Master of Professional Studies inHomeland Security – Counterterrorism Option

Foundation for understanding homeland security history, the development of homeland security policies and organizations, and current management approaches.

This course will examine the social, political, legal, and ethical issues that arise in the context of homeland security.

Provides an overview of the domestic and global issues related to homeland security.

Investigates the role economic, political, and social factors play in determining patterns of international and domestic terrorism and terrorist activity.

Surveys the history, evolution, strategies, techniques, tools, and contemporary issues related to counterterrorism in the world today. The course has a comparative focus, examining both U.S. counterterrorism and counterterrorism in other states and contexts. The course makes use of specific case examples of counterterrorism and engages normative/ethical debates on counterterrorism.

Introduces students to the various resources and analytical techniques available to terrorism and counterterrorism experts today. It introduces them to the major sources of data on terrorist groups, terrorist incident reports, risk climates, and legal and criminal justice data surrounding terrorism and counterterrorism. It provides students with critical data-gathering and analysis skills useful to practitioners and engages them in reporting and threat-briefing exercises.

Provides a comprehensive summary of the factors that promote the radicalization process, as well as the theoretical and practical foundations of efforts at counter-radicalization and de-radicalization.

This course will explore intentional and unintentional threats to the agriculture food system, history, and current approaches for safeguarding this key infrastructure.

This seminar provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the multifaceted nature of disaster communication across phases of a disaster.

This course provides knowledge about government organizations charged with American border security, guiding laws, and policies.

This course is about transnational crime activities happening around the world.

This course aims to understand the role of law enforcement in counterterrorism by analyzing the challenges, issues, and difficulties in policing global terrorism.

The application of cultural geography in the intelligence analysis and synthesis process by identifying prominent threats to civil security.

Provides knowledge about protection of critical infrastructure as an aspect of homeland security

The Homeland Security Intelligence course provides a depth of knowledge of key intelligence issues for homeland security professionals.

This course will examine the inter-relationship of foreign, military and economic policy.

Addresses international cooperation in Homeland Security and compare select national approaches as well as teach related practical methods of analysis.

The homeland security framework depends on strategic planning and organization. This course examines the key issues associated with these.

Fundamentals of Homeland Security provides foundational knowledge about homeland security policy, strategy, organization, and legal issues in the U.S. context.

Examination of the roles of the public and private sectors and the military in preparing for, mitigating, and responding to disasters.

Provides new insights of the emerging threats, disruptive technologies, and techniques for analyzing them to plan for the future of Homeland Security.

This course will provide an overview of transnational crime and its effects on homeland security.

Provides an overview of the homeland defense mission and defense support of civil authorities during disasters, and the distinctions between the two.

This course assesses the controlling authorities that pertain to homeland security, from the U.S. Constitution to major federal statutes, court decisions, and executive directives.

Introduction to various methods of analyzing strategic behavior using social choice and game theories.

A survey of traditional and contemporary conceptual frameworks and theoretical approaches for the analysis of international relations.

Analysis of political terrorism as a violent alternative for peaceful change and traditional warfare in the nuclear age.

Principles of American foreign policy; processes of policy formulation; roles of the President, Congress, the State Department, and other government agencies.

The international relations of the Middle East, stressing national security policies of regional and outside actors, and major contemporary conflicts.

Supervised off-campus, nongroup instruction, including field experiences, practicums, or internships. Written and oral critique of activity required.

Examines U.S. domestic terrorism, focusing on its roots, the contemporary threat landscape, responses to it by law enforcement and policymakers, and the nature and form of extremist violence perpetrated by U.S. domestic actors and movements.

Analyzes the history of terrorism and explores the preparation and response to specific terrorist threats, natural disasters, and conventional catastrophes.

Introduces students to the design of exposure assessment and health effect studies applicable to disasters and terrorism.

The course examines the users and processes of Intelligence Community, participants of Competitive Intelligence, and comparative intelligence communities.

The Capstone serves as the culmination experience for the option. Students work closely with the capstone course instructor to write an original research paper on a counterterrorism topic of their choice. Each student is responsible for creating a project that articulates a research question, surveys relevant literature and scholarship, and analyzes data to test hypotheses. In addition, students work closely with the other students enrolled in the course through collaborative activities and extensive peer review.