Advanced Homeland Security.

Catalog description

This course builds on a student's knowledge about the American Criminal Justice System and its relation to Homeland Security. The course examines Homeland Security's history, legal foundation, national infrastructure, and interface with criminal justice. Specific focus is given to intelligence and counterintelligence, weapons of mass destruction, cyber-crime, organized crime, domestic and border security, and immigration issues. Incident command and control systems, utilized by law enforcement, firefighters, and emergency managers are discussed. Students completing the course satisfactorily may wish to obtain nationally recognized FEMA training certificates. Prerequisites: CJ 201 and CJ 385 .