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A 21 hour certificate in Homeland Security is available to individuals who have graduated from high school or who have passed a GED equivalency exam.

Students in the Certificate program who want their Mississippi College courses to count for undergraduate degree credit must be admitted as a regular undergraduate student at Mississippi College. All students who are receiving undergraduate credits for the Certificate in Homeland Security program must pass the ENG 099 - Writing Proficiency Exam  during their first semester in the Certificate Program at Mississippi College. Those who do not pass the Writing Proficiency Examination must take ENG 299  the following semester.

A minimum of 15 semester hours in the certificate program must be completed at Mississippi College. Acceptable transfer credit must be at or above a C. Students must make a C or better in all required classes taken at Mississippi College to graduate with a Certificate in Homeland Security.

For the Certificate in Homeland Security, the student must complete the following: