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Graduate Certificate in Counterterrorism at Pennsylvania State University

Pennsylvania State University, United States

Programme overview

The Graduate Credit Certificate in Counterterrorism provides working professionals and others with social science based training to understand and address terrorism and other threats to U.S. homeland security. The Certificate emphasizes the development of core skills such as threat analysis, management, and reporting; basic data usage and presentation; the preparation of counterterrorism briefings and reports; and the assessment of anti-terrorism strategies.

Faculty: The Graduate School  |  Study mode: online  |  Location: University Park, PA, United States

What you will study

Courses include Counterterrorism, Root Causes of Terrorism, Radicalization, Counter-Radicalization, and De-Radicalization, Tools and Analysis of Counterterrorism.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must submit the following items with their application for admission to the Counterterrorism certificate program: official transcripts from all post-secondary institutions attended ; resume/CV; and one-page statement of purpose or rationale for seeking a Graduate Certificate in Counterterrorism. Applicants are expected to have a 3.0 or higher GPA in their undergraduate work.

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