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Charting New Frontiers in Public Safety and Cybersecurity
The Center for Public Safety and Cybersecurity Education (CPSCE) provides cross-disciplinary education and training that prepares professionals to effectively prevent, solve and investigate cybersecurity issues and challenges. The Center leverages its faculty – who are both thought leaders and practitioners – along with Franklin University’s reputation for excellence in curriculum and course development to create learning experiences that address prevailing security concerns within industries and communities.
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Degrees & Certificates
Choose from a variety of education and training options – from professional and academic certificate programs that can help you elevate your expertise quickly, to full degrees designed for real-world application.
Partner Solutions & Training
The CPSCE partners with businesses, government agencies and nonprofit organizations to provide customized training, course and curriculum development, evaluation services and research, and pathways to college credit for training and professional development.
Why CPSCE?
The Center merges Franklin University’s reputation for providing education that’s in sync with industry needs with its unsurpassed capabilities in curriculum design and course development, and focuses them to address the evolving needs of public safety and cybersecurity. Top-notch faculty and our state-of-the-art learning management system make the Center ideally suited to create dynamic experiences that resonate with adult learners.
Learn MoreAdvance Your Career With Real World Experience
Real world career-related experiences can be important for working adults who want to advance their career goals by gaining critical work experience, demonstrating knowledge and skills in work settings, and growing their professional networks:
- Can’t get interviews in a new field: A student working in full-time in retail wants to work in human resources (HR) but can’t get interviews for HR positions because they do not have any HR experience. The student could benefit from an online HR internship that fits their schedule.
- Making a career change to do good: A student who worked for 20 years as an analyst for a large bank would like to change careers and work for a nonprofit that helps children with autism. The student could gain necessary knowledge and experience through a service learning internship by volunteering at a local nonprofit.
- Need experience to get promoted: A marketing student working in a medium-sized accounting firm as an administrative assistant in the marketing department and would like get promoted into a position in digital marketing but does not have a portfolio of marketing projects to demonstrate their knowledge and skill. The student could benefit from a = project-based or micro-internship that fits around their schedule.
- Don’t have the connections to get the job you want: A sport management major cannot get their foot in the door to at a professional sports team because they seem to go to people who are connected with top people at the organization. The student needs to get an unpaid internship for a local professional sports team.
- Want to break into a new field, but lack experience and funds: A student working in the restaurant industry loves computers and wants to get into cybersecurity, but has no experience and has to work full-time to make ends meet. The student could benefit from a paid co-op or apprenticeship that provides full-time, paid, work along with education and training in the field.
If you think you could benefit from real-world career-related experiences like these, but don’t know where to start:
- Contact a Career Development expert at careerdev@cutandcash.com
- Go to 4ui.cutandcash.com/my-career to find real world experience opportunities that meet your
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- Check out 4ui.cutandcash.com/current-students/student-services/career-development and the resources below
Franklin offers all types of real-world learning experiences to meet your needs:
Apprenticeships: An industry-driven, high quality career pathway where employers can develop and prepare their future workforce, and individuals can obtain paid work experience, classroom instruction, and a portable, nationally-recognized credential. Apprentices get:
- Paid Jobs: work while learning valuable skills and demonstrating your value to the employer.
- On-the-Job Learning: Develop your skills through structured Learning in a work setting.
- University Education: Get a valuable, relevant degree taking online or face-to-face classes.
- Mentoring: Get the support of a skilled worker to accelerate your growth and development
- Industry Credentials: Earn a nationally-recognized apprenticeship credential from the U.S. Department of Labor
Cooperative Education or Co-ops: A partnership between students, institutions of higher education, and employers that formally integrates student's academic study with work experience in cooperating employer organizations and:
- Alternates or combines periods of academic study and work experience in appropriate fields as an integral part of student education;
- Provides students with compensation from the cooperative employer in the form of wages or salaries for work performed;
- Evaluates each participating student's performance in the cooperative position, both from the perspective of the student's institution of higher education and the student's cooperative employer;
- Provides participating students with academic credit from the institution of higher education upon successful completion of their cooperative education;
- Is part of an overall degree or certificate program for which a percentage of the total program is acceptable to the chancellor of the Ohio Department of Higher Education and involves cooperative education.
Field Experiences: A partnership between students, institutions of higher education, and employers that formally integrate students’ academic study with work or community service, specifically in license preparation programs such as education and social work. Students are usually given specific assignments or tasks to complete under supervision. Time in the field is tracked closely and will be audited through evidence submitted by the field partner.
Internships: A partnership between students, institutions of higher education, and employers that formally integrate students’ academic study with work or community service. Students are given significant projects or responsibilities to complete independently but with supervision. Performance in the internship position is evaluated both from the perspective of student’s institution of higher education and the student’s internship employer. Internships are generally, though not always, noted on the student’s transcript. Internships may provide students with compensation in the form of wages or salaries, stipends, or scholarships.
Practicums: A partnership between students, institutions of higher education, and employers that allow a student to observe and document how working professionals perform their job responsibilities. Students will participate to a limited extent in performing tasks under supervision by professors and on-site staff.
Service Learning Experiences: A partnership between institutions of higher education and community organizations designed to integrate the student’s academic study with meaningful community service and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility, foster the development of a sense of caring for others, and strengthen communities. Service learning experiences are typically embedded within specific courses to allow the subject matter to be integrated on a practical level.
Events & Resources
The effects of crime and cybercrime are far-reaching. For that reason, the Center provides public safety and cybersecurity resources and events that cater to groups with diverse needs, including business organizations, in-field professionals, community groups and individuals.
About the Center
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