International and domestic security threats are rapidly evolving resulting in a variety of risks and vulnerabilities for citizens and organizations.
This reality has resulted in rapid expansion of careers in security management and homeland security.
Bellevue University, an Award Winner Two Consecutive Years in the Annual ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program for Best Homeland Security Education, is competing for a Third Major Win in the 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program.
(Take a Sneak Peak at the Bellevue University Security Management degree program, courtesy of Bellevue University and YouTube. Posted on Jan 21, 2016.)
The Bellevue University Security Management degree continues to set the pace, preparing individuals for security and managerial positions in both the private and public sectors.
Concepts from business, criminal justice, security, and emergency management are integrated to help ensure students are well-prepared to plan and manage processes that protect against risk, such as emergency and disaster management and planning, threat assessment, and the evaluation of public safety.
When pursuing Bellevue University’s Security Management degree online or in class, students focus on the following general areas of expertise that are considered to be critical to management and the security field.
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Homeland security
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Personnel management
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Organizational interaction
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Infrastructure security
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Threat assessment
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Critical communication
In the cohort format, students progress from start to finish with a tight-knit group of peers who contribute diverse experiences and perspectives, guided by faculty with security industry experience.
Throughout the curriculum, students will be prepared with hands-on practice in critical thinking, decision-making, communication and organizational leadership skills required for safety, security and risk management roles.
Security Management Degree Graduates are Prepared to:
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Analyze and apply basic security theories to Homeland Security policies and activities.
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Prepare, manage, and critique personnel involved in emergency response situations.
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Compare and integrate organizational standard operating procedures.
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Analyze and construct risk analyses and threat assessment reports.
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Assess and develop effective business continuity and emergency response plans.
Working Adults
For over 50 years Bellevue University has been meeting the needs of adult students with flexible class schedules, innovative, career-relevant degree programs, and transfer credit policies that help them keep the credits they have already earned.
Whether you choose to earn your degree online or on campus, Bellevue University will work with you.
By offering classes online, at their main campus, and at their satellite locations, students can learn when their schedule allows, not by adapting theirs to meet the Universities.
Accelerated degree completion programs give you the opportunity to earn your degree in less time.
Bellevue University is award winning in distance learning and offers accredited degree programs respected by employers.
(Walk with two Bellevue University graduation candidates as they wrap up their undergraduate student careers. Megan, a single mom, and Genoveva, an immigrant, tell their stories of how they fulfilled their dreams to walk across the stage and receive their hard-earned diplomas. Courtesy of Bellevue University and YouTube. Posted on Jul 27, 2017.)
In addition to winning 2016 and 2017 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards, Bellevue University has been designated a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance/Cybersecurity by the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and recognized by Government Security News.
Officials laud Bellevue University for offering innovative education programs that produce a well-trained and well-versed workforce to protect our nation’s information infrastructure.
The designation remains in effect through the year 2021.
University Accreditation
Bellevue University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, a regional accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Bellevue University Competes in 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program
AST focuses on Homeland Security and Public Safety Breaking News, the Newest Initiatives and Hottest Technologies in Physical & IT Security, essential to meeting today’s growing security challenges.
The 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program, is organized to recognize the most distinguished vendors of Physical, IT, Port Security, Law Enforcement, Border Security, First Responders, (Fire, EMT, Military, Support Services Vets, SBA, Medical Tech) as well as the Federal, State, County and Municipal Government Agencies – to acknowledge their outstanding efforts to ‘Keep our Nation Secure, One City at a Time.’
As an ‘ASTORS’ competitor, Bellevue University’s Security Management Degree Program will be competing against the industry’s leading providers of Innovative Homeland Security Education Programs.
To Learn More about the ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program, see 2017 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Award Winners Honored at ISC East.
Over 100 distinguished guests from National, State and Local Governments, and Industry Leading Corporate Executives from companies allied to Government, gathered from across North America and the Middle East to be honored from disciplines across the Security Industry in their respective fields which included representatives from:
- The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T)
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- The Department of Justice
- The Security Exchange Commission
- State and Municipal Law Enforcement Agencies
- The Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Leaders in Private Security
