[1] This taxonomy has been cross checked against similar documents from NORTHCOM, the Naval Postgraduate School and DHS and forms the foundation of the center's research tool named TEX (Taxonomy for Education and exploration), which consists of one page summaries and links to more than 2500 key studies, documents, and sources on homeland security issues (focused primarily on policy).
Texas A&M offers a Graduate Certificate in Homeland Security through the George Bush School of Government and Public Service.
[2] The program includes a core of common policy courses, with electives concentrated in various departments, including Agriculture, the Bush School, Veterinary Medicine, Public Health, Geography, General Studies, Engineering, Architecture, and Urban Planning, to provide a tailored focus according to student interests.
Past speakers include Dr. Ruth A. David (CEO, ANSER & President's Homeland Security Advisory Council Member), Major General Charles Rodriguez (Adjutant General, Texas State Guard), Mr. Jim Turner (former US Congressman), Mr. Klaus-Peter Gottwald (Deputy Chief of Mission, German Embassy to the US), Colonel (ret.)
Tom Matthews (Department of Defense), Mr. Peter Macintyre (Toronto EMS), Mr. Ken Senser (Senior VP for Global Security, Wal-Mart), Dr. John Shroder (University of Nebraska at Omaha, GIS and Afghanistan geography expert), and Mr. Rolf Mowatt-Larssen (Director of Intelligence & Counterintelligence, United States Department of Energy).