Our Terrorism and Homeland Security Policy master's program at AU is really designed for students who are passionate about this mission space. Whether they want to work in the private sector, whether they want to work for some of the government agencies be it DHS, DOJ, the intel community. Whether they want to work at think tanks, and some come with some of that work experience. And it's so fun to be here to bring those folks together to get additional skills to build their careers in this arena. One of the differentiators is it's quite flexible. We have a few core requirements, including an analytic track, where you learn research skills, terrorism and counterterrorism and the intelligence cycle, but other than that, there's actually quite a lot of flexibility for students. We do absolutely offer strategy. We offer policy. We also offer management. You can also pursue a master's certificate in Cyber Management and Policy. We run a Homeland Security Communications lab, where students get a chance to practice memo writing and briefing with real executives in the federal government. And one thing that's really unique about our program is the integration of practitioners. We have faculty who come out of this space and are professionals in this area. There's also a lot of integration of working practitioners in this field-- leaders in this field into the classroom. Just this semester, for example, we've had folks in the classroom from the Wall Street Journal, who's a reporter, from senior leaders at the FBI who are both teaching and guest lecturing. We have leaders in the private sector running, for example, a consulting firm on disinformation-- come talk about the role the private sector has, and the passion both our students and faculty have around this field. And having spent 15 years in the federal government working in this space, to be in the academic setting where folks care so much about improving practitioner work in this field and growing the next generation of leaders. There's no place I'd rather be.
