100-200 Level Course Descriptions
For more detailed descriptions, please see the most current NPSI catalog.
SEC 101: Introduction to Security (3 hours) - Provides an overview of general security principles to include history of the security profession, physical security, personnel security, information security, loss prevention and protection of assets.
SEC 102: Introduction to Terrorism (3 hours) - Provides an overview of the motivation and tactics of terrorist and extremist groups, to include training, methodology, and historical case studies.
SEC 201: Security and the Law (3 hours) - Provides an overview of important legal issues and the study of relevant cases.
SEC 202: Physical Security (3 hours) - Discusses elements of physical security, to include threats, access control technologies, asset protection, surveys, CPTED, blast mitigation, alarm systems, CCTV, security design, and other associated elements.
SEC 203: Information Systems Security (3 hours) -Introduces computer crimes and computer security, vulnerabilities and mitigation methods.
SEC 204: Personnel Security (3 hours) - Focuses on the competencies required to properly validate personnel.
SEC 205: Retail Security (3 hours) - Focuses on retail loss prevention, to include internal and external threats related to shrinkage.
SEC 206: Homeland Security (3 hours) - Explores the national security mission as a whole, to include participation by federal agencies as well as private organizations.
SEC 207: WMD and Hazardous Materials (3 hours) -Provides an overview of Weapons of Mass Destruction and industrial Hazardous Materials.
SEC 208: Investigations (3 hours) - Introduces the investigative function, to include comparison of law enforcement and private investigations.
SEC 209: Protective Intelligence (3 hours) - Presents methods to identify, investigate, and analyze threats.
SEC 210: Emergency Medicine (3 hours) - Trains and certifies the student as a medical first responder.
300-400 Level Course Descriptions
For more detailed descriptions, please see the most current NPSI catalog.
SEC 301: Security Supervision (3 hours) - Focuses on the supervisorial aspects of running a security operation.
SEC 302: Ethics and Professionalism (3 hours) - Discusses the concepts and principles of ethics and professionalism.
SEC 303: Force Options/Use of Force (3 hours) - Focuses on lethal (handgun and shotgun) and less-lethal force options.
SEC 304: Emergency Planning and Response (3 hours) - Discusses planning for emergencies using an all-hazards approach, as well as responding to emergencies.
SEC 305: Threat and Vulnerability Assessments (3 hours) - Discusses the processes involved in conducting threat and vulnerability assessments.
SEC 306: Personal Protection Operations (3 hours) - Also known as executive protection, dignitary protection, VIP protection, bodyguarding, and other terms.
SEC 307: Domestic Terrorism (3 hours) - Purpose of course is to gain an understanding of the threat of domestic terrorism within the United States.
SEC 308: International Terrorism (3 hours) - Discusses international terrorist activities. Purpose of the course is to gain an understanding of the threat of the international terrorism.
SEC 309: Terrorist Incident Case Studies (3 hours) - Purpose of course is to use lessons learned from actual case studies to better prevent and/or mitigate potential future similar incidents.
SEC 310: Issues in Terrorism (3 hours) - Addresses current issues in terrorism, including threats, policies, strategies, and news reporting.
SEC 311: Business Continuity Operations (3 hours) -Discusses planning and response for continuity of business operations after an emergency. Purpose of the course is to understand the elements of planning for disaster recovery.
SEC 401: Security Management (3 hours) - Describes the organization, management, and administration of the security function.
SEC 402: Issues in Security Management (3 hours) -Addresses current issues in security management, including policies, strategies, and news reporting.
Residential Colloquia- Two one-week residential requirements. See catalog for further details.
