HLS601 Homeland Security Fundamentals

This course provides an overview of the essential ideas that constitute the emerging discipline of homeland security. It has two central objectives: to expand the way participants think, analyze and communicate about homeland security; and to assess knowledge in critical homeland security knowledge domains. The course will involve exploring and critiquing national strategies in the area of prevention, preparedness, response and recovery. The course will also explore how ideas are translated into theory, theory in to strategy, strategy into policy and policy into operations.

Corequisite

None

Credits

4

Distribution

Security Studies

Notes

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