Master of Science
Threat Assessment and Management Degree
Online
Online
Threat Assessment and Management Degree
Accelerate Your Expertise in Critical Public Safety & Security for Threat Assessment
The Master of Science in Threat Assessment and Management program is designed for working professionals seeking to advance their expertise in public safety and threat management across law enforcement, educational institutions, juvenile justice, or corporate settings.
Join a Cohort of Future Security Leaders
This accelerated, cohort-based program equips students with critical skills for assessing and managing threat events, including threats of violence, threats to public safety, and consequences related to mental health crises in both private and public sectors. As a cohort program, the master’s in threat assessment allows you to simplify your experience with a course load that’s manageable for busy students. You’ll register for classes once at the beginning of the program without creating a new class schedule each term.
Gain Real-World Skills for High-Stakes Scenarios
Key focus areas of the online Threat Assessment master's degree include:
- Ethical principles in threat management
- Threat countermeasures and response strategies
- Personnel management during threat situations
- Building a threat assessment team
- Physical and information security
- Effective communication in crisis scenarios
Become a Threat Assessment Professional
Upon completion, you’ll graduate with the confidence to:
- Apply security theories to real-world, public safety threat scenarios
- Manage and evaluate personnel in threat response and crisis situations
- Integrate organizational procedures for threat analysis and mitigation
- Produce comprehensive risk analyses and threat assessment reports
- Develop effective business continuity and emergency response plans
Master the Skills for Protecting What Matters Most
This security threat assessment master’s program emphasizes practical skills and ethical considerations, preparing students to become future leaders in the growing field of threat assessment and management. The curriculum is tailored to accommodate working professionals, offering a balance of theoretical knowledge and hands-on experience crucial for success in this sensitive domain.
Take the next step with your degree in security threat assessment and management. We’re ready to help you get there.
Courses
What You’ll Learn
Bellevue University’s Master of Science in Threat Assessment and Management degree will enable you to:
- Apply basic security theories to threat events and activities.
- Prepare, manage, and critique personnel involved in threat events and countermeasures.
- Integrate organizational operating procedures to optimize management of threat events.
- Construct threat risk analyses and threat assessment reports.
- Develop effective business continuity and emergency response plans for threat countermeasures.
- Demonstrate communication skills and ethics when assessing and countering threat events
Threat Assessment and Management Degree Courses
Current students please login to BRUIN and select “Academic Progress” for your curriculum requirements.
Requirements (32 credit hours)
(Click a course name below to view course details).
This course discusses the processes used to identify assets and address areas of threats. This course will define threat assessment, and provide knowledge to determine the credibility and seriousness of a potential threat, as well as the probability that the threat will become a reality. It will cover how to manage the effects of a threat versus the threat itself and make the appropriate response. This will entail a collection of data, threat monitoring, safety of those involved as well as methods that are combined through various collaborations of assessments with internal and external entities based on sound security methods.
This course encompasses the personal and corporate standards of ethical behaviors that are expected. Studied topics in ethics will help security and threat professionals to uphold the expertise, commitment, responsibility, and objectivity in their work and to distinguish right from wrong in decision and align with their organization’s culture.
This course will discuss the need for personnel to develop credentials for compliance towards various types of security, from physical security to security administration that focuses on the protection of assets and gain abilities in applying those processes. This course compares industry standards and practices for personnel security currently used in the workplace.
This course looks at risks to preempt waiting for a security breach leading to evaluating security procedures affecting both physical and informational security. Practicing proper assessment will be discussed as the foundation of physical security and why public and private organizations are falling victim to high-profile cyberattacks and ransomware. The course will show where physical security assessments will identify potential threats and major effects in your facility security systems and show the complexity of measures needed to protect networks, infrastructures, applications, products, and proprietary data.
This course discusses implementation of threat assessment and how inadequate threat assessments may result in compromised or unauthorized access. It also discusses how communication, its delivery, and protection needs to be of the highest standard to lead to more success and that a clear message is the most appropriate path to adequate communication. The course will include a discussion of security personnel contributions and how they guide and help develop an appropriate incident response plan based on the identified threats from threat assessment activities.
This course discusses the controls that are put in place in order to keep undesirable actions on the outside and desirable actions internal as this can expend a great deal of time and resources. The course looks at possible bad decisions on the part of users in the organization and how to nullify those decisions with appropriate countermeasures. The course helps students become aware of threats that are propagated through actions and behavior.
This course discusses aligning the Security Budget with overall business goals and concepts. As the budget should support the execution of the strategic plan, building a proper budget is a core competency of an effective security program. In addition to hiring and training good people, they need to adapt to the desired security culture. This course answers the question of why each item should be present within a budget and if it should be examined on a yearly or more regular basis. As it is critical to look at the organization’s overall needs, understanding why security is vital to the organization’s health is discussed at length.
This course identifies the needs of personnel that are assigned to a threat assessment team and to be able to study concerning behavior actions within an organization or individual. The threat assessment team is a group of officials convened to identify, assess, and address threats or potential threats to security. Team members learn how to evaluate and process situations against behavioral or unlawful actions. For this to occur, the establishment of a reporting system is imperative for past, present, and future determinations. Each of these positions are very important to manage a collaborative effort in identification, assessment, and counteraction of threat events. Students work to understand how important information sharing, as well as communication, is for a desired end result.
Certificates of Completion
You can build a portfolio of 3 certificates as you complete the courses in the program, in Basics ofThreat Assessment and Ethics, Identification of Threats and the Human Element, and Physical and Informational Threat Assessment Procedures and Rules. The completion of certificates sends an important signal to your organization or employer that you are committed to developing skillsets that not only help you personally grow, but also help your organization.
Basics of Threat Assessment and Ethics
Certificate of Completion (8 credits)
TAM 510 Introduction to Threat Assessment and Threat-based Security (4 credits)
TAM 520 Professional Ethics in Security (4 credits)
The Basics of Threat Assessment and Ethics Certificate consists of two courses (8 credit hours) designed to meet the needs of online students in the fields of security and threat analysis and assessment. Courses included in the certificate introduce students to professional ethics in threat assessment and mediation, asset protection in the modern workplace, and contrasting the differences between qualitative and quantitative threat analysis.
Identification of Threats and the Human Element
Certificate of Completion (8 credits)
TAM 610 Identification of Threat Events and Communication of Countermeasures (4 credits)
TAM 620 The Human Element of Threat Assessment (4 credits)
The Identification of Threats and the Human Element Certificate consists of two courses (8 credit hours) designed to meet the needs of online students in the fields of threat analysis and threat assessment. Courses included in the certificate introduce students to building the protocols for threat analysis, examining physical and informational procedures for assessing potential threats, and information management and communication best practices.
Physical and Informational Threat Assessment Procedures and Rules
Certificate of Completion (8 credits)
TAM 530 Basic Procedures and Rules of Personnel Security (4 credits)
TAM 540 Risks to Physical and Informational Security (4 credits)
The Physical and Informational Threat Assessment Procedures and Rules Certificate consists of two courses (8 credit hours) designed to meet the needs of online students in the fields of threat analysis and threat assessment. Courses included in the certificate introduce students to building the protocols for threat analysis, examining physical and informational procedures for assessing potential threats, and information management and communication best practices.
University Accreditation
Bellevue University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (hlcommission.org).
Whether a college, university, or program is accredited is important to students with financial aid, employers who provide tuition assistance, donors, and the federal government.
This program is considered a non-licensure degree/certificate program and is not intended for those seeking licensure or the practice of licensed profession. This program may be relevant to multiple occupations that do not require licensure and was not designed to meet educational requirements for any specific professional license or certification.
*Consult with an admissions counselor to determine your eligible credits, as well as to verify minimum graduation requirements for this degree. Transfer credits must be from a regionally accredited college or university. Bellevue University makes no promises to prospective students regarding the acceptance of credit awarded by examination, credit for prior learning, or credit for transfer until an evaluation has been conducted.
We work with the experience you bring to the table for your master’s degree.
Format
100% Online learning that works for your life and your goals.
Our flexible online courses are designed to bring quality learning into a format that fits your schedule, without sacrificing meaningful faculty feedback and collaboration with peers across the country. Stay on track with the help of your Student Coach — with you from day one to graduation.
Graduate with a stronger professional network.
Get to know a consistent group of peers as you earn your master's in threat assessment and management degree. As a master’s cohort program, you’ll move through courses on the same schedule as your classmates—making it possible to develop a stronger network and enjoy a more collaborative learning experience along the way.
Flexible online learning makes a master’s degree in threat assessment possible for working professionals.
Tuition & Financial Aid
Graduate degrees can be more affordable than you think.
Earning a degree is an investment in yourself. We want to help you make sure it’s a wise one.
2024 / 2025 Academic Year
$660 In-Class or Online Cost Per Credit
(Additional fees may apply to individual courses within your major requirements)
Curious about financial aid? We’ve got the answers.
As a graduate student, you may be eligible for up to $20,500 per year in unsubsidized Direct Student Loans.
And, students often apply for graduate program scholarships through Bellevue University or tuition reimbursement through their employers. Talk to us and we’ll help you explore your options.
Admissions
Start on the path to your master’s. No GRE or GMAT required.
We believe in reducing roadblocks to education. That’s why our admissions requirements focus only on what matters—helping hardworking students access the education they deserve.
For admission to Bellevue University, applicants must:
- Possess a bachelor’s or master’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university, or a U.S. equivalent degree from a nationally or internationally accredited college or university.
- Have maintained a GPA of 2.5 or better from the most recent 60 credits of coursework earned toward the bachelor’s degree or have maintained a GPA of 3.0 or better in previous graduate level coursework earned toward the graduate degree.
If you haven’t already, take a moment to request information about your masters program and get in touch with our admissions team. We’ll help make sure you have what you need and answer your questions.
When you’re ready to apply, start your application online. You’ll then:
- Submit your deposit to Bellevue University. (You can do this at any point in the process.)
- Submit your transcripts from past institutions and any other required documentation.
- Complete the FAFSA and see what grants and loans you’re eligible for.
If you are an international student, please see the following specific information: International Student Master Admissions.
You'll just need to create an account and complete a pre-application to Bellevue University through Guild. Once you receive confirmation that your pre-application to Bellevue University has been approved, you'll need to complete the required steps to get fully accepted and registered. These include:
- Submitting transcripts from past institutions
- Submitting related documentation
Ready to get started?
Reach out to admissions.
- Get your questions answered about the Threat Assessment and Management Degree
- Understand your financial aid and scholarship options
- Map out a schedule that fits with your priorities
