Penn State's 30-credit online master of homeland security in public health preparedness provides you with the knowledge to help you better protect and serve local, state, and national interests with respect to the threat of terrorism and natural disaster.

This online master's degree program is from Penn State's College of Medicine and is the only homeland security degree offered by a medical school in the United States.

Course topics include:

• disaster planning and coordination
• agricultural safety and biosecurity
• critical infrastructure protection against disaster and terrorist emergencies
• the political, legal, psychological, and social aspects of terrorism and natural disasters
• the principles of hazard analysis and incident management with respect to natural disasters, as well as chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear incidents

The safety of your community depends on well-trained, highly educated leaders with a grasp of the growing body of knowledge in the field of homeland security. The need to understand how to respond with emergency management in the face of natural or man-made disasters is crucial when situations challenge your plans.