Overview

Tiffin University’s Criminal Justice - Homeland Security program will be beneficial to students seeking to advance and be promoted into leadership and administrative roles within the homeland security field in the future. If you are looking for a promotion to a supervisory grade position (GS-13 or above), this is the degree for you. The MS in Homeland Security program’s emphasis on leadership skills, the federal budgeting process, and policy development give you the preparation you need to lead in the Homeland Security field or many other areas of federal agency administration, including Defense and State.

Finally, graduates of this MS in Homeland Security program may be qualified to teach criminal justice courses in community colleges or may be eligible to advance to a Ph.D. program.

Tiffin University also offers a homeland security concentration that more broadly covers border security, cyber security, coastal threats, emergency management, and terrorism. This concentration would be good for a student attempting to enter the homeland security field.

Who Is This MS in Homeland Security Program For?

As a student in the homeland security administration program, you will develop a broad foundation of knowledge as it relates to homeland security administration in the 21st century, including current threats, strategic planning, budget & finance, policy formulation, leadership, and ethical issues and practices. This applied foundation of knowledge, coupled with your refined leadership and communication skills, will assist you in assuming leadership roles in the homeland security field.

Throughout the online master’s in homeland security program, you will:

Examine legal and ethical issues in order to practice legal and ethical integrity in your professional work
Gain exposed to and have an understanding of homeland security issues from a global perspective
Demonstrate the ability to think critically, pragmatically and strategically in the completion of a capstone project that will apply your learning to specific homeland security administration issues and challenges in your workplace and professional settings

Programme Structure

The Master of Science (MS) in Criminal Justice is a professional practical degree program that attracts skilled managers, agents and clinicians from many components of the criminal justice and juvenile justice systems. Combined with the faculty who direct and facilitate the educational experiences in the MS in Homeland Security program, the school’s talented and multifaceted students complete the mixture and create an intellectual synergy that’s found in very few graduate programs.

Our online masters in homeland security faculty bring years of executive, operations-level, clinical, academic and research experience in criminal justice to the graduate learning process in a way that sparks debate, fosters insight and elicits innovation. Joint student-faculty collaboration on learning projects is a common occurrence.

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2023-08-21 00:00:00

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Starting 2024-01-15 00:00:00

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More details

Online – Offered in two terms per semester starting in January, March, May, July, August and October

Language

English

IELTS

6

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TOEFL^® IBT

79

Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

Online

Disciplines

Criminal Law Terrorism & Security Criminal Justice View 101 other Masters in Terrorism & Security in United States

Academic requirements

GPA

3

English requirements

IELTS

6

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TOEFL^® IBT

79

Other requirements

General requirements

A bachelor’s degree or a three-year undergraduate professional degree from an accredited higher education institution, or currently attending an accredited MBA program.

Undergraduate academic achievement of 3.0 GPA

Resume/CV

Satisfactory TOEFL score (550 PBT/79-80 iBT) or IELTS score 6 or iTEP score of 3.9 or Duolingo 100-105

Tuition Fee

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International

21000 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 700 USD per credit during 12 months.
National

21000 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 700 USD per credit during 12 months.

Funding

Studyportals Tip: Students can search online for independent or external scholarships that can help fund their studies. Check the scholarships to see whether you are eligible to apply. Many scholarships are either merit-based or needs-based.

Studyportals Scholarship Deadline: 30 June 2020

Apply and win up to €10000 to cover your tuition fees.

Studyportals Scholarship Deadline: 30 June 2020

Apply and win up to €10000 to cover your tuition fees.

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Scholarships Information

Below you will find Master's scholarship opportunities for Criminal Justice - Homeland Security.

Available Scholarships

You are eligible to apply for these scholarships but a selection process will still be applied by the provider.

226 countries / Need-based

Grants of the Leopold Figl Foundation for students with residence in Lower Austria

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