Bachelor of Security and Emergency Management
Flexible Degrees Designed to Help You Lead, Wherever You’re Headed.
Bachelor of Security and Emergency Management
Flexible Degrees Designed to Help You Lead, Wherever You’re Headed.
The Bachelor of Security and Emergency Management (B.S.E.M.) delivers first-hand, real-world experiences, successes, and lessons learned. The CBSM homeland security and emergency management program prepares students for a service-driven career where they operate under different rules and make crucial decisions. Our students receive training for meaningful jobs with good wages and significant growth opportunities. Whatever the scenario, their impact will be unmistakable.
Security and emergency management students can specialize in climate risk and security, cybersecurity and information technology management, emergency management, emergency medical and public health management, fire administration, homeland security or law enforcement management. Each specialty offers unique opportunities for applied learning and career enhancement. Students benefit from a unique combination of in-person and online or strictly online classes designed to be flexible enough for a working student's schedule.
Tailor your degree with one of eight concentrations
9 credits each
Assess climate impacts and help communities adapt to changing environmental conditions.
Develop technical skills to protect digital systems and data from cyber threats.
Prepare to lead disaster planning, response, and recovery efforts in any community or organization.
Learn about healthcare and public health to support crisis response.
Build the leadership and administrative expertise needed to manage fire services and advance firefighter careers.
Gain knowledge in threat analysis, risk management, and policy to safeguard people and critical infrastructure.
Strengthen leadership and management skills for careers in policing and public safety.
Learn to design and implement plans that keep businesses and organizations running during crises.
Build expertise in a specific area with one of three minors
15 credits each
The College of Business and Security Management is waiving the application fee for all degree programs. Use code UAFCBSM when you apply to take advantage of this offer.
Meet the Program Director
Alec Bennett
Program Director | Assistant Professor
Homeland Security and Emergency Management
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The Center for Arctic Security and Resilience serves as the lead for strategic and
operational Arctic-related national security and related endeavors.
CASR’s subject matter experts contribute to the field’s knowledge and scholarly base
through research, consultation, and education to meet the challenging issues shaping
the Circumpolar North and Arctic Region.
Grace Hopkins’ journey to success is anything but ordinary. Starting out in cosmetology, she pivoted to higher education during the pandemic, discovering her passion for service through Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Along the way, she achieved the rare honor of induction into both Beta Gamma Sigma and The Order of Sword and Shield, recognizing her outstanding academic performance and leadership. Now pursuing her master’s degree at CBSM, Grace demonstrates the resilience and dedication that defines our alumni.