This program may be started at any campus and is completed at Penn State University Park.

This major is intended to familiarize students with the general frameworks and multidisciplinary theories that define the area of security and related risk analysis. The program examines the legal, ethical, and regulatory issues related to security. This includes analyzing privacy laws, internal control and regulatory policies, as well as basic investigative processes and principles. Such understanding is applied to venues that include transnational terrorism, cyber crimes, financial fraud, risk mitigation, and security and crisis management. It also includes overviews of the information technology that play a critical role in identifying, preventing and responding to security-related events.

Options are Intelligence Analysis and Modeling, Intelligence Specialist, Intelligence Research Specialist, Intelligence Operations Specialist, Business Intelligence Consultant/Analyst, Counter-Terrorism Analyst, and Counter-Intelligence Threat Analyst.

The B.S. in Security and Risk Analysis is offered by the College of Information Sciences and Technology.

Please note: The University may make changes in policies, procedures, educational offerings, and requirements at any time. Please consult the most recent Degree Programs Bulletin for more detailed information.