[ARCHIVED CATALOG] 2014-2015 Undergraduate Academic Catalog 
    
    Sep 08, 2024  
[ARCHIVED CATALOG] 2014-2015 Undergraduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

POL 363 - Exploitable Weaknesses in Terrorist Organizations

3 credits
Crosslisted: CRM 363 
This course provides a comprehensive overview of international and domestic terrorism, arising from either religious or secular roots. It will examine the historical and philosophical underpinnings of terrorism in general, and identified terrorist organizations in particular. The course will examine exploitable weaknesses of terrorists; terrorist typology; human factors as applied to terrorists; modus vivendi of terrorists; conspiratorial association theorems; weaknesses of terrorist groups; and proactive measures in support of terrorist investigations. The course will address current efforts in counter- terrorism, with special emphasis on the federal and state responses.