HOMELAND SECURITY THEORY AND HISTORY

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Homeland security practice in the United States addresses four general areas: preventing terrorism, enforcing immigration and customs policy, cybersecurity practice, and emergency management innovation. Students will discuss theoretical frameworks of security, long-term historical trends starting with the colonial period in the United States that frame current Homeland Security practice, and policy development in each of these four areas. The course will also cover changes and the current structure of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), comparative international case studies and global challenges to security, and strategic challenges for practitioners in criminal justice and other homeland security-related fields.