Methods of Terrorists

The course examines the methods, tactics, techniques, and procedures employed by terrorist groups to conduct attack planning, funding, radicalization, recruitment, organizational formations (group and lone actors), decision making and targeting, agendas, propaganda, logistics, operations on the "ground" and in cyberspace, and the spectrum of weapons used by terrorists, ranging from 'conventional', cyber, to weapons of mass destruction and other technological innovations. The case study method will be used to analyze these issues, including analyzing significant terrorist operations. Prerequisite: CTR-600. (3)

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