National American University

The Master of Management (MM) degree program is designed to help you develop a well-rounded portfolio of management knowledge, skills, and abilities and a holistic view of the organization. The curriculum provides you with both a practical and a theoretical grounding in business, management and leadership, along with the opportunity for specialization in an area that coincides with your professional aspirations. Emphasis areas are offered in Health Care Administration, Information Technology, or Human Resource Management.

An NAU online education is a great fit for busy adults. With prior work, you can earn your degree in as little as 12 months. Our philosophy has earned us the distinction of being a "Top 25 Best Buy" in regionally accredited online programs by geteducated.com.

You can enroll in NAU graduate classes completely online or a combination of both on-campus and online to complete your degree. The blended model of learning offers you the face-to-face support that campuses offer, while still providing the convenience of taking classes online. This gives you the flexibility to schedule completion of your degree program to best fit your busy lifestyle since you'll have access to learning 24 hours a day from anywhere the Internet can be accessed.

The Master of Science Degree in Strategic Security and Protection Management is earned by satisfactory completion of an online program equivalent to a 1.5 years of full-time post-graduate study. This program emphasizes professionalism, proactive strategies, and the benefits of lifetime learning, safety and preparedness. It unites proven successful management practices with proven methods for meeting a wide variety of security and protective services to individuals and businesses.

This 100% online EdD program will provide you with the advanced knowledge, skills, and insights you need to address emerging issues in multiple educational environments including colleges, universities, business, industry, and governmental agencies. You’ll learn how to make a positive impact from experts in the field including instructors and guest speakers who are current academics, former college presidents, and high-level business leaders at the local, state, and national level. This unique program includes dynamic teamwork and breakout sessions to provide a highly collaborative and interactive learning environment while also providing you the opportunity to engage with national leaders and experts who share their practical and relevant real-world experiences and solutions.

This certificate is designed to give the professional in the security field or the student who is considering getting into the corporate, government or law enforcement security field, advanced knowledge of crisis preparedness and consequence management and the national systems that support the nation’s ability to respond to crisis. Students will learn the functions and goals of national response systems as they apply the functions to natural and man-made disasters. Additionally, students taking this certificate will learn the principles of crime scene management.

This certificate is designed for the student who wants to be able to describe and understand cyberterrorism, cyberwarfare, and cybercrime. In this program, the student will identify the behaviors and motivations of cyber criminals while developing understandings about how to protect computer systems from the criminals. Students will learn the fundamentals of cyber law and the issues around those laws. And finally, this program will teach students how the Internet is used as both a weapon and a resource.

This certificate is designed for the student who wants to be able to describe and explain terrorism and terrorism dynamics in order to provide better counterterrorism techniques and prevention strategies. This certificate will explore and assess various characteristics, some of them mental that may explain this behavior as well as delve into de-humanization factors that affect these individuals. This program will also address behavior and verbal signs the student can learn to assist in predicting dangerousness. Students taking this certificate will be able to explain and discuss the nature of charismatic leadership. Students will acquire the tools necessary to identify and evaluate the variety of structures of terrorist organizations, from strict hierarchy to diffuse networks, as well as the implications of structure and internal dynamics on terrorist actions and capabilities. And finally, this program teaches how vetting is conducted, and how the reliability of a source is established, quantified, reported, and verified.

This certificate is designed to give the professional in the security field or the student who is considering getting into the corporate, government or law enforcement security field, a comprehensive understanding of the leadership and management of the security organization. Students will learn the nuances of strategic level leadership positions along with best practices in leadership and management. Students taking this certificate will practice the literacy skills needed in leadership positions. And, equally important, students will learn how to evaluate and write intelligence briefings and how to create effective intelligence-related presentations.

The e-marketing online graduate certificate program prepares students to develop, implement, and monitor digital marketing technologies. Students will also be able to evaluate real-world marketing scenarios and propose solutions based on a critical analysis of the marketing information that is available.

The human resources management online graduate certificate program prepares students to develop and manage effective human resources strategies, manage cross functional activities, and enable organizations to realize the full potential and capabilities of its human capital.

This mid-level certificate is designed  for the professional who already has some experience in the counterterrorism field or the student who has taken the entry level certificate to further understand the strategies and tactics terrorist groups employ to achieve their aims as well as the role of the international community in defining terrorism, controlling the supply of money and weapons and developing and implementing an active international counterterrorism policy. Students will learn about the diversity of identities and motivations credited with sponsoring or conducting terrorism. Students will discuss current issues surrounding reliability of CT information and dissemination thresholds, and analytical implications of alleged detainee abuse and disinformation campaigns by insurgents. And finally, students in this program will acquire the tools necessary to identify and evaluate the variety of structures of terrorist organizations, from strict hierarchy to diffuse networks, as well as the implications of structure and internal dynamics on terrorist actions and capabilities.

This mid-level certificate is designed  for the professional who already has some experience in the intelligence analysis field or the student who has taken the entry level certificate to further learn about the intelligence cycle, how intelligence is prepared, and how it is used to inform decision and policy makers. This program will cover matters of intelligence ethics, privacy issues, and changes in the intelligence community in the post-9/11 environment. In this program the student will take the role of terrorist and pick a target for a future terrorist attack and then collect intelligence about that target. And finally, this course will distinguish counter-terrorism (CT) from anti-terrorism (AT)/Force Protection (FP) intelligence, strategic CT intelligence from tactical CT intelligence, and introduce analytical constructs for the field operator and reporter.

This senior-level certificate is designed for the executive protection professional who wants to better understand the skills necessary to develop a more complete and thorough protection package for their clients. The student will learn the value as well as the best techniques for developing information about specific areas or countries as well as get a better understanding of terrorism in today’s world.  Finally, the student will gain an understanding of the complexities and tasks associated with managing the consequences of terrorist incidents and natural disasters to be better prepared for their protection assignments.