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Homeland Security & Emergency Management
The Savannah State University (SSU) Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) program is the first in the nation at a historically Black college or university (HBCU) and the first bachelor’s degree program in homeland security and/or emergency management in the state of Georgia and the only program in the region.
College & Schools
Sciences and Humanities
Program Type
Major, Minor
The Savannah State University (SSU) Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) program is the first in the nation at a historically Black college or university (HBCU) and the first bachelor’s degree program in homeland security and/or emergency management in the state of Georgia and the only program in the region.
The HSEM program is built on the existing body of knowledge in homeland security and emergency management as well as current and developing research, with an emphasis on improving the resilience of communities and the infrastructure on which they depend.
Homeland Security and Emergency Management, BA
Homeland Security & Emergency Minor
Future Careers
Graduates from the program have worked at:
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- U.S. Coast Guard
- Gulfstream Aerospace
- Chatham Emergency Management Agency (CEMA)
- Wells Fargo
- American Red Cross
- U.S. Air Force
- U.S. Navy
- U.S. Customs and Border Patrol
