethics (CR540) |
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Public Services |
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American Public University |
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This course is an examination of issues of professional and ethical behavior within the security industry. Key issues examined include professional behavior of the individual and the agency. Current topics such as sexual harassment, professionalism, and industry standards are discussed. |
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