INTL650  - Counterterrorism

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This course is a study of the evolution of intelligence and counterterrorism while analyzing U.S. and international policies for combating terrorism, terrorist tactics worldwide, and the scope of terrorism in the twenty-first century. The course focuses on the problems presented by terrorism to U.S. national security, suggested political solutions, and alternatives to the current counterterrorism policy.

 

Prerequisites

N/A

Corequisites

N/A

Schedule of Classes

Registration Dates Course Dates Session
11/05/09 - 03/28/10 04/05/10 - 05/30/10 Spring 2010 Session B - 8 Week session
11/30/09 - 04/25/10 05/03/10 - 06/27/10 Spring 2010 Session I - 8 Week session
12/28/09 - 05/30/10 06/07/10 - 08/01/10 Spring 2010 Session D - 8 Week session
01/25/10 - 06/27/10 07/05/10 - 08/29/10 Summer 2010 Session B - 8 Week session
02/22/10 - 07/25/10 08/02/10 - 09/26/10 Summer 2010 Session I - 8 Week session
03/29/10 - 08/29/10 09/06/10 - 10/31/10 Summer 2010 Session D - 8 Week session
04/26/10 - 09/26/10 10/04/10 - 11/28/10 Fall 2010 Session B - 8 Week session
05/31/10 - 10/24/10 11/01/10 - 12/26/10 Fall 2010 Session I - 8 Week session
06/28/10 - 11/28/10 12/06/10 - 01/30/11 Fall 2010 Session D - 8 Week session

Course Materials

Book Title: Fighting Terrorism: How Democracies Can Defeat Domestic and International Terrorism
ISBN: 0374524971
Publication Info: NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Publishers, 1997

Book Title: Terrorism & U.S. Foreign Policy-E-book available through the APUS Library to be used while awaiting text
ISBN: 0815700040
Publication Info: Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2001

Book Title: Understanding Terror Networks
ISBN: 0812238087
Publication Info: Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 2004

Book Title: Targeting Terror
ISBN: 0944029817
Publication Info: Washington Institute for Near East Policy (March 2003)

 
 
 

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