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Understanding Terrorism and the Terrorist Threat
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 6 Sequences
- Introductive Level
- Subtitles in Spanish
Course details
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
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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