Master of Arts in Homeland Security with Concentration in Emergency Management

at Northeastern University - Boston Campus USA

With the Master of Science in Corporate and Organizational Communication, you'll build in-demand skills as you learn to craft strategic approaches to complex communication challenges. Our instructors—communications leaders in the business and nonprofit sectors—will offer you an inside look not only at how best to design and deliver compelling messaging but also at how to measure the impact of your strategies. You’ll also create an ePortfolio that synthesizes learning across the curriculum and promotes your professional brand. Through co-ops and consulting assignments that culminate in a capstone project, you’ll learn the art of effective communication with employees, customers, investors, and other audiences as you hone your skills with a new set of tools to persuade, inform, and inspire.

The Master of Science in Project Management prepares you to drive innovation in your organization by giving you the skills and tools to effectively lead volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous projects from inception to completion in global markets. Accredited by the Project Management Institute’s Global Accreditation Center for Project Management Education Programs (GAC), our curriculum has a two-pronged approach that provides the foundational knowledge of scientific-based project management tools, organizational strategies, and theoretical concepts, coupled with the opportunity to deepen subject matter expertise through targeted concentration work and innovative project management concepts.

In an uncertain world, homeland security professionals must be equipped to meet diverse challenges. Whether you’re ready to launch a new career or looking to advance within your current profession, the Master of Arts in Homeland Security will prepare you for the next big step. With a whole-of-government approach emphasizing the role private sector partnerships play in national security, our program gives you the tools for success. You’ll gain skills you can apply immediately, including leadership, emergency planning and management, expertise in verbal and written communication, and the critical-thinking abilities to make timely, well-reasoned judgments. Additionally, you will have access to Northeastern’ s internationally renowned experiential opportunities including Coop, and experientially based capstone courses. With concentrations, you’ll have the freedom to choose your focus as you absorb the core elements of advanced study in this fast-growing field.

Determining the usability, reliability, privacy, and security of information is crucial to today's technology-driven information society. Our Master of Professional Studies in Informatics prepares you to lead the design and application of how human beings interact with information technology - a skillset in high demand across many industries. From learning knowledge and skills to design, develop, implement, and manage information systems and applications, this program combines theory and practical experience so you can hone your technical expertise working on real-world problems. You'll also work with cutting-edge software and programming languages and examine concepts, architectures, standards, and security models for digital networks. Choose a concentration from disciplines like information security management, cloud computing, data analytics, user-centered design. Learn to effectively manage projects on any scale, while you develop an interdisciplinary approach to research and analysis.

The Master of Science in Project Management prepares you to drive innovation in your organization by giving you the skills and tools to effectively lead volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous projects from inception to completion in global markets. Accredited by the Project Management Institute’s Global Accreditation Center for Project Management Education Programs (GAC), our curriculum has a two-pronged approach that provides the foundational knowledge of scientific-based project management tools, organizational strategies, and theoretical concepts, coupled with the opportunity to deepen subject matter expertise through targeted concentration work and innovative project management concepts.

Determining the usability, reliability, privacy, and security of information is crucial to today's technology-driven information society. Our Master of Professional Studies in Informatics prepares you to lead the design and application of how human beings interact with information technology - a skillset in high demand across many industries. From learning knowledge and skills to design, develop, implement, and manage information systems and applications, this program combines theory and practical experience so you can hone your technical expertise working on real-world problems. You'll also work with cutting-edge software and programming languages and examine concepts, architectures, standards, and security models for digital networks. Choose a concentration from disciplines like information security management, cloud computing, data analytics, user-centered design. Learn to effectively manage projects on any scale, while you develop an interdisciplinary approach to research and analysis.

The Master of Science in Human Resources Management program is designed to prepare students to make the connection between an organization’s strategy and its people. Available in two learning formats – on-ground in Boston and 100% online, the program focuses on emerging human resource competencies and skills needed to navigate the evolving human resources field, including the transformational impact of technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data.

The curriculum features six leading-edge concentrations that align with trends that are reshaping the human resources field: Digital HR, Artificial Intelligence for Human Resources, Global Talent Management, Project Management, Leadership, and Organizational Communication. Coupled with an emphasis on Northeastern’s signature experiential learning model where students have the opportunity to integrate material learned in the classroom with real-world experience, this program helps prepare students to be strategic business partners in their organizations.

In this program, you’ll take a multi-disciplinary approach to learning, creating well-rounded and sought-after innovators primed to utilize data and AI to inform domain-specific business decisions. Combining the disciplines of applied machine learning and artificial intelligence, data management, data analysis, and data visualization, a Master of Professional Studies in Applied Machine Intelligence teaches you to solve business problems within the rapidly growing field of artificial intelligence.

The diverse concentrations of healthcare, finance, human resources, and business ventures are a direct reflection of the AI value potential in these categories. Our program empowers students to apply AI models and algorithms to a chosen industry and focuses on the interpretation, operationalization, contextualization, and implementation of AI.

With a modular curriculum, you can easily customize your learning activities and experiences across multiple contexts both online and on-ground. Plus, you can earn your degree in less than two years.

Determining the usability, reliability, privacy, and security of information is crucial to today's technology-driven information society. Our Master of Professional Studies in Informatics prepares you to lead the design and application of how human beings interact with information technology - a skillset in high demand across many industries. From learning knowledge and skills to design, develop, implement, and manage information systems and applications, this program combines theory and practical experience so you can hone your technical expertise working on real-world problems. You'll also work with cutting-edge software and programming languages and examine concepts, architectures, standards, and security models for digital networks. Choose a concentration from disciplines like information security management, cloud computing, data analytics, user-centered design. Learn to effectively manage projects on any scale, while you develop an interdisciplinary approach to research and analysis.

With the Master of Science in Corporate and Organizational Communication, you'll build in-demand skills as you learn to craft strategic approaches to complex communication challenges. Our instructors—communications leaders in the business and nonprofit sectors—will offer you an inside look not only at how best to design and deliver compelling messaging but also at how to measure the impact of your strategies. You’ll also create an ePortfolio that synthesizes learning across the curriculum and promotes your professional brand. Through co-ops and consulting assignments that culminate in a capstone project, you’ll learn the art of effective communication with employees, customers, investors, and other audiences as you hone your skills with a new set of tools to persuade, inform, and inspire.