Homeland Security
CWC Homeland Security student wins Student Leadership Award
CWC also has programs in Pre-Legal Studies and Criminal Justice.
The Associate of Science degree in Homeland Security is designed to provide the student with a comprehensive review of the Department of Homeland Security, its agencies, laws, authorities and actions. Students completing this Associate of Sciencedegree may either transfer to a four-year institution to complete a bachelor's degree in a related field or apply for entry-level positions in law enforcement, security, protective services, and other careers in local, state, or federal jurisdictional arenas.
The general education courses required in the Associate of Science degree are designed to develop a student's minimum level of competency in the areas of writing, math, and oral communication. The remaining general education requirements are designed to assure the student has a broad general background in different discipline areas in which students come to know and understand themselves and others, in the nation and in the world.
Courses in the program focus on an overview of Homeland Security Law and on domestic, international, biological, agriculture and cyber terrorism. Detailed throughout the program curricula are the skills and knowledge needed to support the homeland security mission of preventing terrorist attacks within the United States; reducing the United States' vulnerability to terrorism; minimizing damage and assisting in recovery of occurring terrorist attacks; acting as a focal point regarding natural and man-made crises and emergency planning; and monitoring connections between illegal drug trafficking and terrorism.
To be successful in a homeland security career, a person must demonstrate the following professional attributes: integrity, analytical and critical thinking, independence, initiative, dependable, attention to detail, achievement/effort, innovation, persistence, and cooperation.
CWC has recently acquired a state-of-the-art Fire Arms Training System (FATS).
Associate of Science Degree
| General Education Requirements | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Writing Level I (WR1) | 3 | ||
| Writing Level II (WR2) | (In program) | ||
| U.S & Wyoming Constitution (POLS 1000) | 3 | ||
| ARTS | 3 | ||
| DIV | 3 | ||
| HUM | 3 | ||
| LSCI | 4 | ||
| MATH | 3 | ||
| ORAL* | 3 | ||
| PEAC | 1 | ||
| SOC | 3 | ||
| UNST | 1 | ||
| WELL | 1 | ||
| Program Requirements | |||
| BADM | 1020 | Business Communications (WR2) | 3 |
| HSEC | 1000 | Introduction to Homeland Security | 3 |
| HSEC | 1001 | School Safety | 3 |
| HSEC | 1002 | Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism | 3 |
| HSEC | 1003 | Homeland Security and First Responders | 3 |
| HSEC | 2001 | Overview of Homeland Security Law | 3 |
| STAT |
2050 |
Fundamentals of Statistics OR |
|
| STAT |
2070 |
Introduction to Statistics for Social Science |
4 |
| Program Electives | |||
| Student must choose 15 credits from the following courses: | |||
| HSEC | 1004 | Theories and Psychology of Terrorism | 3 |
| HSEC | 1005 | A History of Terrorism | 3 |
| HSEC | 1015 | Homeland Security and Critical Infrastructure Facilities | 3 |
| HSEC | 1025 | Transitions: Emergency Management and Homeland Security | 3 |
| HSEC | 2002 | Agricultural Terrorism | 3 |
| HSEC | 2003 | Economics and Terrorism | 3 |
| HSEC | 2004 | Homeland Security and Law Enforcement | 3 |
| HSEC | 2005 | Politics and Terrorism | 3 |
| HSEC | 2006 | Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction | 3 |
| HSEC | 2007 | Biological Terrorism | 3 |
| HSEC | 2008 | Religion, Extremism, and Violence | 3 |
| HSEC | 2009 | Terrorism and the Media | 3 |
| HSEC | 2010 | Cyber Terrorism | 3 |
Total |
68 |
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*Recommend student enroll in CO/M 1030 Interpersonal Communication.
Matt Huxtable is Trustee Association Student of the Year
A first year Central Wyoming College student from Shoshoni was presented the Wyoming Association of Community College Trustees 2007-2008 Student of the Year Award.
Matt Huxtable, who majors in homeland security, was presented the award at the Wyoming Community College Conference Thursday, Feb. 21 in Cheyenne. He shares the honor with a student from Eastern Wyoming College in Torrington.
An Iraqi war veteran, Huxtable is putting his "real world" insight into his homeland security courses, said Professor Jeff Hosking, who nominated Huxtable for the award.
"Matt is an exceptional student," Hosking said of Huxtable, who is a volunteer fire fighter for rural Fremont County, and Hosking's teaching assistant for the Firearms Training Simulator courses. "He does all this while working many hours for his family business."
"Matt's relative youth, but broad experience, brings a dynamic individual to the community college system," Hosking said in his nomination. "While his breadth of real life experience is quite large, he recognized the need for formal education."