Contemporary Issues in Security and Preparedness

Catalog description

This course explores contemporary issues related to security and preparedness. Topics will vary from semester to semester based on the most pressing issues facing policy makers in Washington DC, such as homeland security, emergency preparedness, severe weather, cybersecurity, critical thinking, leadership, ethics, immigration, terrorism, risk analysis, digital forensics, critical infrastructure, transnational crime, border security, and privacy and civil liberties. Prerequisite(s): one of C EHC 101 or R PAD 140 or R POS 101 or R POS 102; one 300 level course in C EHC, R PAD or R POS; junior or senior standing; or permission of the Department.