Non-degree candidates may apply for admission to the certificate program using the Virginia Tech Graduate School's online application system found at
Admissions. Interested students must submit an official copy of their college transcript documenting receipt of a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university with an acceptable grade point average mailed to the Virginia Tech Graduate School as part of the application process. Current graduate students also may pursue the certificate.
Students must take four courses (12 hours), including two required classes to receive the certificate.
Required
- PAPA 6264 Advanced Topics in Policy Systems Management (Prevention)
*or when the topic is focused on homeland security.
- PAPA 5354 Homeland Security Response and Recovery
Electives (choose two):
· PAPA 5254 Homeland Security and the Terrorist Threat
· SPIA 5124: Decision Making, Reflective Practice, and Engagement in STEM-H Domains
· UAP 5214: Topics in Natural Resources Hazard Planning
· PAPA 5974: Independent Study
· PAPA 6254: Advanced Topics in Public Policy
· PAPA 6214: Public Policy Processes and Analytic Approaches (3 credits)
· PAPA 6254 Advanced Topics in Homeland Security Policy: Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resiliency
· GIA 5514/PSCI: Global Security
· PAPA 5974 Independent Study
· PAPA 5904 Project and Report
· PAPA/STS 6664 Advanced Topics in Science and Technology: Complexity, Emerging Policy, Doctrine, and Reality