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Requirements for the Certificate of Undergraduate Study (CUGS) in Counterterrorism Response Operations

The Certificate of Undergraduate Study in Counterterrorism and Emergency Response Operations is designed to provide an understanding of the fundamental principles of national security strategies, including the legal charter, presidential executive orders, and the framework which guides the operation of national security agencies. Specifically, the program analyzes the role and function of counter intelligence and the intelligence community. It will emphasize terrorist cultures, terrorist history and organization, terrorist capabilities, terrorist finance and international money-laundering, threat assessment, intelligence operations, incident command systems, border security, emergency response, joint operations, surveillance and communications systems, cyberterrorism, weapons of mass destruction, counterterrorist operations, and applications to specific terrorist organizations and threats; the strengths and weaknesses of counterterrorist tools, including intelligence, diplomacy, law enforcement, and military force; the policy challenges in erecting security countermeasures and managing terrorist incidents; issues of civil liberties and morality in countering terrorism; the role of the public and the media; and proposals for revising U.S. counterterrorist programs.

The Certificate of Undergraduate Study will consist of 15 credits. To be granted the CUGS in Counterterrorism and Emergency Response Operations, students must complete all courses required for the CUGS in Counterterrorism and Emergency Response Operations with at least a 2.0 average. The requirements include the following five (5), three (3) credit courses:

LAWJ 05.488  Intelligence, Policing and Counterterrorism (3 SH) - (Prerequisites NONE)
LAWJ 05.326  International Terrorism (3 SH) (Prerequisites NONE)
DPEM 00.420  Risk Analysis for Disaster Preparedness and Homeland Security (3 SH) (Prerequisites DPEM 00.101  or Permission of Instructor)
DPEM 00.300  Bioterrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction (3 SH) (Prerequisites DPEM 00.101 or Permission of Instructor)
SOC  08.491  Social Dynamics of Terror, Insurgency and Civil Unrest (3 SH) (Prerequisites SOC 08.120, SOC 08.220 or DPEM 00.101 or Permission of Instructor) 

PLEASE NOTE: SOC 08.120 and SOC 08.220 are general education courses. DPEM 00.101 is Introduction to Emergency Management and Homeland Security. Students can satisfy the coursework by completing the courses at Rowan, transfer credit, or by a program-approved substituted course.

Appropriate course substitutions, with the approval of the CUGS program advisor, for SOC 08.491 and LAWJ 05.326, can be made from the following curricula: Law and Justice Studies (LAWJ), Sociology (SOC), History (HIST), International Studies (INTS), Political Science (POLSCI). All other courses are required.

Certificate Program Advisor:  DeMond Miller, millerd@rowan.edu