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3.00 Credits
This course examines the threats to critical infrastructure from an all-hazards perspective. The course focuses on reviewing and integrating existing programs with new initiatives to enhance safety and security at these facilities. Students examine preparation for premeditated acts of terrorism as well as a range of possible natural, technological, accidental and man-made disasters. The development of risk and threat assessments and safety plans and strategies are reviewed. Students will also investigate training, education, exercises, evaluations, and other tools necessary to coordinate and facilitate planning and assessment and implement new and improved measures with minimal cost and maximum effect. (3 lect.)
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3.00 Credits
This course is an overview of laws, policy, strategy, organization, and plans for dealing with various natural, accidental and premeditated threats to homeland security. Students review the respective and relative roles and responsibilities of government agencies, non-government organizations and individual citizens for U.S. national security. In addition, homeland security planning is addressed, including strategic planning, the National Response Plan, the National Incident Management system, various planning scenarios, and other federal and state guidelines. Students discuss various policy and strategy issues, including balancing security and civil liberties and information sharing and protection. (3 lect.)
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to terrorism using a criminological or criminal justice framework for studying terrorist groups and individuals, terrorist origins, goals, dynamics, ideologies, counter terrorism, and homeland security. Students examine the structure and dynamics of terrorism, terrorist weapons, strategies and tactics, how they evolve, the ways in which they operate, how terrorists obtain funding, their use of the media, and theories of counter terrorism. Students review definitions of terrorism, analyze specific concepts, and examine issues that arise when responding to terrorism or the threat of terrorism. (3 lect.)
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on an historical overview of politics and terrorism. Fundamental questions of what is terrorism, who defines terrorism, who or what perpetrates terrorism, and what are the motives and intentions of terrorism and terrorists are addressed. Students develop an understanding of the vocabulary, concepts, and perceptions of domestic and international terrorism to help them effectively ask and answer these fundamental questions. Students will examine religious and political extremism from a historical and political perspective reviewing various key philosophies, as well as current ideologies and personalities. Students will also explore the realm of data and information available that attempts to understand the existence of such conflict. (3 lect.)
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3.00 Credits
Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) such as chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive weapons and the access to and proliferation of such weapons are the focus of this course. The vulnerability of the infrastructure and populace of the United States in the event of a threat or the use of such weapons is addressed and exploration of strategies to prevent, limit, detect, defend, and deter the use of these weapons as an act of terrorism or political violence is studied. Students will also assess the spread of weapons through black market resources and the problems relating to security and access to such weapons due to the breakup of the former Soviet Union. (3 lect.)
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3.00 Credits
Students explore the basic tenets of the major religions and the history of violence within each religion. They compare and contrast the religions and identify areas with the most potential for misunderstanding and conflict. They examine the use of violence since 1800 as a means of extending a religious agenda and the implications of such violence in the 21st century. Students examine other extremist organizations which, although not a religious organizations, exhibit a similar tendency to inspire some members to violence. Based on their examination of these religious and non-religious organizations, students formulate recommendations to reduce or redirect such violence into non-violent actions. (3 lect.)
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0.50 Credits
This course offers training to law enforcement officers in Wyoming and other States. This course cannot be used as a general education requirement but can be used as a major requirement or program elective in the Criminal Justice and Homeland Security programs (A.A., A.S. AND A.A.S.). This course can be used as a general elective in other programs and appropriate. (.5-3 lect.)(Max 12)
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys theatre, music, literature, painting, sculpture, and architecture. Each art form is examined from four perspectives: historical context, elements of the art, form/meaning, and criticism/evaluation. Arts from selected world cultures will be explored in order to give a global awareness to human creativity. (3 lect.) HUM
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3.00 Credits
This course is a study of film, music, print and broadcast media, and other forms of popular cultural expression. The course emphasizes popular arts of the last two centuries, especially in the United States. Students will discuss the distinctions between popular and elite arts and explore rationales and critical bases for the study of popular culture. Prerequisites: ENGL 1010. (3 lect.)
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3.00 Credits
This course is an investigation of universal spiritual questions and the ways world religions suggest answers. Themes include the purpose of creation and human life, ritual encounters with the sacred, death and the afterlife. Current questions and movements will be considered. Students will have the opportunity to discuss a variety of spiritual practices in an objective context. (3 lect.) HUM
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