MCJ 6453, Global Terrorism Course Syllabus Course Description Presents a look at the evolution of new laws that create a cooperative environment coordinating training and action measures between local, state, and federal agencies in an effort to singularly respond to and prevent terrorist threats and incidents. Course Textbook Spindlove, J. R., & Simonsen, C. E. (2013). Terrorism today: The past, the players, the future (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson. Course Learning Outcomes 1. Evaluate international terrorism and its links to various governments and religions. 2. Define, in detail, the events leading up to 9/11 and its subsequent impact on the people of the United States. 3. Summarize the history of terrorism and how it applies to current political strategies. 4. Appraise the effect of the downfall of the Soviet Union and its consequences on world terrorism. 5. Evaluate and analyze the regional and global threats posed by terrorism. 6. Assess and analyze the numerous global terrorist groups operating around the world. 7. Specify and analyze the key issues in the fight against terrorism. 8. Conclude the end result of terrorism and how it affects global change, political thinking, and strategy. 9. Identify current strategies for the United States efforts to cope with terrorism. 10. Recommend different strategies for the United States efforts to cope with terrorism. 11. Assess the future threats and probable trends relating to global terrorist activity. Credits Upon completion of this course, the students will earn three (3) hours of college credit. Course Structure 1. Unit Learning Outcomes: Each unit contains Learning Outcomes that specify the measurable skills and knowledge students should gain upon completion of the unit. 2. Unit Lesson: Each unit contains a Unit Lesson, which discusses unit material. 3. Reading Assignments: Each unit contains Reading Assignments from one or more chapters from the textbook. 4. Key Terms: Key Terms are intended to guide students in their course of study. Students should pay particular attention to Key Terms as they represent important concepts within the unit material and reading. 5. Discussion Boards: Discussion Boards are part of all CSU term courses. More information and specifications can be found in the Student Resources link listed in the Course Menu bar. 6. Unit Assessments: This course contains three Unit Assessments, one to be completed at the end of Units I, IV, and VII. Assessments are composed of written response questions. 7. Unit Assignments: Students are required to submit for grading Unit Assignments in Units II, III, V, VI, and VIII. Specific information and instructions regarding these assignments are provided below. Grading rubrics are included with these assignments. Specific information about accessing these rubrics is provided below. 8. Ask the Professor: This communication forum provides you with an opportunity to ask your professor general or course content related questions. 9. Student Break Room: This communication forum allows for casual conversation with your classmates. MCJ 6453, Global Terrorism 1
CSU Online Library The CSU Online Library is available to support your courses and programs. The online library includes databases, journals, e-books, and research guides. These resources are always accessible and can be reached through the library webpage. To access the library, log into the mycsu Student Portal, and click on CSU Online Library. You can also access the CSU Online Library from the My Library button on the course menu for each course in Blackboard. The CSU Online Library offers several reference services. E-mail (library@columbiasouthern.edu) and telephone (1.877.268.8046) assistance is available Monday Thursday from 8 am to 5 pm and Friday from 8 am to 3 pm. The library s chat reference service, Ask a Librarian, is available 24/7; look for the chat box on the online library page. Librarians can help you develop your research plan or assist you in finding relevant, appropriate, and timely information. Reference requests can include customized keyword search strategies, links to articles, database help, and other services. Unit Assignments Unit II Research Paper Emergency Plan: Part I Submit Part I of Emergency Plan: Identify four areas where reactionary planning is necessary and four areas where resiliency planning is appropriate, and describe the risks associated with each area. Part I of the Emergency Plan is part of the final course project that requires students to identify four specific areas where resiliency planning is an appropriate action and four specific areas where reactionary planning is an appropriate action. Students will begin by reviewing the demographic information provided for the example city (Metropolis, FL) to gain an understanding of the city for which they will be creating an Emergency plan. Next, students will search for sample emergency plans already created by other cities and jurisdictions that are specifically designed to address potential terrorist attacks. Students are encouraged to conduct and Internet search using the phrase, Terrorism Emergency Plans. It is recommended that students review a minimum of three different emergency plans to gain a wider perspective of the types of issues that government agencies consider when planning for terrorist attacks. Students should also review information related to Hazard Identification and Risk Assessments (HIRA) provided by the Department of Homeland Security. A link to this website is provided in the Unit II Required Readings. Students are also encouraged to search for other information related to creating emergency plans. Using the information found in the sample emergency plans created by other agencies, the Department of Homeland Security HIRA information, and any other relevant information related to this topic, students must create Part I of the emergency plan that identifies four types of resiliency planning and four types of reactionary planning that would be appropriate to consider when creating an emergency plan for Metropolis, FL. For each identified area, students must (1) identify the potential risk area or concern that the planning will address, (2) explain why this potential risk area or concern is important and relevant to Metropolis, FL based upon its demographics, and (3) decide whether the component will focus upon a resiliency or reactionary planning approach. Students must use references to other existing plans, information provided by the Department of Homeland Security or other relevant agencies, or any other reputable information available to support why the eight selected areas should be part of an emergency plan. The instructor will provide feedback to the students regarding whether the identified areas are appropriate and properly categorized (resilient vs. reactionary). Students are expected to incorporate instructor feedback into the final version of Part I, which will be submitted with the full emergency plan in Unit VIII. Part I of the emergency plan should be formatted in APA style and four to six pages in length, not counting the cover and reference pages. Please review the general guidelines for papers to obtain a description of other formatting requirements. Only scholarly resources should be used. Sites such as Wikipedia, blogs, or other resources where information has not been peer reviewed must not be used. If you have questions regarding whether a resource is acceptable, please ask your instructor before using that resource. MCJ 6453, Global Terrorism 2
Unit III Case Study Please write a three- to five-page paper on the role of fusion centers in combating terrorism. Fusion centers play a central role in the battle against terrorism by providing a central point through which various criminal justice agencies can coordinate activities both during the investigation of potential terrorist activity and in the aftermath of a terrorist attack. For this assignment, you will be required to research the role of fusion centers in the fight against terrorism and submit a research paper. Some suggested topics that you might consider discussing in your paper include the role of a fusion center in coordinating criminal justice activities, the structure and operation protocols of a fusion center, the history of fusion centers, or any controversies arising from the creation and operation of fusion centers. These are just suggested topics to research and report in your paper. You may also incorporate any other topics that are relevant to the role of fusion centers in the fight against terrorist activity. The actual content of your research paper must be three to five pages in length, not counting the cover and reference pages or any Appendix or abstract sections. You are required to incorporate information from at least two scholarly resources in addition to your textbook. Your assignment must be formatted and cited per APA guidelines. Only scholarly resources should be used. Sites such as Wikipedia, blogs, or other resources where information has not been peer reviewed must not be used. If you have questions regarding whether a resource is acceptable, please ask your instructor before using that resource. Unit V Research Paper Emergency Plan: Part II Please submit Part II of your emergency plan: A draft with brief description of items to be covered in each of the eight areas of the plan. Part II of the Emergency Plan, which is part of the final course project, requires that students expand upon the eight areas that were identified in Part I in Unit II. Students must first review any feedback provided by the instructor to the Part I submission to ensure that the identified areas were appropriate before proceeding with Part II. In Part II of the emergency plan, students will be required to provide an overview of the actions or steps that must be considered when planning for each of the eight areas identified in Part I. For each area, this will include (but will not be limited to): (1) identifying the impacted segment(s) of the Metropolis, FL population, business community, government agency, or other relevant entities; (2) explaining why the identified segment(s) are the focus of this area of the plan; and (3) providing a high-level overview of the proposed actions for each area. Note: The full description of plan steps for each area will be part of the final emergency plan submitted in Unit VIII. Students must use references to other existing plans, information provided by the Department of Homeland Security or other relevant agencies, or any other reputable information available to support why the identified segment(s) are impacted in each of the eight selected parts of the plan. Students must also explain why the proposed actions are appropriate. The instructor will provide feedback to the students regarding whether the appropriate segment(s) and actions have been identified for each proposed component of the plan. Students are expected to incorporate instructor feedback into the final version of Part II, which will be submitted with the full emergency plan in Unit VIII. Part II of the emergency plan should be formatted in APA style and four to six pages in length, not counting the cover and reference pages. Please review the general guidelines for papers to obtain a description of other formatting requirements. Unit VI Case Study Terrorist threats to the United States emerge from both domestic and international extremist organizations. The types of threats as well as the precautions that must be taken to guard against these threats have similarities and differences based upon whether the terrorist group is a domestic or a foreign organization. MCJ 6453, Global Terrorism 3
For this assignment, you will be required to research the different types of threats posed to the United States by domestic and international terrorist organizations. Some suggested topics that you might consider discussing in your paper include the different types of threats posed by domestic and international terrorist organizations, the measures required to guard against these different types of threats, or the role of a lone terrorist in a domestic versus an international terrorist threat. These are suggested topics to research and report in your paper. You may also incorporate any other topics that compare and contrast the threats posed by domestic and international terrorist groups. The actual content of your research paper must be three to five pages in length, not counting the cover and reference pages or any Appendix or abstract sections. You are required to incorporate information from at least two scholarly resources in addition to your textbook. Your assignment must be formatted and cited per APA guidelines. Only scholarly resources should be used. Sites such as Wikipedia, blogs, or other resources where information has not been peer reviewed must not be used. If you have questions regarding a resource s acceptability, please ask your instructor before using that resource. Unit VIII Research Paper Final Emergency Plan During Unit VIII, students will submit their final emergency plan. The final emergency plan will consist of three components: (1) Part I, which identifies the eight potential risk areas; (2) Part II, which identifies the impacted segment(s) and provides an overview of actions planned for each of the eight potential risk areas; and (3) Part III, which provides step-by-step actions to implement the plan in each of the eight areas. Students will have already completed and received feedback from their instructor for Parts I and II in previous units. For this reason, students will only need to make corrections and incorporate revisions suggested by the instructor in Parts I and II of the final emergency plan. Part III of the final emergency plan must provide detailed descriptions of the actions that must be taken to implement each component of the plan. This section of the emergency plan should resemble the sample emergency plans that you located in Unit II of the course. While the level of detail required for each component of the plan may vary, it is anticipated that Part III of the final emergency plan should be six to eight pages in length. This should result in a final emergency plan (Parts I, II, and III) that is 14 20 pages in length, not counting the cover and reference pages. Please review the general guidelines for papers to obtain a description of other formatting requirements. Your final emergency plan must be formatted and cited per APA guidelines. APA Guidelines The application of the APA writing style shall be practical, functional, and appropriate to each academic level, with the primary purpose being the documentation (citation) of sources. CSU requires that students use APA style for certain papers and projects. Students should always carefully read and follow assignment directions and review the associated grading rubric when available. Students can find CSU s Citation Guide by clicking here. This document includes examples and sample papers and provides information on how to contact the CSU Success Center. Grading Rubrics This course utilizes analytic grading rubrics as tools for your professor in assigning grades for all learning activities. Each rubric serves as a guide that communicates the expectations of the learning activity and describes the criteria for each level of achievement. In addition, a rubric is a reference tool that lists evaluation criteria and can help you organize your efforts to meet the requirements of that learning activity. It is imperative for you to familiarize yourself with these rubrics because these are the primary tools your professor uses for assessing learning activities. MCJ 6453, Global Terrorism 4
Rubric categories include: (1) Discussion Board, (2) Assessment (Written Response), and (3) Assignment. However, it is possible that not all of the listed rubric types will be used in a single course (e.g., some courses may not have Assessments). The Discussion Board rubric can be found within Unit I s Discussion Board submission instructions. The Assessment (Written Response) rubric can be found embedded in a link within the directions for each Unit Assessment. However, these rubrics will only be used when written-response questions appear within the Assessment. Each Assignment type (e.g., article critique, case study, research paper) will have its own rubric. The Assignment rubrics are built into Blackboard, allowing students to review them prior to beginning the Assignment and again once the Assignment has been scored. This rubric can be accessed via the Assignment link located within the unit where it is to be submitted. Students may also access the rubric through the course menu by selecting Tools and then My Grades. Again, it is vitally important for you to become familiar with these rubrics because their application to your Discussion Boards, Assessments, and Assignments is the method by which your instructor assigns all grades. Communication Forums These are non-graded discussion forums that allow you to communicate with your professor and other students. Participation in these discussion forums is encouraged, but not required. You can access these forums with the buttons in the Course Menu. Instructions for subscribing/unsubscribing to these forums are provided below. Click here for instructions on how to subscribe/unsubscribe and post to the Communication Forums. Ask the Professor This communication forum provides you with an opportunity to ask your professor general or course content questions. Questions may focus on Blackboard locations of online course components, textbook or course content elaboration, additional guidance on assessment requirements, or general advice from other students. Questions that are specific in nature, such as inquiries regarding assessment/assignment grades or personal accommodation requests, are NOT to be posted on this forum. If you have questions, comments, or concerns of a nonpublic nature, please feel free to email your professor. Responses to your post will be addressed or emailed by the professor within 48 hours. Before posting, please ensure that you have read all relevant course documentation, including the syllabus, assessment/assignment instructions, faculty feedback, and other important information. Student Break Room This communication forum allows for casual conversation with your classmates. Communication on this forum should always maintain a standard of appropriateness and respect for your fellow classmates. This forum should NOT be used to share assessment answers. Grading Discussion Boards (8 @ 2%) = 16% Assessments (3 @ 11%) = 33% Research Papers (3 @ 12%) = 36% Case Studies (2 @ 7.5%) = 15% Total = 100% MCJ 6453, Global Terrorism 5
Course Schedule/Checklist (PLEASE PRINT) The following pages contain a printable Course Schedule to assist you through this course. By following this schedule, you will be assured that you will complete the course within the time allotted. MCJ 6453, Global Terrorism 6
MCJ 6453, Global Terrorism Course Schedule By following this schedule, you will be assured that you will complete the course within the time allotted. Please keep this schedule for reference as you progress through your course. Unit I Introduction to Terrorism Chapter 1: In Search of a Definition for Terrorism Chapter 2: A Brief History of Terrorism Assessment by Unit II Overview of Terrorism within the U.S. and Planning Initiatives Chapter 3: The United States of America Chapter 4: Canada and the Caribbean Research Paper by Unit III Countering Terrorism Chapter 14: Countering Terrorism Case Study by MCJ 6453, Global Terrorism 7
MCJ 6453, Global Terrorism Course Schedule Unit IV Terrorism Abroad (Part 1) and Public Perceptions of Terrorists Chapter 5: Great Britain and Northern Ireland Chapter 6: Western Europe Assessment by Unit V Terrorism Abroad (Part 2) and Emergency Planning Chapter 8: North Africa and the Middle East Chapter 9: The Persian Gulf Research Paper by Unit VI Terrorism Abroad (Part 3) and Role of the Media Chapter 7: Eastern Europe and the Balkans Chapter 10: Northeast, Central, and Southern Africa Chapter 13: Latin America and South America Case Study by MCJ 6453, Global Terrorism 8
MCJ 6453, Global Terrorism Course Schedule Unit VII Terrorism Abroad (Part 4) and Technology Chapter 11: Southern and Southeast Asia Chapter 12: The Pacific Rim Assessment by Unit VIII The Future of Terrorism Chapter 15: The Future What Next for Terrorism? Research Paper by MCJ 6453, Global Terrorism 9