Certificate in Homeland Security Course Descriptions
Bush 602: Homeland Security and the Department of Defense
This course will thoroughly examine the strategy for homeland defense and civil support, Department of Defense policy and doctrine, along with numerous scholarly articles focusing on homeland security.
Bush 689: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Survey an overview of the Nation's strategies for Critical Infrastructure Protection and securing cyberspace and the definition of critical infrastructures as it exists today.
Bush 689: Government and Homeland Security
Focus on how government is structured to combat terrorism, essentially a course in federalism, with a concentration on issues related to homeland security. Topics will include governmental structure and jurisdiction, political, fiscal and administrative.
BUSH 656: Homeland Security Fundamentals
An introduction to the theory, practice, challenge and prospects for securing the "American Homeland" against terrorist attack, with special emphasis on how American policy makers are resolving this dilemma, and their prospects for the future; draws heavily on current events and emerging policy solutions as examples. Prerequisites: Graduate classification.
BUSH 657: Terrorism in Today's World
Comprehensive survey of international terrorism from its origins to the present; emphasis on how the U.S. government has responded and how it has organized to counter the threat; all major terrorist groups studied; understanding of the nature of the terrorist threat and the implications for the U.S. Government.
Bush 689: Homeland Security and Business
Study the impact of terrorism and homeland security on business in the U.S. It will examine the 10 principal functional areas in which business/companies/corporations are affected by terrorism and homeland security.
BUSH 685: Homeland Security Capstone Research Project
Directed individual instruction in selected problems in government and public service. This individual study program will provide the student a concise review of program material, an in depth understanding of a selected aspect of homeland security, and a professional product and experience that may be cited later during the search for business or government employment.
BUSH 689, sections 702 and 722: Cyber Security
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BUSH 689, sections 708 and 728: Homeland Security and Emergency Management
This course will examine the evolution of emergency management; the multiple disciplines involved in the disaster process, and examine future directions for this field.
Bush 689: Law and Homeland Security
This course is focused on the legal issues that confront the new Department of Homeland Security and its many associated agencies. It will differ from National Security Law in that it will concentrate on border, transportation, maritime, customs and infrastructure protection in addition to the legal issues that must be addressed by the FBI domestically in attempting to identify, capture and prosecute terrorists. The class will begin with an analysis of the threat to the homeland as reflected in a number of pre- and post-9/11 reports and a description of how the government agencies have been organized to meet the threat. The course will then explore border, maritime, cargo and transportation screening and search issues as well as questions related to immigration, detention and deportation. The FBI's post-9/11 focus and actions based on Patriot, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and Attorney General Orders will be reviewed in detail as will the work of DOD and the rest of the intelligence community in handling enemy combatants. The course will conclude with a look at the legal challenges faced by the state and federal governments and private industry in attempting to protect the nation's critical infrastructure and responding to critical incidence.
