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Security & Safety Studies Online - Bachelor's, Master's, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
Faculty of Business & Media via distance learning
Security & Safety Studies via distance learning
This program of safety and security studies provides an interdisciplinary approach to the theoretical and practical aspects of risks and threats that may come in all shapes: technological, political, economic... Safety and security issues are considered from the traditional to the most technologically advanced. It covers topics such as crisis management, security engineering, natural and man-made disasters and emergencies, risk management, and control, protection and mitigation issues.
Academic Supervisor : Anna Sofie Helen Bolin
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Security & Safety Studies Online via distance learning
Specialist, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctor - Security & Safety Studies.
This module is applicable to Specialist, Expert, Bachelor's, Master's & Ph.D. (Doctor) Degree Programs. This academic program is designed at the postgraduate level (Master’s or Doctoral). This module may also be adapted to complete the course requirements of Specialist, Expert Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree. A further option is the enrollment into each of the courses listed within this specialization module. This module may be combined or completed with other modules from this faculty. For example: Conflict Resolution - Criminology - Cyber Security - Disaster Management - Environmental Health - Fire Science - Geopolitics & Geostrategy - Meteorology - Military Strategy - Occupational Safety & Health - Security & Emergency Management .
Specialist - Expert Diploma - Security & Safety Studies Online
Tuition Fee: 1.050 Euros (1.350 US$) ... 1.470 Euros (1.890 US$).
Specialist - Expert Diploma Online: 15 ... 21 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Security & Safety Studies via distance learning = 45 Academic credits - Select 5 courses for the online diploma of Specialist or 7 courses for the Expert Diploma from the total of courses from the specialization module.
Bachelor's Degree - Security & Safety Studies Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 3.510 Euros (4.420 US$) ... Max. 6.800 Euros (8.700 US$).
Bachelor's Degree Online: 130 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Security & Safety Studies via distance learning = 45 Academic credits + 40 credits in General Education (may be transferred from previous education and professional experience) + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Business & Media from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Occupational Safety & Health.
Master's Degree - Security & Safety Studies Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 4.680 Euros (6.120 US$) ... Max. 7.020 Euros (9.180 US$).
Master's Degree Online: 36 ... 54 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Security & Safety Studies via distance learning = 45 Academic credits + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Business & Media from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Occupational Safety & Health. + 13 Academic credits (Research methodology and final project or thesis. More info...).
Doctor Ph.D. Degree - Security & Safety Studies Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 5.850 Euros (7.650 US$) ... Max. 9.360 Euros (12.240 US$).
Doctor Ph.D. Degree Online: 45 ... 72 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Security & Safety Studies via distance learning = 45 Academic credits + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Business & Media from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Occupational Safety & Health. + 18 Academic credits (Research methodology and final project or thesis. More info...).
Payment plans are available upon request up to 36 monthly installments. More info...
BIU adapts each Distance Learning Higher Education degree program to the needs of each student. More info...
Security & Safety Studies Online
Courses list (each subject accounts for 3 academic credits):
1 BIU Earned Credit = 1 USA Semester Credit (15 hours of learning) = 2 ECTS Credits (30 hours of study).
You may study any subject as an independent online continuing education course. More info...
Crime Law and Prevention
This course examines the key areas in criminal law, including the sources of law, the different types of crimes, culpability and criminal capacity, elements of crime, and the principles of legality. It also examines crime prevention programs at individual and community levels, as well as the legal, ethical, cost and benefits issues in crime prevention, and the development of crime prevention policies.
Academic Supervisor: Venceslau Cassul
Legal Science
This course of legal science studies how the creation, application and enforcement of laws may be influenced by a constitution, and the varying concepts of justice and morality. Law's scope can be divided into Public and Private law. Public law concerns government and society, and includes constitutional law, administrative law, and criminal law. Private law deals with legal disputes between individuals and/or organizations in areas such as contracts, property, torts, delicts and commercial law.
Academic Supervisor: Margarita Trejo Poison
Security & Safety Studies
This course studies the complex and rapidly changing field of security and safety. It assesses risks and threats considering the environment, continuous technological advancements, and new needs concerning enterprise security, risk management, occupational safety, and the protection of citizens.
Academic Supervisor: Monish Gunawardana
Web Administration & Security
This course shows how to administer a network, setup a server for a network and an Internet environment, design and implement cabling for a network, solve troubleshoot network security problems related to e-commerce. Also, it demonstrates how to use networking protocols, TCP/IP architecture, and security essentials to include authentication, encryption, and firewalls.
Academic Supervisor: Javier Fernandez Salgado
Trade Marks & Intellectual Rights
This course examines issues involving the international protection of intellectual property, with a particular emphasis on copyright and trade marks. It explores private international laws, including conflict of laws, jurisdiction, and arbitrage. It reviews public international law issues while focusing on international treaties and enforcement mechanisms.
Academic Supervisor: Margarita Trejo Poison
Security Programs
This course provides a comparative analysis of relevant security programs in the public and private sectors. The concept of defensible space, internal and external access control, and psychological security barriers are examined and evaluated. It provides a detailed history of protective services and their evolution.
Academic Supervisor: Anna Sofie Helen Bolin
Security Risk Analysis
This course provides an in-depth examination of risk analysis, security threats, countermeasures, the security planning process, security audits, and associated analytical tools. Managers require an understanding of the nature of the hazards, risks, losses and the incident management measures to be consequently implemented.
Academic Supervisor: Venceslau Cassul
Digital Privacy
This course of digital privacy examines the rights of individuals to determine how their digital information is collected and used, to exist freely on the internet, and to choose what types of information they are exposed to. In this context, communication privacy states the right to communicate information digitally with the expectation that those communications are secure and only accessible to the sender's original intended recipient. Digital Privacy encompasses information privacy, communication privacy, and individual privacy.
Academic Supervisor: Alex Vuginshteyn
Industrial Protection & Espionage
This course provides a framework for understanding industrial and/or economic espionage and inquires into technological and management approaches to their prevention and detection. It reviews current theories on cyberterrorism and explores the range of responses which organizations may use. The purpose of the course is to teach how to understand and neutralize serious threats to business and its government. It also examines a broad range of computer security issues and computer crime prevention.
Academic Supervisor: Anna Sofie Helen Bolin
Occupational Safety & Health
This course explores the specific hazards associated with major industries. Subjects covered include machine guarding, electrical safety, systems safety analysis, materials handling, and working at heights. It examines methods of integrating safety and industrial hygiene programs into industrial operations. Philosophic issues related to industrial safety and health such as responsibility for safety, dependency on safe practice, and hierarchy of prevention are also investigated.
Academic Supervisor: Gonzalo de la Fuente de Val
Cyber Security
This course of cyber security studies the options to protect the integrity of a computer’s internet-connected systems, hardware, software and data from cyber-attacks. Cyber security deals with the protection of the hardware and computer architecture, software and application security, network and cloud integrity, and any device connected to the internet.
Academic Supervisor: Alex Vuginshteyn
Data Security & Cryptography
This course explores data communication security techniques and data encryption. It presents encryption, the security of cryptosystems, the authentication of people and systems, signature schemes, access controls, and message integrity. It considers data security advantages and limitations and the added complexities of control in distributed systems and networks.
Academic Supervisor: Abdo Miled Abou Jaoude
International Crime & Security
This course examines the concept of security as well as the various elements that, combined, allow modern nation states to feel secure. It analyzes threats vulnerabilities and the anarchy that threatens global security and world peace equilibrium. It discusses whether the United Nations is capable of effective action in crisis as well as the work in counter-proliferation against weapons of mass destruction, international humanitarian law, and international drug policy.
Academic Supervisor: Anna Sofie Helen Bolin
Risk Management & Insurance
This course studies the financial effects of risk on international business and trade operations. It evaluates potential risks and determines risk treatment, related financing tools, and insurance policy goals. It covers methods for evaluating, managing, and controlling risk and insurance coverage in international operations and enterprises.
Academic Supervisor: Kao Kveng Hong
Security Management
This course reviews the issues in business and organizational security management. It examines the challenges embodied in various aspects of physical, personnel, and information security. Loss prevention and the protection of assets are also considered. It explores the history, legal foundations, functions, operations, processes, and tools of security management and computer security.
Academic Supervisor: Anna Sofie Helen Bolin
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Security & Safety Studies Online via distance learning
Recommended Professional References.
Joining the proper association is the best way to become an updated professional.
Bircham International University graduates may join many professional associations. Membership requirements for each association may vary depending on the degree program, specialization and graduate resume en each occasion. BIU can not guarantee membership in all instances. BIU does not intermediate in these procedures. Bircham International University provides a list of available memberships and professional references from each faculty where some BIU graduates may belong. Contact directly the ones you select. More info...
AEI - Agrupación Innovadora de Ciberseguridad y Tecnologías Avanzadas
AFDSD - Association Française de Droit de la Sécurité et de la Défense
AIMCSE - Asociación Internacional de Miembros de Cuerpos de Seguridad y Emergencias
AISPC - Asociación Internacional de Seguridad y Protección Civil
ALAS - Asociación Latinoamericana de Seguridad
ANCITE - Asociación Nacional de Ciberseguridad y Pericia Tecnológica
AP2SI - Associação Portuguesa para a Promoção da Segurança da Informação
ASDGTC - Association de Sécurité, Sûreté et de Défense Globale
ASIS - American Society for Industrial Security
ASSP - American Society of Safety Professionals
CASIS - Canadian Association of Security and Intelligence Studies
CDSE - Club des Directeurs de Sécurité & de Sûreté des Entreprises
ESF - European Safety Federation
EUISS - European Union Institute for Security Studies
FAQSS - Fédération des Associations Qualité & Sécurité en Santé
FFPR - Fédération Française de la Protection Rapprochée
IAHSS - International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety
IASAP - International Association of Security Awareness Professionals
IASPSC - International Association of Professional Security Consultants
IISSM - International Institute of Security & Safety Management
ISF - Information Security Forum
ISMA - International Security Management Association
ISMS Forum - Asociación Española para el Fomento de la Seguridad de la Información
ISS - Africa Institute for Security Studies
ISSA - Information Systems Security Association
MSN - Museum Security Network
NTSC - National Technology Security Coalition
OSCE - Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe
SEGURILATAM - Asociación Latinoamericana de Seguridad
SIA - Security Industry Association
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Admission requirements - Security & Safety Studies
Specialist - Expert Diploma, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
For official admission status at Bircham distance education university; you need to send in a filled out, dated, and signed official Application for Admission. You may download this application form from the website or request it by email or mail. Please send this application and enclosed documents to our address. You may also submit this application and attached documents by email in a PDF Format. More info...
Bircham International University issues an admission certificate after receiving your complete application for admission. This document will show the amount of credits transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete the distance learning degree program's major. Bircham University can not perform this evaluation without the complete application for admission. More info...
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METHOD OF INSTRUCTION: Distance Learning Higher Education
This distance learning education program is completed by a traditional correspondence instruction method. Once you sign up for the course, Bircham International University will send you (to your mailing address) the suggested textbooks. After reading the book, you will be asked to write a 20 to 35 pages report that reflect your understanding of the book. This report is equivalent to the exam and can be submitted by email or mail. Bircham International University will evaluate your written work. If passed, BIU will issue the corresponding diploma. For more instructions about BIU pedagogy, tutoring, and evaluation, please read our distance learning education study guide. More info...
Students enrolling into this distance education program should be aware that:
1. Location: Bircham International University needs a functional geographical location to ship the book and materials for successful completion of this program of study.
2. Communication: Email, courier, phone are key communication instruments with Bircham University that play an important role in the progress and support of this program of study.
3. Capacity: Any impediment, physical or psychological, to read a book and write a report must be communicated to Bircham International University prior to enrollment into this distance learning program.
4. Technology: No specific technology is required to complete this distance education program.
5. Language: Book reading and report writing in other language than English must be requested (and approved by BIU) prior to enrollment in any distance learning program.
6. Discrimination: There is no discrimination with respect to race, color, gender, beliefs or religion.
7. Age: Check the admission requirements for each distance education degree program. More info...
Duration - Security & Safety Studies Online via distance learning
For a program of 21 credits, the estimated time for completion is 21 weeks. For 45 credits, the estimated time for completion will be 45 weeks, and so on. Calculations are approximate. The length of each distance learning degree program is calculated based on an average of 15 hours of learning per week. It also depends on the number of validated credits from previous knowledge and the level of commitment to the studies. More info...
All information related to the distance learning degree programs is in English, although you may, upon request and approval, submit the required assignments in other languages.
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Faculty of Business & Media via distance learning
Security & Safety Studies Online
Specialist - Expert Diploma, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
