Navy school offers Homeland defense degree.

• Author: Book, Elizabeth G.
• Position: Security Beat

The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, Calif., will offer a master's degree 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...