Title :
Development and description of an interdisciplinary course on the science of terrorism
Author :
Page, E.J. ; Allen, L.A. ; Gray, J.P. ; Bateman, S.M.
Author_Institution :
United States Coast Guard Acad., New London, CT, USA
Abstract :
The development and description of an interdisciplinary, team taught course on the Science of Terrorism is presented. Faculty members from Physics, Chemistry, and Marine and Environmental Sciences collaborated to design a course introducing students to the science behind bioterrorism, chemical and toxicological terrorism, nuclear and radiological terrorism and cyberterrorism as well as epidemiological and GIS models. The course concludes with a simulated terror attack for which students need to use their knowledge of the science of terrorism to defuse.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; educational courses; geographic information systems; terrorism; GIS models; bioterrorism; chemical terrorism; chemistry; cyberterrorism; environmental sciences; epidemiological models; interdisciplinary course; marine sciences; nuclear terrorism; physics; radiological terrorism; team taught course; terrorism science; toxicological terrorism; Biology; Chemicals; Diseases; Materials; Physics; Terrorism; Weapons; Interdisciplinary course; epidemiology; science; terrorism;
Conference_Titel :
Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Princeton, NJ
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5622-0
DOI :
10.1109/ISECon.2013.6525224
