Homeland Security

This course focuses on the intelligence and counterintelligence aspects of homeland security, as those aspects relate to the four central missions of a homeland security agency: domestic security, emergency preparedness, technology policy, and timely intelligence for preemptive action and improved policymaking.

Knowledge will be obtained about how to provide security against various hazards (e.g., bombings, chemical, biological, cyber), how to protect critical infrastructures (e.g., transportation, borders, agriculture), and how to plan for effective response and recovery efforts (e.g., first responder, law enforcement, humanitarian relief efforts).

The principles and practices of emergency planning and management (e.g., risk analysis, emergency preparedness, incident command) are emphasized in this course, and the instruction also focuses upon recent and ongoing efforts at government reorganization and restructuring as well as newly emerging principles of interagency, multijurisdictional cooperation involving the private sector, law enforcement, academia, NGOs, and citizens-at-large.