Master program Terrorism, organized crime and security are conceived with the idea to provide graduate university students, including reporters and journalists, private enterprises as well as CSOs necessary preparation for professional dealing with European and international policies, good government and strategic management in domain of security, especially in prevention and combating terrorism and organized crime.
Master program Terrorism, organized crime and security has evolved from experiences of Faculty of Political Science and Faculty of Law, which had, during past decade, organized specialist courses (executive master) dealing with these issues. Large number of candidates interested in this kind of program, fact that many of them aim to promote their knowledge and get higher degree in this field of study – mainly political, judicial and security aspects. This proved the need for establishing a master program that would provide them with adequate knowledge and skills, in a theoretical and analytical, but also in a practical and applicable manner, in the field of combating two most important threats to modern world: terrorism and organized crime. This program should contribute to achieving higher level of security culture and increasing students’ specific scientific knowledge, so that they can be efficiently engaged in contemporary international as well as internal trends in fighting terrorism and organized crime.
Program goal is to provide candidates with all the necessary, specific political and judicial knowledge for fighting terrorism and organized crime as well as skills necessary for managing this combat, and to make sure that this knowledge is in line with international standards. In line with this general goal, program aims to instruct candidates not only about phenomenology of terrorism and organized crime, but also about most up to date methods for fighting these destructive phenomena, both in terms of scientific research and practical prevention.
Master program Terrorism, organized crime and security is designed in a way to provide its graduates necessary preparation for professional dealing – within national, regional and international institutions - with European and international policies, good government and strategic management in domain of security, especially in prevention and combating terrorism and organized crime.
By mastering the program Terrorism, organized crime and security student will gain the following general skills:
- Analysis, synthesis and predicting of solutions and consequences in complex situations;
- Mastering up to date knowledge about terrorism and organized crime and methods of combating these security challenges
- Mastering up to date methods, procedures and processes in research on terrorism, organized crime and corruption
- Mastering up to date knowledge about various aspects of security
- Involvement in the research process
- Development of critical thinking and original approaches
- Application of recently assimilated multidisciplinary knowledge in solving specific problems
- Development of communication skills and skills for cooperation with local and international factors
- Taking initiative and creative acting in rapidly changing environment
- Adopting professional ethics and raising of security culture
- Knowledge and understanding of the essential issues and characteristics of political violence, concept of security, as well as terrorism, organized crime and corruption as security challenges
- Understanding of importance of criminal law procedure and its elements in fighting terrorism
- Understanding of importance of developing high level of security culture
- Capability to be up to date with and apply innovations in one’s line of work
- Interconnecting of knowledge from various fields: Political science, Law and jurisprudence, Security studies
- Mastering use of ICTs (databases, technical and scientific texts, legislation etc.) in gaining knowledge from the fields of study included in this program
- Application of gained knowledge in practice (during internship)
Eligible candidates are university graduates with degree from four year-long bachelor programs (240 ECTS).