Terror-U: Homeland Security Courses

Posted by in Uncategorized Aug 27th, 2004

From Wired, an article on how courses in Homeland Security are popping up across the country.

Courses on various aspects of homeland security are springing up at college campuses all around the United States, and some institutions have devoted entire departments to the study of homeland security. Students at institutions including the University of Richmond and Rice University can take classes with titles such as "Rhetorics of Terror/ism, Homeland (In)Security, and the State" and "Jihad and the End of the World." Meanwhile, Syracuse University has established a department called the Institute for National Security and
Counterterrorism, and Ohio State University now includes the International and Homeland Security program. Other colleges and universities have established certificate programs in homeland security. The federal government's Department of Homeland Security, which employs roughly 180,000 people and is the presumed destination for many students in these programs, funds both academic programs in homeland security as well as individual scholarships. Observers expect to see undergraduate and even graduate degree programs introduced in areas related to homeland security.

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