[ ARCHIVED CATALOG ] 2022-2023 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

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IST 362 - Terrorism and the Cyber Age

3 credits

Prerequisite(s): IST 101, HTY 121, HTY 122, HTY 123, HTY 124, POL 295, or ECO 202 IST faculty may approve students on an individual basis who have not completed any of these pre-requisites.
This course explores the emergence of modern terrorism around the world and its growing connection with cyber warfare in the 21st century. Students will gain an understanding of several modern strains of terrorist activity, past and present, stretching from the white power movement in the United States, to the emergence of Al-Qaeda in the Middle East, and, finally, to the role Boko Haram plays in Nigerian and international politics today. Students will learn how terrorist groups adopted and increasingly rely on the internet to communicate and network their affiliates, and will explore how other forms of cyberwarfare affect international stability among the major world powers today.