Question

You have read about the different certification and degree programs. Using a variety of sources, carefully select which degrees and/or certifications you think would best qualify you to become a successful security specialist. Map out the progression of these certifications and degrees, giving a description of the programs and how you would go about completing each one. Your task is to provide the following:

1. Give a description of the certification or degree program.
2. List the cost of the certification or degree (semester hour).
3. Describe how often you need to re-certify, and describe if there are any CEUs you must complete after testing for your certification.
4. Explain why you selected each certification or degree program.
5. Describe any self-study opportunities that are available with these programs.

Conduct your research using the CSU Online Library and the Internet. Your paper should be a minimum of two pages in length. You must have a minimum of two references, at least one of which must be from the CSU Online Library. Make sure your paper is formatted using APA style. Use your own words, and include citations and references as needed to avoid plagiarism

Answer 1

THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

The Programme Outcomes subsections are:
a. Knowledge and understanding
b. Graduate attributes: Research and enquiry
c. Graduate attributes: Personal and intellectual autonomy
d. Graduate attributes: Communication
e. Graduate attributes: Personal effectiveness
f. Technical/practical skills
The first five categories (knowledge and understanding, research and enquiry, personal and
intellectual autonomy, communication, and personal effectiveness) will be discipline based,
but the sixth category (technical/practical skills) may also include non-discipline specific
skills. Collectively these subsections describe the outcome of the degree. For some
disciplines, particularly those with professional accreditation requirements relating to
outcomes, the Programme Outcomes section will focus on high level outcomes and
professional competences.

The four graduate attribute subsections (b-e) reflect the clusters of skills and abilities at the

core of the University’s graduate attributes framework – this framework was designed to
allow interpretations that differ between academic domains, ensuring relevance across the
institution while retaining an overall cohesion. The boundary lines between each of these
subsections will not always be clear and Schools will need to decide into which category
certain attributes fit most logically. For example, something deemed to relate to research and
enquiry in one discipline may be more appropriately included in the personal and intellectual
autonomy section in another – this will depend largely on the focus of the attribute described.
It is also worth noting that the distribution of statements across the four graduate attribute
subsections may not be even. For example, the distinctive nature of a degree programme
may mean there is rightly a heavy emphasis on ‘Research and enquiry’ and
‘Communication’; whereas other programmes may focus on ‘Personal and intellectual
autonomy’ and ‘Personal effectiveness’.