Basics of Threat Assessment and Ethics Certificate of Completion

The Basics of Threat Assessment and Ethics Certificate consists of two courses (8 credit hours) designed to meet the needs of online students in the fields of security and threat analysis and assessment. Courses included in the certificate introduce students to professional ethics in threat assessment and mediation, asset protection in the modern workplace, and contrasting the differences between qualitative and quantitative threat analysis.

For professionals who want to further their education beyond a certificate and grow their careers in this direction, Bellevue University is offering the Master’s in Threat Assessment (available July 2025), which is built from courses such as those in this certificate of completion.

What You'll Learn

Students will learn to develop and demonstrate the following:

  • Identify various threats associated with modern workplaces.
  • Determine potential security vulnerabilities and their mediation.
  • Evaluate threats and events to reduce their impact on the workplace.
  • Apply ethical behaviors expected in a professional workplace.
  • Apply ethical situational expertise to a professional workplace.
  • Evaluate decision-making processes for ethical outcomes.

Certificate of Completion Courses designed to meeet the needs of online students in:

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This course discusses the processes used to identify assets and address areas of threats. This course will define threat assessment, and provide knowledge to determine the credibility and seriousness of a potential threat, as well as the probability that the threat will become a reality. It will cover how to manage the effects of a threat versus the threat itself and make the appropriate response. This will entail a collection of data, threat monitoring, safety of those involved as well as methods that are combined through various collaborations of assessments with internal and external entities based on sound security methods.

This course encompasses the personal and corporate standards of ethical behaviors that are expected. Studied topics in ethics will help security and threat professionals to uphold the expertise, commitment, responsibility, and objectivity in their work and to distinguish right from wrong in decision and align with their organization’s culture.