HS-5101 - Introduction to Homeland Security

Semester Credits: 3 Weeks: 8

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.