BC3 Academic Catalog: 2024-2025 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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NPHS 203 - Homeland Security and Emergency Management 3 Credits: (3 lecture)
Course Description
This course examines the management perspective of organizations linked to: mitigation, prevention, planning, preparedness, readiness, response and recovery, as they relate to homeland security events. U.S. policies and programs are assessed in terms of the hazards posed by international and domestic terrorism, particularly the risks posed by weapons of mass destruction. The unpredictable nature of terroristic attacks is also explored.
Note Spring semester only.
Text
Haddow, George, et al. Introduction to Emergency Management. 7th ed. Elsevier, 2021.
Objectives
The student will be able to
A. Identify the management issues related to homeland security events.
B. List organizations involved in homeland security initiatives.
C. Describe mitigation efforts.
D. Delineate prevention techniques.
E. Implement preparation and readiness techniques.
F. Evaluate national incident response capabilities.
G.Specify homeland security recovery efforts.
H. Analyze evolving U.S. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Services (EMS) and systems.
Content
A. Homeland security and emergency management terminology
B. History of international and domestic terrorism
C. The nature of the terrorism hazard/threat
D. The intergovernmental context of homeland security
E. The policy and organizational context of homeland security
F. Mitigation and prevention
G. Planning/Preparedness/Readiness
H. Response
I. Recovery
Student Evaluation
Student evaluation will be based on written projects, examinations, quizzes, and other assignments as required by the instructor. Bibliography
Bevelaqua, Armando and Stilp, Richard. Terrorism Handbook for Operational Responders. 3rd ed. Clifton Park: Cengage, 2009. Print.
Birkland, Thomas A. (2008) “Review of Disaster Policy and Politics: Emergency Management and Homeland Security,” Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management: Vol. 5 : Iss. 1, Article 40. Print.
Brongar, Bruce and Brown, Lisa. Psychology of Terrorism. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. Print.
Gabriel, Mark. Islam and Terrorism. Lake Mary: Frontline, 2002. Print.
Hoffman, Bruce. Inside Terrorism. 2nd ed. New York: Columbia, 2006. Print.
White, Jonathan R. Terrorism and Homeland Security: An Introduction. 6th ed. Wadsworth, 2009. Print.
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