Understanding Terrorism and the Terrorist Threat

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  • 6 Sequences
  • Introductive Level
  • Subtitles in Spanish

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Syllabus

  • Week 1 - Introduction
     
  • Week 2 - Module 1: How Do We Study Terrorism?
     
  • Week 3 - Module 2: Individual Radicalization
     
  • Week 4 - Module 3: Terrorist Group Dynamics
     
  • Week 5 - Module 4: Terrorist Operations
     
  • Week 6 - Module 5: Al-Qa'ida Case Study
     

Prerequisite

None.

Instructors

Dr. Gary LaFree
Director
National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism

Bill Braniff
Executive Director
National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism

Kate Izsak
Education Director
National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Reponses to Terrorism

Joyce Rasing

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