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Doctor of Management - Homeland Security Concentration

Effective February 2019, this program is no longer available for future enrollments at the Denver South campus.

The Doctor of Management with a concentration in Homeland Security is a 100-credit-hour terminal degree. The program includes 40 credit hours of core management courses, 20 credit hours of homeland security concentration courses, 4 credit hours of symposium-related courses, and 36 credit hours of doctoral research. The research element will culminate in a dissertation.

The Doctor of Management is a terminal degree for management professionals. The program helps students prepare to think and act strategically and provides the opportunity to enhance their abilities to make positive contributions in their chosen area of management expertise. This program is designed to promote the development of expertise and strategic analysis and thinking in homeland security and foster the development of policy leadership and academic expertise in this emerging field. This concentration is designed to leverage the experience of the homeland security professional to develop expertise in an area of the industry. The program focuses heavily on current, real-world challenges that homeland security leaders must face and overcome for their organization to be successful.

 

This program does not lead to additional licensure or certification.  As such, CTU has made no determination regarding prerequisites for licensure or certification in any state or jurisdiction.

Program Accreditation and Alignments

The homeland security concentration was developed to align with the Center for Homeland Defense and Security, Naval Postgraduate School using an “All-Hazards” approach to Homeland Security training and education. The program provides curriculum in both management and homeland security.

Outcomes

Doctor of Management Outcomes

  • Demonstrate fluency within the chosen discipline and the ability to support business strategy and organizational missions in changing environments
  • Develop synthesis proficiencies for strategic planning and solution generation in the context of internal and external managerial responsibilities
  • Integrate theories, models, skills, and competencies in support of organizational missions

Homeland Security Concentration Outcomes

  • Demonstrate fluency with the body of knowledge in homeland security in current management theory
  • Design appropriate change management initiatives in homeland security that contribute to organizational efficiency
  • Predict future trends in homeland security through appropriate research methods
  • Analyze the legal and organizational challenges facing homeland security leaders

Degree Requirements

Courses: Core

MGMT802Management Theory

4

MGMT808Management and Ethics

4

MGMT818Leadership Theory and Development

4

MGMT822Application of Action Research

4

MGMT824Strategic Thinking and Organizational Alignment

4

MGMT828Practice and Theory of Consulting and Intervention

4

MGMT832Organization Innovation and Scenario Thinking

4

RES804Principles of Research Methods and Design

4
RES812Qualitative Research Methods

4
RES814Quantitative Research Methods

4
RES860Doctoral Research I: Principles of Research and Writing

4
RES861Doctoral Research II: Annotated Bibliography

4
RES862Dissertation Research Process

4
RES863Doctoral Research III: Dissertation Literature Review

4
RES864Doctoral Research IV: Dissertation Methods

4
RES865Doctoral Research V: Dissertation Introduction

4
RES866Doctoral Research VI: Dissertation Findings

4
RES867Doctoral Research VII: Dissertation Discussion and Conclusion

4
RES868Doctoral Research VIII: Dissertation Conclusion

4
SYMP801Doctoral Symposium I

2
SYMP802Doctoral Symposium II

2
Total Credit Hours:80

Courses: Concentration

HLS870Homeland Security Enterprise

4

HLS872Risk, Resilience and Innovation in Security Policy

4

HLS874Homeland Security Strategy and Policy

4

HLS876Issues in Public Health and Emergency Planning

4

HLS878Homeland Security Professional Development

4

Total Credit Hours:20

Total Credit Hours: 100

Program Areas of Focus

The program emphasizes three areas of focus: Research and Writing; Leadership and Change Management; and the specific concentration discipline.

Graduation Requirements

In addition to the successful completion of 100 credit hours with an acceptable GPA, students must also satisfactorily complete their research proposal and final dissertation. The research proposal must be approved by the student’s Research Supervisor and University Reviewer. The dissertation, which must be approved by the student’s dissertation committee, is an extensive document that includes the research study. In addition, graduation requires presentation of the final dissertation.

Symposium

Doctoral programs at Colorado Technical University require a residential symposium. Additional information about CTU's doctoral symposium can be located in the Doctoral Symposium section of this catalog.

Locations

  • Virtual Campus

Area of Study

  • Business & Management
  • Security Studies & Criminal Justice

Degree Level

  • Doctorate