1. 7/14/2016Developing & validating an outcomes-based BS in Homeland Security 1 Development and Validation of a BS Curriculum in Homeland Security By: Dan Cutrer, MAS Jim Ramsay, PhD, CSP Bob Raffel, JD March, 2008 The Second Annual Homeland Security & Defense Education Summit

2. 7/14/2016Developing & validating an outcomes-based BS in Homeland Security 2 Overview  Distinctive qualities & the basic design of the ERAU BS in HS.  The study design, objectives & outcomes to date.  Challenges & next steps.

3. 7/14/2016Developing & validating an outcomes-based BS in Homeland Security 3 What is Distinctive About Homeland Security at ERAU?  “Outside the box”/flexible thinking.  Technical, strategic, analytical, social science strong.  Generalist, but still a bit specific.  Faculty & course selection.

4. 7/14/2016Developing & validating an outcomes-based BS in Homeland Security 4 Basic Design of the ERAU BS  Currently:  Gen Ed (30 cr).  Core (28 + 34 cr).  A 12 credit AOC.  16 Open credits. It took us how long to finish? = 120 credits

5. 7/14/2016Developing & validating an outcomes-based BS in Homeland Security 5 The BS 9 cr of OSH 24 cr of HU/SS beyond GDR

6. 7/14/2016Developing & validating an outcomes-based BS in Homeland Security 6 2 New Courses 1) Fundamentals of HS Systems.

7. 7/14/2016Developing & validating an outcomes-based BS in Homeland Security 7 2 New Courses 2) Environmental security.

8. 7/14/2016Developing & validating an outcomes-based BS in Homeland Security 8 The Main Challenge – creating and preserving degree integrity  Academic homeland security is an emergent discipline.  As such, there is no standardized set of HS educational objectives or program level outcomes.

9. 7/14/2016Developing & validating an outcomes-based BS in Homeland Security 9 Process 1) Delphi Technique  Structured process for collecting and distilling knowledge from a group of experts by means of a series of iterative surveys interspersed with controlled opinion feedback.  Through several iterations, this process synthesizes the responses, resulting finally in a consensus that reflects the participants' combined intuition, experience, and expert knowledge.

10. 7/14/2016Developing & validating an outcomes-based BS in Homeland Security 10 The tool - Definitions  {academic} Homeland security: may be described as the term generally used to refer to the broad national effort by all levels of government - federal, state, local and tribal - to protect the people, and territories of the United States from all threats and hazards both foreign and domestic.  Educational objectives: are statements that describe the career and professional accomplishments that the program is preparing its students to achieve and are based on the needs of the constituents. These are typically exemplified by graduates 5-10 years after graduation  Core academic areas of Homeland security: are major functional areas of homeland security which correspond to an extant academic discipline.

11. 7/14/2016Developing & validating an outcomes-based BS in Homeland Security 11 The Study Design  The basic design includes:  Formation of a panel of operational experts in HS from a variety of disciplines (law, DHS, the military, EM, law enforcement, academia).  The aim is to elucidate a structure for an outcomes-based BS in HS.

12. 7/14/2016Developing & validating an outcomes-based BS in Homeland Security 12 The Study Design  Steps to form the structure (ala the ABET model):  Develop a set of educational objectives.  Develop a set of core academic areas.  Develop KSAs (or program level outcomes) for each core academic area.  Methodology – use an online Delphi Technique with 8 selected panelists.

13. 7/14/2016Developing & validating an outcomes-based BS in Homeland Security 13 Delphi Panel Members  Volusia County Emergency Management Planner, member of the Florida State Working Group on Domestic Security and the Central Florida Regional Domestic Security Task Force.  General Officer, USAFR, led course development and execution for NGB in areas of anti-terrorism, force protection. Extensive experience in emergency management planning on both domestic and international levels.  Deputy Director, Florida Anti-narcotics Group, formerly SAC of a major DEA field office. Prior TSA Assistant Federal Security Director for Law Enforcement.

14. 7/14/2016Developing & validating an outcomes-based BS in Homeland Security 14 Delphi Panel Members  Senior Analyst, Institute for Defense Analysis. Extensive experience in varying aspects of Homeland Security for over ten years.  Senior Advisor, Transportation Sector Network Management, TSA.  Commander, Mobilization Augmentation Command, NGB, Washington, DC. Former Director, Joint Reserve Affairs Center, National Defense University.  Associate Judge, Naval War College graduate, Captain, USNR, JAG officer. Senior seminar leader for the Reserve Components National Security Course.

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18. 7/14/2016Developing & validating an outcomes-based BS in Homeland Security 18 Results to Date – Ed Objectives 1) Instill in our graduates skills, knowledge and abilities appropriate to the profession of homeland security. 2) Infuse each graduate with a desire to be a lifelong learner and to pursue subsequent degrees or other professional certifications appropriate to the profession of homeland security. 3) Instill an appreciation of one’s civic duties and responsibilities to society.

19. 1) Intelligence - A systematic process of collection, analysis and dissemination of information in support of national, state and/or local policy or strategy. 2) Terrorism - The threat of violence, individual acts of violence, or a campaign of violence designed primarily to instill fear. Terrorism is violence for effect: not only and sometimes not at all for the effect on the actual victims of the terrorists’ cause. Fear is the intended effect, not the by-product of terrorism. 3) Research and Development - Research into and development of new and emergent technologies or strategies, and successfully applying them in support of homeland security goals and objectives. Results to Date – 9 Core Academic Areas

20. 4) Law & Policy - Legal and policy formulations that provide the basic direction of homeland security means and objectives and establish a context for homeland security within the broader purview of national security. 5) Emergency Management - The process of coordinating available resources to deal with emergencies effectively, thereby saving lives, avoiding injury or illness and minimizing economic losses. This protection process involves four phases that are reinforcing and mutually dependent: preparedness, response, mitigation and recovery. 6) Risk Analysis - A systematic method of identifying the assets (e.g., critical infrastructure and key assets) of a system, the threats (i.e., strategic, political, economic or cultural) to those assets, and the vulnerability of the system to those threats in such a way as to be able to quantify threats and their consequences to a system for the purpose of developing appropriate countermeasures. Results to Date – 9 Core Academic Areas

21. 7) Critical Infrastructure - Systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination of these assets. 8) Strategic Planning - the process of defining an organization’s strategy (a long term plan of action designed to achieve a particular goal or objective) or direction and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital, its technology and its human resources. 9) Environmental Security - a process for effectively responding to changing environmental conditions that have the potential to destabilize the political economy or governmental infrastructure of a nation or region which reduces peace and stability and thereby affects US national security. Results to Date – 9 Core Academic Areas

22. 7/14/2016Developing & validating an outcomes-based BS in Homeland Security 22 Next Steps 1) Complete the study and identify a set of KSAs for each core academic area. 2) Publish a manuscript of the process. 3) Modify curriculum and create a new set of MCOs for each core course. 4) Development of assessment matrix and continuous quality improvement process. 5) Maintain expert advisory panel! 6) Recruit internship sites, fill with students. 7) Obtain accreditation!

23. 7/14/2016Developing & validating an outcomes-based BS in Homeland Security 23 Thank you! Questions?