Overview

(5 courses, 22.5 quarter units)

The Security and Safety Engineering certificate program prepares graduates for positions in several areas of Security and Safety Engineering. Students completing 22.5 quarter units of the following courses can earn a Security and Safety Engineering certificate and the specialty would be recorded on the students' permanent university transcript. This program is designed in such a way that anyone going through this program would be academically trained to appear for "Certified Safety Professional (CSP)" certification administered by the Board of Safety Professionals and the American Society of Industrial Security's (ASIS) Certified Protection Professional (CPP) exam.  This specialty would be administered through the office of the Dean of Engineering and Technology. The lead faculty of the program would review each student's course work prior to permitting him/her into this certification program. Based on the student's performance, the coordinator and the dean would determine whether the student is eligible to receive a certificate of achievement.

Requirements

SSE 601 Introduction to Safety Engineering
SSE 602 Design and Evaluation of a Modern Safety Program
 (Prerequisite:  SSE 601)
SSE 603 Introduction to Security Engineering
SSE 604 Security Engineering - Planning and Design
 (Prerequisite:  SSE 603)
SSE 609 Planning and Responding to Terrorism