GRAD-Civil Security Leadership, Management, and Policy Doctoral Information Session

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Hi everybody, welcome to a web and are here a little bit of an information session on the doctrine of Science and civil security, leadership management and policy on my name is Greg Klein. I am one of the Co directors of the program, and so today I'll provide some information given overview. Happily answer any of your questions. I think if you type them into the chat they should pop up as questions.

And I can answer them towards the end of its very pertinent to a particular slide answered at that point, so again today is really about an overview of the program of the degree of a little bit about our Department and the University itself.

And really, what this should be is again, that initial information and you should be reaching out to myself. Doctor Greg Klein, the Co Director, Doctor Juice Co. Who will start Co directing with Maine in fall of 2020 or massage. She Smart Smart who been in touch with already in terms of getting more information about the program and so in general who is New Jersey City University? So NJCU is a state therefore you know public institution.

We are in urban campus located in Jersey City NJ right across from New York City. We have a main campus that's more in the heart of Jersey City and then we have the School of Business which is down on the River with direct access to lower Manhattan via the path train. We currently as University offer three doctoral programs. The one that you are interested in that is our doctorate of Science in civil security, leadership management and policy.

We also not in our Department of the University offers a doctor in education, technology and the newest doctor is in Community College leadership as a whole. University has approximately 8000 undergraduate and graduate students, so it's a good size University. Not many of these students live on campus because of the location. We have lots of commuters from the surrounding area and JC isn't minorities serving institution. Most specifically Hispanic serving institution and this program.

In particular, is what we would call technology infused, meaning that you are physically in residence on campus for part of the program, but most of the program is going to be completed using online communication assignments through blackboard and other platforms. I will get more into that in later slot.

It's a little bit about our Department as a whole. The Professional Security Studies Department. We currently offer three degree programs. We have the bachelors of Science in national security, the Masters of Science in national security, and then this doctoral program. And we also offer a graduate certificate in cyber security. So we outlined some of those below. You know little bit detail in terms of our Department at the undergraduate level, we have over 400 majors, which puts us at a pretty good size Department.

Which means we have over 1500 students per year taking our courses. We are currently at nine full time faculty members and we have over 30 adjunct professors who teach it all three levels in which we offer degrees on. These adjuncts are subject matter experts. They're leading practitioners in the field and bring their daily experiences in their career experiences to the classroom. First, students to learn from.

The Department is recognized as a National Center of academic excellence in cyber defense that comes from the NSA and DHS. We had that for several years now, continued to maintain it. Our newest scierie accreditation is an intelligence community IC CA E that is recognized by the Odeon I an we accomplish that as part of the consortium grant with ruckers University. Be MCC and community colleges of New York on that certification or that accreditation.

Or the CE started in September of 2019 and we are also a member of a FIO&ASIS.

So a little bit about the degree itself, a little bit more about what you would be enrolling in on what you're interested in. It is designed to be a three year program. That means it can be completed in three years. If you, as the perspective student, enter this program and you stay on target, you complete the courses as designed and you continue to make progress on your dissertation as design. The program will be completed in three years in terms of your in residency part.

You are on campus taking the course. Work with professors and your other else members. Two weeks each summer and then two weekends per semester.

The fall semester weekends are typically in early September and then in early December, the spring semester weekends are typically late January and then mid March and the two weeks in the summer are typically mid July.

Uh, those can always change. Going forward with those are typically what they're set at, and we try to stick to that rotation as best as we possibly can every single year.

The program is designed as a learning cohort model or the LC concept. What we strive to do is bring in 15 to 18 security professionals and they would enroll as a new else each summer so the new else will start in those two weeks over the summer it will be working together on their course work and then everyone parts ways and continues with online course work for the rest of the summer comes back together. The beginning of the fall parts ways again, then comes back together at the end of the semester.

And so the curriculum, in terms of how this all plays out over those three years.

There are core courses you will have to take, which are 30 credits and this is going to include content or subject area on national security, corporate security, cybersecurity, Emergency Management, crisis communication and data analysis.

Uh, once you complete that core coursework or kind of these real content areas, then your dissertation writing begins and the dissertation writing courses account for 18 credits worth of towards the degree. And So what you need to do or what the doctoral degree is all about. This one in particular is that it's about applied research focus. It is geared towards being a scholar practitioner. That means the research specialization reflects a content.

Area of civil security leadership management policy.

But that specialization is going to be reflected by your individual scholar practitioner interests, and so there's no set. One thing you have to research or does not have to fit within one specific aspect of security where your research fits is going to largely reflect your interests in the field, and the degree is designed to make you, or to signify that you are an expert scholar practitioner. That means you develop scholarly tools and have the scholarly capability.

To address policy concerns or have kind of real world application of what you're studying, your research are showing.

So again, that that breakdown of when you come the three years to complete the program that for the two weeks in July, you're there. Monday through Friday urine residence. For those two weeks.

In fall, excuse me, it's typically Monday through Thursday. Of those two weeks in the fall, you come for two weekends, you come for Friday night, and then you're there on Saturday and Sunday and again you do this three times throughout the year. You do in year one, year two and year 3.

It's a little bit about the history, a little about the DSC. The first else started in July of 2012. Uh, there's one new else personal, so the first one started in 2012 is the first cohort, and they were the first ones to be part of this type of degree. We do hold the first Doctorate of Science in CS, LPI in the United States. So since we started 2012, we have actually.

Awarded a It will be over 30 doctoral degrees by the end of the spring 2020 semester and we have 10 more working towards completion. That's only those that have reached kind of the dissertation defense stage are counted towards the completion and we have many other students still working on coursework working on their dissertations.

And so if you would be starting in, uh, so the else that's coming in now is going to be LC nine that start in summer of 2020.

And if we think about the success of our alumni or where they go, those graduates that have completed this degree, many are invited to conferences, presentation, speaking engagements across the country. 67% of our alumni have earned promotions in their career or promotions at their placement employment after they finished their doctoral degree and 70% of our program alumni once they complete their degree, have earned either full time or adjunct teaching positions.

And so this is really gets to the speaks of the crux of the scholar practitioner aspect of the degree. The degree set you up for success, both in terms of professional achievements or professional growth and for scholarly opportunities like doing research, presenting your findings, communicating research findings to the policy world, and if you're interested in it, getting adjunct or full time faculty positions.

So the program successful.

What does it take to be admitted? Where are the criteria that were looking for or that are required for your admissions process? You need to have a Masters degree that is going to be conferred by regionally accredited institution. This can come from any discipline that's associated with security, and there's wide breath here that can range anything from business to political science, even to medical type fields. There's wide range here. As long as you can demonstrate that your scholar practitioner in research and careers.

Interests and your Masters degree align with security. Uhm, then there should be no problem in terms of that requirement. Your accumulative GPA while in graduate studies is required to be a 3.5 or higher. We would need official transcripts from all academic work. This means anything from Associates Degree on up three or Masters degree.

You also need to have four years of relevant or related work experience in security. Again, what this experiences can be very broadly defined, but you need to have some professional experience work experience that's related to security.

Uh, you need to successfully complete any major standardized Graduate School exam.

We need 2 letters of recommendation, a personal statement. So while you're interested in the program while you think it's a good fit for you, what you bring to the table and you should absolutely include at least some discussion of what your research interests are or what your research area you propose it to be. Demonstrate to the admissions committee within the Department that you have a research interest in that you're approaching this from that scholarly practitioner side of the coin.

Include a resume and then of course any of your Gmat Jirari or math scores. Those graduate exams are required. Include those scores, and then if you're coming from a graduate University where English is not the native language, then you would also need to include the official toefl scores. With that, we can come back to questions on this at the end if there already.

So the curriculum, what you know, what do you do in this program? I mentioned earlier that there's these 30 core credits? Uh, these are kind of split up on this page. You can see the core credits in the dissertation credits and so in that first summer you would take current issues in CSLMP One and two. So that's over the first summer session. It says first 2 summer summer weeks in July and then online for the rest of the summer.

In your first fall semester you would take data analysis one and two and then in the spring semester you take Emergency Management and operations of one and two.

The second summer in the program, you take communications one and two and then in the 2nd fall you're taking civil security policy and budget development and implementation wanted to. And so if you notice with these, there's each semester. There's one in two, So what it really pans out is that you are completing two courses per summer or semester academic semester and you stay with your else throughout all of this, you will have the same professors they will Co teach in the one in two. So if you have data analysis one and two.

It'll be the same two professors for one into during the semester, but you complete the equivalent of two courses per semester.

And then starting in spring of your second year, you would enroll in dissertation proposal one and two come summer. You would be in dissertation seminars one and two and then come your last fall. The third volume of your dissertation, visman, dissertation, completion and defense.

Uh, you, it is designed. The program is designed that you are able to. If you stick to the calendar you work with your dissertation committee. Throughout that you were able to defend your dissertation.

In that December or January of your third year, uh, if need be. If you need more time to work on it, which is completely fine and acceptable, there's no panelization for that. There are courses of maintenance of matriculation where you would continue on to work on your dissertation and work towards completing that goal of defending your dissertation.

Probably important question. You're all interested in in terms of the doctoral tuition and fees on the current semester cost, so this would be starting for the fall 2020 semester. It may apply to then summer 2020. The total tuition fee per semester is going to be $6941.00 and you can see the break down there. And so this comes to a total of $55,526 that's paid out across 8 semesters and important to note, this will not include.

Any kind of Transportation or lodging? Uhm, the two weeks during the summer and the weekend you are here, we do provide meals most for those days that you are on campus that you're in resonance, but this cost is not covered. Transportation in logic.

Uh, if you are out of state, uh, you see that the tuition and fees comes to about $6941.00 up again. It comes to that $55,526. It's paid over the eight semesters. So if you have questions about the tuition and fees, then Saatchi is the person to go to. If you have more questions about the curriculum, the degree itself, the career prospects it provides for you, then your best bet is to come to their myself for Doctor Kojo.

Uh, and so to help you do that, we have some contact information here again, um, I'm Greg Klein, I'm the Co coordinator for the doctoral program I listed. Second, there is doctor juice, Kojo, who is going to be Co coordinated. The program starting in fall of 2020, and then you have massage. She Smart Smart's contact information there as well. The assistant director of University admissions reach out to her again For more information about the program. More information about the admissions process or anything about tuition and fees.

Reach out to either myself or to Doctor Kojo if you have questions about the course content about the degree content, the structure, career prospects, anything like that, that's really related to the scholar practitioner, aspects of the degree come to the faculty advisors. Questions about the admissions process. Go to Saatchi for that. With that, I turn it over. If there are any questions, please do share these questions.

Alright, there are no questions. I wrap up again with.

Your research interests, uh, what you want to pursue is at scholar practitioner. That is completely up to you as long as it's related to security broadly defined. We have students working in cyber security, International Security, national security, law enforcement. We have different policy. It's across the boards of very diverse and dynamic student body in terms of their scholar. Practitioner interests are so. I hope this answered some of your questions. And again, if you have questions, please reach out to Maine.

Uhm, I see the chat there from Oh they're coming in. Sorry, but they're not populating the question side. Uhm, Mike, sorry about the phone that's coming in through my computer. My phone come with sound, apologize for that any Dings. Evelyn admission clothes for 2020. It is not. We're actually extending the deadline. Typically the deadline for admission for application is April 15th, but we are extending that. So if you are talking about applying for 2020

And that would mean starting in July of 2020 that would be this upcoming summer and so Evelyne. Emissions are certainly not closed. You should if you do want to apply, you should be reaching out to Saatchi as soon as possible to get all the documents that you need.

Uh, Mike, so.

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And Mike, the course is labeled one and two. Do they run concurrently with a mini semester courses within the length of one semester? They are, uh, I would not call the mini semester, but but yes, they kind of function like that. They each run for essentially half the semester. Uhm, but what they're doing is building on one another. And so, like I said before, you will have the same two faculty members throughout that entire semester and so.

For example, the policy and budget went into those will build on one another. The assignments will continue to build on top of each other throughout the semester, and each assignment each course. Everything you do throughout these courses, it's all building towards the dissertation. All the course work is focused on producing strong material that can be used in giraffes of your dissertation. When you get to that dissertation stage.

Are there any other questions?

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Stanley, uh OK, so let's see if you live in New Jersey near the campus. I'm assuming that you don't need to obtain lodging during the summer. Is that correct? That is, one can go home each evening. Yes, Stanley, you are correct. Uh, the in residence does not mean that you have to live on campus near campus. Anything like that, especially if you were in the area. We have people there not selling near the campus. I do go home each night so the in residence means that you are attending classes.

In person, uhm, but there is no requirement that especially if you live near the campus that you have to find lodging near by the camper. You certainly can commute home back and forth each day for like those two weeks in the summer. Each day will start with breakfast, usually around 8:00 AM. Classes will begin at nine and we will provide lunch and then we will wrap up today and you go home before there's going to be dinner or anything like that. So there's certainly not a requirement to move into a hotel or Airbnb or anything like that.

Um so Mike. For lodging? Uh, does the University have specials worked out for those traveling in? That would be a question more specifically for Saatchi, the Department does not have anything special setup, but Saatchi probably has better answers. So if you reach out to her should be one who could maybe connect you with the right people to help with that, or what potential discounts the University can connect you too.

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These are all great questions. I'm happy to answer these. Any others that you might think of now, Uhm.

And in terms of lodging, because the campuses in Jersey City there is, there are plenty of options available. You know there are going to be hotels. There are airbnbs all over and in the past the universe we have been able to work with the University to get access to dorm housing. During the summer. I don't know how that agreement would continue if we move forward with that, but that is a potential we can always explore Christians traveling.

Come from outside the area.

All right Stanley regarding cyber security. Information assurance content. I didn't know something specific courses, so is that content integrate into the courses you list it up?

Uh, Yes. The short answer is yes, um.

This summer, so summer 2020. One of the people who want to members teaching the the current topics is one of our cybersecurity faculty. And so when you know, especially with the current security, there will be a lot of.

Cyber related content into their. If you notice with the core courses if I go back to that slide real quick, most of these are not necessarily specific to certain areas. These are broad topics within the field of security, and so when you're talking about even saying Emergency Management operations, there will be aspects of that course that are related to cyber security or to cyberthreats or cyber emergencies or example when you're in Communications one and two.

You will definitely learning crisis communication related to a whole bunch of areas, including things like cyber security.

I Evelyn, Yes it is possible to copy these slides, I think. Uhm, Saatchi is the person who controls distributing these. So if you send such an email, she would be able to get you the slides and I think possibly an actual recording of this. The presentation of the session as well.

And in general, if any of you have not already reached out, um, requesting more specific information or saying your interest in the program, please do so as soon as possible, because Sashi will send you more information and the Department of professional security studies Department will also send you more information as well, that might get in some more of the details of this answer. Some of the questions you have, so if you have not requested more information, please do so. We will provide more for you.

Yes, thank you so much. I'll go back to the there's the contact slides there as well.

Any other questions about the program courses?

Alright, if there are no more questions, thank you very much for joining and crawling along this information session. We look forward to getting applications from you and then meeting you and getting to know you a little bit better down the road as you apply to the program and ideally are then enrolled in this program and pursue your doctor it with us.

I am with that. Please stay safe and, uh, take care. Thank you.