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Navy school offers Homeland defense degree. (Security Beat).


The Naval Postgraduate School The Naval Postgraduate School is a graduate school operated by the United States Navy. Located in Monterey, California, it grants primarily master's degrees plus some doctoral degrees to its students, who are mostly active duty officers from U.S. and foreign military services.  (NPS NPS National Park Service
NPS Naval Postgraduate School
NPS Net Promoter Score (customer management)
NPS Non-Point Source pollution
NPS Native Plant Society
NPS Norfolk Public Schools (Virginia) 
) in Monterey, Calif., will offer a master's degree master's degree
n.
An academic degree conferred by a college or university upon those who complete at least one year of prescribed study beyond the bachelor's degree.

Noun 1.
 in homeland security.

Lt. Cmdr. Joe Navratil, an NPS spokesman, said the courses will be primarily taught through distance learning, via electronic classroom.

So far this year, 14 students from various federal, state and local government agencies related to Homeland Security have started the program.

Tom Ridge, the nominee to head the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security
Homeland Security

executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States
, was invited as the keynote speaker at a kick-off ceremony in Monterey.
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Author:Book, Elizabeth G.
Publication:National Defense
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Feb 1, 2003
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