Strategic Security
Study intelligence concepts, threat analysis, preparedness planning, and strategic security operations.
Potential pathways
- Security Analyst Support
- Threat Assessment Support
- Emergency Preparedness Support
- Risk Analysis Roles

Earn a Bachelor of Science in Strategic Security and Protection Management through a streamlined 30-course pathway built for adults who want to anticipate threats, manage risk, strengthen preparedness, and help prevent problems before they occur.
A more direct bachelor’s pathway built around protection, prevention, preparedness, and resilience.
·¬ÇÑÓ°ÊÓ’s FOCUSED degree structure reduces open electives and emphasizes career-relevant learning, helping adult students move more quickly through a bachelor’s program.
A streamlined 30-course structure designed to create a more efficient bachelor’s pathway.
Focused areas of study connected to strategic security, protection management, threat assessment, and risk mitigation.
Fully online coursework designed for students balancing school, work, family, and life.
A bachelor’s pathway redesigned around the needs of modern adult learners.
Build your degree around the area of security, protection, and risk management that fits your goals.

Earn a fully accredited Bachelor of Science in Strategic Security and Protection Management through a more efficient, career-focused pathway designed for working adults.
Learn more about ·¬ÇÑÓ°ÊÓ’s reduced-credit Strategic Security and Protection Management bachelor’s degree and how the FOCUSED pathway is designed for adult learners.
Yes. The program awards a Bachelor of Science in Strategic Security and Protection Management from ·¬ÇÑÓ°ÊÓ. ·¬ÇÑÓ°ÊÓ is institutionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
The BS Strategic Security and Protection Management – FOCUSED is a 135-quarter-credit, 30-course bachelor’s degree pathway intended to allow a full-time student to complete the program in approximately three years. Actual completion time may vary based on course load, transfer credits, and other factors.
·¬ÇÑÓ°ÊÓ’s traditional bachelor’s structure generally requires 180 quarter credits and approximately 40 courses. The BS Strategic Security and Protection Management – FOCUSED requires 135 quarter credits and 30 courses, with reduced open electives and greater emphasis on career-connected security and protection focus areas. The FOCUSED model is designed to provide a faster, more efficient, and lower-cost pathway to bachelor’s degree completion.
The program is designed around efficiency rather than increased intensity. Its reduced-credit structure requires fewer total credits and courses rather than requiring students to complete a traditional 180-credit bachelor’s curriculum at a faster pace.
Students may choose from Strategic Security and Protection Management focus areas, allowing them to align part of the degree with interests in threat assessment, preparedness, risk mitigation, protective services, and security operations.
Strategic security and protection management focuses on anticipating and assessing threats, managing risk, strengthening preparedness, and protecting people and organizations. The field can include areas such as intelligence analysis, threat assessment, corporate security, emergency preparedness, and protective operations.
Yes. The BS Strategic Security and Protection Management – FOCUSED is offered 100% online and is designed for adults balancing education with work, family, and other responsibilities.
Major Core (45)
Need courses
Support Core (4.5)
STRATEGIC SECURITY
PROTECTION MANAGEMENT
Course availability is subject to minimum class size requirements.
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