Introduction to Homeland Security

Catalog description

This course introduces students to the contemporary aspects of homeland security and retraces the series of significant changes implemented following the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001. Students will gain a broad understanding of a number of multi-faceted homeland security topics relevant to America’s present-day domestic and international environments. An overarching analysis of the highly integrated and operationally collaborative nature of modern-day contingency-driven emergency responses by federal, state, local, and (Native American) tribal-level governments, private for-profit corporations, and non-profit organizations are also examined.