Certificate of Undergraduate Study in Counterterrorism & Emergency Response Operations

This 15 credit hour interdisciplinary Certificate of Undergraduate Study (CUGS) in Counterterrorism & Emergency Response Operations is designed to provide an understanding of the fundamental framework and principles which guide the response to terrorism activities. Specifically, the program analyzes the role and function of counterintelligence and the intelligence community. It will emphasize terrorist cultures, terrorist history and organization, terrorist capabilities, terrorist finance, and international money-laundering, threat assessment, intelligence operations, incident command systems, border security, emergency response, joint operations, surveillance and communications systems, cyberterrorism, weapons of mass destruction, counterterrorist operations, and applications to specific terrorist organizations and threats; the strengths and weaknesses of counterterrorist tools, including intelligence, diplomacy, law enforcement, and military force; the policy challenges in erecting security countermeasures and managing terrorist incidents; issues of civil liberties and morality in countering terrorism; the role of the public and the media; and proposals for revising U.S. counterterrorist programs.