Engineering graduate schools address homeland security
Graduate students who have taken a few engineering courses but are not quite sure how they would like to apply their skills may want to consider enrolling in a masters program in homeland security.
In response to a variety of recent tragedies – including high-profile hurricanes, terrorist attacks and structural collapses – some graduate schools are creating new courses of study that teach students how to address these catastrophes.
For instance, the University of Minnesota launched a masters program in this field one month ago, CNN reports. Enrollees are examining a wide variety of issues that have threatened national security in the past, including pandemic diseases, natural disasters, infrastructure failures as well as biological and explosive terrorist activity.
Furthermore, these degree seekers are studying financial collapses, the postal service, food supply chains and electric power grids.
Similar courses of study could lead graduates into government jobs or high-paying security positions in the private sector.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, masters degree holders earned an average of $1,257 per week last year.
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