Responding to the growing interest in domestic defense
issues, the Whiting School of Engineering
Part-Time Programs in
Engineering and Applied Science is offering two new
courses in homeland security this fall.
Designed for government and industry homeland security
senior managers and leaders, the graduate-level, 15-week
courses will address the leadership and technical skills
necessary to understand homeland security challenges on a
systems engineering level. The classes will be held in the
nation's capital at the university's Washington Center.
Homeland Security Systems, the first of six planned
courses, focuses on hands-on, technology-based solutions to
homeland security, as well as systems problem definition,
needs analysis, generation of alternatives, decision making
and risk management. Information Systems Security focuses
on the technology necessary to design, implement and
operate information systems to meet today's and future
threats.
In announcing these two new courses, Sam Seymour, vice
chair of Systems Engineering and Technical Management,
pointed out that Johns Hopkins began homeland security
initiatives in 1991 with the Counter Proliferation and
Chemical Biological Protection Programs at the Applied
Physics Laboratory. "Since most of the PTE faculty work on
technical and policy issues related to homeland security,
the students will receive national security training from
practitioners with real-world experience and knowledge that
is useful today and will help define applicable solutions
to the unknown threats of the future," he said.
Seymour added that special guest lecturers from the
private sector will augment lectures and discussion
sessions.
For more information about the two classes, go to
www.jhu.edu/pte or
call 800-548-3647.
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