This course provides students with a career focused approach by examining opportunities within the security industry. Discussions include the concepts, principles, and methods of organizing and administering security management. Implementing physical security measures, patrolling, threat assessments/vulnerabilities, and crowd control are also covered. Discussions include both private and governmental protection of assets, personnel, and facilities.
This course is an introduction to this topic with an emphasis on security management opportunities. The objective is to manage security duties, evaluate and apply risk management principles, and evaluate administrative and operational issues in both the private sector and governmental agencies. This course prioritizes glorifying God while serving the needs of security management professionals.
Professionals working in security management range from security guards who provide protection for buildings to IT professionals who develop network systems and software applications. This course provides an introduction to issues and career fields related to security management. Job titles in this field include, but are not limited to, security guards, security directors, managers of security infrastructure, physical security supervisors, and safety systems support managers.
This course places a prominence on the cultural context and methods to intertwine ministry within the security management field. This course elaborates on biblical and theological models on assisting individuals within the field of security management.
The Missio Dei informs and is the background of a Christian's involvement in missional work. This particular course examines how to go where God is already working among security management professionals.
Security management is a multi-faceted career field. Students examine methods within their local communities to enable them to develop ministry approaches for their local contexts within the field of security management.
The security management field is a culturally diverse profession. Students recognize that this field takes them out of their own cultural comfort zone. Students discuss how to express their faith in their own social context in culturally-appropriate ways within the security management profession.
As an introductory course, students discuss how missional ministry and security management can be intertwined.
Discussions equip students with the ministry and missional skills needed to enhance God's will through the discipline of security management.
