How an MPS Degree Can Transform Your Career

November 7, 2019

Public Safety Career Advancement Infographic

Public Safety Career Advancement

A future in public safety leadership can be enhanced with a Master of Public Safety (MPS) degree. For current policing and other public safety professionals, or for military personnel who are ready to transition to a new role, an online degree from Wilfrid Laurier University offers the skillsets and competencies to become a leader in the field.

How an MPS Degree Can Transform Your Career

With an advanced degree, you can combine your experience in the field with leadership and analytical skills to prepare you for career advancement. An MPS degree teaches a range of skills and competencies:

Learn complex economic, social and historical factors of public safety policy
Gain expertise in the latest technology and analytics
Learn how to build innovative, evidence-based policies
Hone your communication skills

Benefits Of Earning Your MPS Online

Laurier offers 100% online postgraduate public safety degree programs, teaching graduates to assess, lead and shape the future of public safety in Canada and around the world. Some benefits of this online degree include:

Can be completed part-time, perfect for working professionals
Relevant and focused, with a curriculum taught by faculty with expertise working in the field
Created in alignment with the Pillars of Public Safety Canada

Four Pathways

Laurier’s MPS offers 4 distinct pathways:

National Security
Border Security
Countering Crime
Emergency Management

Producing Career-Ready Professionals

While completing your MPS degree, you’ll learn how policies of public safety are created, how they can be improved, and how to stay ahead of security threats:

Understand the ethical, social, political, historical and other issues that arise in public safety
Assess and improve organizational performance
Incorporate technology and analytics into public safety practice
Explore careers in law enforcement, emergency management or national security
Innovate using reasoning, problem solving and analysis
Apply critical thinking to address public safety issues and manage systems

To learn more about how to move from safety enforcement to safety leader, view the infographic by Wilfrid Laurier University’s Online MPS Degree program above.

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