Personnel Security

Catalog description

This course discusses the structures, processes, and regulations surrounding the security protection of people in the workplace. Students will study and weigh the advantages and legal restrictions of background checks as a condition of employment. Protection of workers in general, as well as programs to safeguard executives, workers in controversial industries/fields, and the design of policies and programs providing protection for workers with special issues outside the workplace will be examined. Defining, preventing and reacting to workplace violence will be explored. Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.