NS4881 Multi-Discipline Approaches to Homeland Security

Offered through the Center for Homeland Defense and Security. Homeland security efforts in the United States constitute a project framed by the rule of law and boundaries of discourse. Constitutional concerns, check and balances, civil rights issues, ethical questions, and the roles of the various disciplines engaged in the effort are driven and impacted by the various local, state, and federal systems of law, and also by public, media, and political narratives. This course allows students to explore the homeland security project in relation to the laws, institutions, processes, narratives, and ideas that support and constrain it.

Lecture Hours

4

Lab Hours

0

Course Learning Outcomes

• Analyze and critique the main debates, issues, and themes of the prevailing theories of security.
• Analyze and critique the main debates, issues, and themes of the prevailing theories of democratization, including democratic decline.
• ​Evaluate problems and questions of contemporary current affairs in terms of relevant theoretical frameworks.
• Assess problems of real-world homeland security in terms of democratic theory and practice.
• Explore the theoretical and practical implications of securitization, democracy, and governance, based on the dynamics and methods students have learned in their Q3 classes.
• Present complex and/or contention material clearly and concisely in a variety of media, formats, and fora.