Curriculum - Core Courses
Students in the security studies certificate program work with a certificate coordinator to choose five of the six courses listed here for a total of 15 semester hours of course work:
- JUST 6502: Criminal Justice and Terrorism
- EHST 6010: Fundamentals of Environmental Health
- PADM 6170: Intergovernmental/Interagency Relations
- PLAN 6105: Emergency/Disaster Planning
- POLS 6155: Changing Nature of National Security
- POLS 6382: Global Terrorism
Additional Courses
Other Graduate level courses may become available during the year which may be substituted for the above core courses. Consideration will be made on a case-by-case basis.
Transfer Credits
Upon approval by the Security Studies Program Committee, up to 6 credit hours of graduate level work from an accredited institution may be transferred to the Graduate Certificate.
Faculty
Mark Jones, PhD, Sam Houston State University.
Criminal justice and terrorism, community corrections, criminal justice ethics and history, organized crime
Carmine Scavo, MPA and Security Studies Program Director, PhD, University of Michigan.
Public policy, state and local government, Intergovernmental and Interagency Relations.
Richard C. Kearney, Chair Political Science, PhD, University of Oklahoma.
Public administration, state and local government, human resources management.
Steven Ballard, (Chancellor-East Carolina University), PhD, Ohio State University.
Michael Butler, PhD, University of Connecticut.
International conflict studies, Security studies.
Jeannie Grussendorf, PhD, University of Bradford, UK.
Security studies, international relations, global terrorism, conflict management.
Richard Kilroy, PhD, University of Virginia.
Security studies, defense policy, homeland security, Latin American politics.
Leslie Omoruyi, PhD, University of Connecticut.
Research methods, development administration, international relations.
Daniel Sprau, DPH, University of Michigan.
Environmental health.
Harold Stone, PhD, Texas A&M University.
Emergency management and environmental planning
For more information, contact:
Dr. James F. Anderson Chair
Department of Criminal Justice
College of Human Ecology
140 Rivers Building
Greenville, NC 27585-4353
Phone 252-328-4192
Fax 252-328-4196
andersonja@ecu.edu
