Certificate in Public Safety and Crisis Management
IIT offers a Certificate in Public Safety and Crisis Management within the MPA Program. The certificate is designed for those interested in increasing their knowledge and skills in the public safety field but do not currently have the time to pursue a MPA degree with a specialization in Public Safety & Crisis Management.
The program is intended as a 2 to 4 semester program
(for those
attending part-time) during which the student will:
- Take 3 of the 5 courses below:
PA 553 Public Safety Administration - This course examines traditional managerial principles and considers their applicability and the necessary reforms that have resulted from changing technology and strategies in the post 9/11 era. It will look at the proactive roles of public safety in the community.
PA 539 Local Government Management and Public Safety - This course examines the governmental structure in which public safety administrators work and studies the interrelationship of public safety administrators with the rest of the organization. The leadership and management roles of public safety officials, finances and budgeting in local government, and ethics in the profession will be examined.
PA 536 Strategy and Structure: Homeland Security
The course introduces the student to the National Strategy for Homeland Strategy and describes the structure under which it was originally designed, the events that have affected the original concept and the various changes that it has undergone since the events of 9/11/2001. The student will become intimately acquainted with the key legal parameters affecting HS and the governmental components involved in HS operations, enforcement and intelligence. An emphasis on the overall integration of State, local, tribal and private sectors will enable the student to apply the tenets of HS to their own individual situations. Other topics will include an understanding of how to conduct Threat Assessments as well as a cursory understanding of the Intelligence Cycle. (3-0-3)
PA 537 Crisis Management/Homeland Security - This course is taught by experts from various disciplines, it provides a basic overview of homeland security including a brief history of terrorism. Specifically, the course is intended to provide the audience issues related to homeland security, awareness on the types of threats (damage to buildings, processing plants, public facilities, etc.) and the type of risks involved. Other relevant aspects include types of weapons used by modern terrorists; how one goes about estimating risk and threat to a facility; how buildings and people respond when subjected to blast and fires; the role of search and rescue operations; weapon effects; building security; facility analysis to identify vulnerable areas given a threat; procedures for minimizing vulnerability; effective fire safety; contingency plans, etc. At the conclusion of this course the student will know how to estimate the risk and threat to a given facility, prepare a basic security audit; develop a basic contingency plan, develop a passive/active security system for a given facility and develop post event search and rescue operations.
PA 538 Information Systems Security/Cyber-crime - This course provides an in depth review of topics in cyber-crime issues in the public safety field. It includes issues involved with policy and legal issues and tools used for network security.
PA 588 Incident Response, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity - In this course, students learn to design and manage key business information security functions including incident response plans and incident response teams; disaster recovery plans; business continuity plans; and crisis management teams and plans. Reporting, response planning and budgeting are all addressed. Students working in teams will prepare an incident response, disaster recovery, business continuity, or crisis management plan for a real world organization, such as a business or a governmental body or agency.
Recommended is PA 502, Complex Organizations
With permission from the Academic Director the student may take another course of the student's choosing.
Certificate students may have an opportunity to participate in public safety management research, which may focus on service delivery or policy as it relates to the intersection between emergency management and other public and private sectors.
Faculty
The MPA program has faculty with considerable experience in the public safety management. Among them are:
Bill Disselhorst, adjunct faculty, has over 32 years experience working in the Chicago Police Department. He has served as a watch commander/administrative lieutenant.
Jennifer Lin, Adjunct Professor. B.A., University of Texas, J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law, M.P.A., Illinois Institute of Technology.
Karl Nollenberger, MPA Program Academic Director, has worked in local government management for 35 years including police, fire and emergency departments.
Anatol Longinow, Ph.D, PE, Adjunct faculty, has over 40 years of experience as a consultant/contractor/ investigator for civil defense agencies.
Ray Trygstad, Professor. B.S., United States Naval Academy; M.S., University of Denver; Ph.D. Candidate, IIT. Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity, Information Systems Securities.
IIT also offers a MPA degree with a specialization in Public
Safety & Crisis Management.
Both programs are offered at the IIT Downtown Chicago Campus at 565 W. Adams. Some of the courses in these programs may be provided at the Chicago Police Academy located at 1300 W. Jackson or the Rice Campus of IIT dependent upon demand.
|
