Domestic Violent Extremism

Catalog description

This course examines the definition of homegrown (domestic) violent extremism and examines the radical individuals that are involved. The following groups will be evaluated in-depth: Antifa, Earth Liberation Front, Animal Liberation Front, KKK, and ISIS lone-wolf attacks. Students will gain an understanding of how these various homegrown violent extremist groups and individuals have altered our current society. This course will stress that approximately one-third of terrorist attacks within the United States include individuals with no known affiliation to extremist groups, yet they have extreme ideologies. (Previously MSC 705)