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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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Coastal Security (NW580) |
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Public Services |
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American Public University |
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This course focuses on the maritime, coastal, and port security efforts as theorized and practiced in industrial nations. The course topics include patrol, inspection, immigration, cargo, and homeland security issues associated with coastlines. |
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Collection (IN519) |
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Public Services |
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American Public University |
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This course is a study of intelligence collection and information gathering. It focuses on a variety of aspects related to how both the United States and foreign nations gather and process intelligence. The student will develop a comprehensive understanding of the role collection plays in the intelligence community, how various policies affect collection, and how different intelligence agencies monitor and collect intelligence. |
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Commercial Risk Mitigation (IN603) |
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Public Services |
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American Public University |
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The course stresses the development of a multi-phased, cost-effective risk management strategy to reduce commercial risk through the application of an integrated strategy combining structural, information, cyber, physical and technical defenses with affordable insurance coverage. |
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Community Policing (CR520) |
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Public Services |
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American Public University |
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This course provides for in-depth study of community based police programs. It examines the interaction of police agencies and the community they serve. The impact on the relationships between the police and the community in various types of communities including urban, rural, and other infrastructures is examined. The legal systems that are in place in communities will be reviewed and examined to compare the community roles and police communications. Additionally, there will be a focus on various relationships between police and the minority population. |
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Comparative Criminology (CR513) |
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Public Services |
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American Public University |
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The course will take an in-depth examination of the criminal justice systems of four major countries. Each country?s different philosophical and practical approaches to criminal justice will be studied and compared. |
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Comparative Defense Policies (MS641) |
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Public Services |
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American Public University |
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Course examines the defense policies of a number of nations in Europe and Asia that had to deal with enormous changes following the East bloc's collapse. It concentrates on the effect of post-Cold War induced changes on these nations. |
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Comparative Homeland Security (NS593) |
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Public Services |
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American Public University |
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This course focuses on non-U.S. homeland security policies, strategies, and organization. Topics include emergency and disaster management, public health, intelligence, counterterrorism, military/civil defense, law enforcement, border and coastal security, immigration, aviation security, among others. The course is designed to address the many different ways that security is handled in industrialized nations around the world, with students analyzing effective and efficient versus ineffective and inefficient systems of homeland security. |
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Comparative Intelligence (IN570) |
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Public Services |
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American Public University |
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This course is a comparative study of the major industrialized nations' institutional intelligence apparati, to include the national security approach, organizational design, implementation, strategy and tactics that are shared and distinct among the different nations. |
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Comparative Transportation Systems (DM575) |
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Public Services |
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American Public University |
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This course is designed to provide students with a solid knowledge of multi-modal transportation systems, the characteristics of individual transportation modes, international differences in transportation management, and transportation economics as they apply to multi-modal transportation management. Topics include comparative analysis of the various modes (motor carriers, railroads, water carriers, air carriers and pipelines), international differences in transportation management,comparative economics of transportation systems and the role of transportation systems in the modern organization. |
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Compensation and Benefits (DM549) |
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Public Services |
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American Public University |
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This course covers in detail the human resource topics of compensation and benefits. Industry leaders and cutting-edge industry practices are emphasized with relation to the hiring, maintaining, and keeping top employees as part of a successful corporate strategy. |
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Competitive Intelligence (IN549) |
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Public Services |
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American Public University |
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This course will provide the student with a competent knowledge of the growing field of competitive intelligence. Topics will include how to turn information into intelligence, and how that intelligence can be used to gain a competitive edge in the market place. Particular emphasis will be placed on the use of open source intelligence, as well as the use of competitive intelligence to analyze a business?s vulnerability to information operations that its competitors may use against it. |
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Complex Public Organizations (PUB5010) |
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Public Services |
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Northcentral University |
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This course examines the principal conceptual and theoretical bases for understanding the structure and environment of complex public organizations. The course also explores the problems bureaucracy poses for democracy theory and vigorous economy. |
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Conflict Transformation & Reconciliation (GE513) |
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Public Services |
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American Public University |
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In a world full of political conflicts and war, conflict transformation--traditionally thought of as reconciliation--is a rare, but essential gift. Historical and contemporary examples of reconciliation are explored here, with special emphasis on peacemaking between adversarial people groups and nation-states. |
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Consequence Management: Terrorism Preparation & Response (DM576) |
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Public Services |
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American Public University |
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This course addresses the potential results from nuclear, biological, and chemical incidents or uses. Topics include public health consequences of such incidents, emergency planning and response measures in place among U.S. agencies, and emerging detection and management technologies. Existing vulnerabilities to these types of incidents and attacks will also be discussed. |
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Contemporary International Issues (LC525) |
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Public Services |
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American Public University |
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This course is a survey of the major political, economic and social issues facing the nations of today's world, and of the historical forces and emerging trends that are shaping the world of the future. |
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Contemporary Issues in Security Management (CR509) |
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American Public University |
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This course is an in-depth study of contemporary issues in security management. The course will focus on tools that the professional security manager can use to increase productivity and lower operational cost. Topics explored: personnel security issues (background checks), budgeting, security liability, human resources issues and equal opportunity rights. |
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Contemporary Tactical Thought (LW553) |
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Public Services |
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American Public University |
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A study of the tactics applicable to today's exigencies of conflict (conflicts requiring immediate attention or remedy). An analysis of the styles of fighting believed to have the strongest potential against contemporary military and paramilitary forces. |
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Corporate Indications and Warning (IN601) |
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American Public University |
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The course exposes the student to a systematic approach used to monitor Low-Probability, High-Impact events that could adversely impact a company's strategic plans and/or tactical execution. Students will examine the traditional and alternative approaches to the I&W process. They will learn to distinguish various types of business intelligence indicators that will contribute to anticipating market shifts, new product release, R&D developments, as well as aggressive competitor actions that could go undetected. |
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Corporate Threat Definition and Vulnerability Analysis (IN600) |
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American Public University |
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This course defines the full spectrum of threats to a corporate structure, evaluating the capabilities in place to meet the threat, and, most importantly, for identifying the vulnerabilities. Students will learn processes to conduct surveys and assessments related to commercial business interruption, facility damage and destruction, and threats posed by political, societal, and economic unrest. Each student is required to produce a comprehensive study of the vulnerabilities for a selected industry appropriate to student's corporate affiliation. |
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Correctional Ethics (CR526) |
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Public Services |
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American Public University |
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This course focuses on ethical practices of correctional institutions, administrators, supervisor?s, correctional officers, and the institutions supporting staff. Topics discussed are employee corruption, disciplining problem employees, fraternization, contraband, and officer safety. In addition, ethical decisions and correctional policymaking will be explored in-depth. |
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