Homeland Security

Catalog description

This course studies the structure of the newest federal cabinet level agency, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in terms of prevention and response capability. It studies the capacity of the agency to respond to terrorist events, natural disasters, man-made emergencies, safety of US transportation systems and protection of US borders. It also explores the relationships, sharing and cooperation of all federal agencies in regard to intelligence gathering capability to support DHS counter-terrorism missions as well as the impact of counter-terrorism has on civil rights.