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LAWE 1500 - Analysis of Terrorism

Credit Hours: 3.00


Prerequisites: None

A detailed examination of the causes, phenomena, and significance of terrorism of all types, including those which are revolutionary in origin, as well as state, liberation, and criminal. The workshop, having provided a sound knowledge of the origins, leadership and policies of terrorism, will monitor its path and practices in the world of today as well as providing some assessment of the threat of tomorrow. By means of the workshop approach, each student will learn to track the activities of the various terrorist groups.

Billable Contact Hours: 3

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OUTCOMES AND OBJECTIVES
Outcome 1: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to define terrorism and identify topologies of terrorism.

Objectives: The student will:

  1. Identify arguments of elements to be included in the definition of terrorism.
  2. Define political as it is used in the term terrorism.
  3. Identify the ways in which terrorism can be a tactic of the revolutionary and a strategy of the state.
  4. Identify left and right wing ideology.
  5. Identify the elements of terrorism from above and below.
  6. Identify the elements of nationalistic groups.
  7. Identify the elements of crusaders and criminals.
  8. Identify the elements of state-sponsored terrorism.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to identify the legal and political aspects of terrorism.

Objectives: The student will:

  1. Identify the issues concerning political asylum.
  2. Define political offense exception to extradition.
  3. Identify the elements of crimes under which terrorists may be prosecuted.
  4. Identify issues related to formulation of a national policy toward terrorism.
  5. Identify the weaponry of terrorism.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to identify methods of counter-terrorism.

Objectives: The student will:

  1. Define counter-terrorism.
  2. Identify issues related to intelligence oversight.
  3. Define the role of the media.
  4. Identify the elements of hostage-taking and hostage negotiation.
  5. Identify the elements of narco-terrorism.
  6. Identify the victimization process.

COMMON DEGREE OUTCOMES (CDO)
  • Communication: The graduate can communicate effectively for the intended purpose and audience.
  • Critical Thinking: The graduate can make informed decisions after analyzing information or evidence related to the issue.
  • Global Literacy: The graduate can analyze human behavior or experiences through cultural, social, political, or economic perspectives.
  • Information Literacy: The graduate can responsibly use information gathered from a variety of formats in order to complete a task.
  • Quantitative Reasoning: The graduate can apply quantitative methods or evidence to solve problems or make judgments.
  • Scientific Literacy: The graduate can produce or interpret scientific information presented in a variety of formats.
CDO marked YES apply to this course:
Communication: YES
Critical Thinking: YES
Global Literacy: YES
Information Literacy: YES
Quantitative Reasoning: YES
Scientific Literacy: YES

COURSE CONTENT OUTLINE

  1. The Criminology and Controversy of Terrorism
    1. Definitions, Tactics, and Behavior
    2. Origins of Modern Terrorism
    3. Changing Group Structures
    4. Advent of Religious Terrorism
    5. Financing Terrorism
    6. Types of Modern Terrorism
  2. International Terrorism
    1. Evolution of Jihadist Networks
    2. The Umbrella Effect
    3. The Question of Israel and Palestine
    4. Middle Eastern Terrorism in Metamorphosis
    5. Nationalistic and Ethnic Terrorism
    6. Ideological Terrorism
  3. Domestic Terrorism
    1. Conceptualizing Terrorism in America
    2. Terrorism in the United States
  4. Issues in Homeland Security
    1. In Search of Homeland Security
    2. Protecting the Homeland and Protecting Civil Liberties
    3. The Bureaucracy of Homeland Security
    4. The Media: Affecting Terrorism and Homeland Security

Primary Faculty
Bowlin, Samantha
Secondary Faculty

Associate Dean
Lopez, Michael
Dean
Mirijanian, Narine



Primary Syllabus - Macomb Community College, 14500 E 12 Mile Road, Warren, MI 48088



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