Course Description: This course will prepare all graduates from a variety of majors to understand how homeland security impacts the U.S. political system as a whole, but especially from the standpoint of emergency response and preparedness. The course assesses the impact of the federal homeland security apparatus on emergency response organizations at the state and local level. The course includes an historical review of homeland security measures beginning in WW1 and through WWII and the Korean War. It reviews the security situation during the Cold War. The course deals with the federal agencies usually not associated with homeland security such as DEA, ATF, the military departments, FAA, CDC, the National Guard Bureau, and the DOD.
The course analyzes U.S. emergency management principles. It assesses the historical context of emergency management; risk assessment and management in a time of global and domestic terror threats; the disciplines of emergency management, including mitigation, preparedness, communication, response, and recovery; global terrorism; terrorism and national security; new technology to deal with future threats; assessing new and expanding threats ; mass surveillance and the expansion of the State; strategic planning for projected change; and applied cases to future challenges.
The course analyzes U.S. emergency management principles. It assesses the historical context of emergency management; risk assessment and management in a time of global and domestic terror threats; the disciplines of emergency management, including mitigation, preparedness, communication, response, and recovery; global terrorism; terrorism and national security; new technology to deal with future threats; assessing new and expanding threats ; mass surveillance and the expansion of the State; strategic planning for projected change; and applied cases to future challenges.
- Faculty: Frank Tridico