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Columbia, MO Bioterrorism Workshop July 23, 2002
Sugar Creek, MO Bioterrorism Workshop June 28, 2004
Demonstration in the use of protective clothing for decontamination
Course Book
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF TERRORISM AND COUNTERTERRORISM
Editors: T. Ghosh, M. Prelas, D. Viswanath and S. Loyalka
Marcel Dekker
Textbook
| Print Published: 08/01/2002
Hard Cover
| 592 pages | Illustrated
Print ISBN: 0-8247-0870-9
Special Events
The Honorable Dale Klein, Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Programs, Presented "New Technologies and the War on Terrorism" during the winter semester 2002.
September 3, 2003, Colonel Tim Daniel, Director Missouri Department of Homeland Security made a presentation to the class on Homeland Security Priorities.
News Items
12/27/03 Terror Class Draws Interest MU Puts Course Online 2004
12/02/02 MU professors publish book on terrorism
09/14/01 MU terrorism class attempts to make sense of attack
09/13/01 Columbia Daily Tribune--Professors: Isolation hurts U.S.
11/07/00 College students seek solutions to terrorism Christian Science Monitor
11/02/00 University class looks at terrorism
10/20/00 New class teaches students how to respond to terrorism
How
to Enroll
Course on Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Offered every semester through MU Direct Distance Learning
http://mudirect.missouri.edu/degprog/specialized/_homeland.shtm
Course Title: Science and Technology of Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Faculty:
College of Engineering, Graduate School of Public Affair, Political
Science, School of Medicine, and Guest Speakers
Terrorism has been a familiar tool of political conflict, and it has assumed greater importance during the past twenty years. This subject has been treated by political scientists in various forms, but the scientific and technological aspects of different forms of terrorism cannot be found in a single place. It is important for persons who propose counter measures to understand the basics of different types of terrorism such as for instance the nature of chemical agents, their properties such as toxicity, etc. in order to build better defense systems. Last year this course generated significant public and media interest and received wide publicity both in the local and national news media (Christian Science Monitor, Chicago Sun -Times…).
We plan to invite the guest speakers from Missouri State Emergency Management Agency, Callaway Nuclear Power Plant, US Military, and other agencies.
This course is designed to provide a technical background for issues in terrorism and counterterrorism for students in a wide range of disciplines. Past students have come from political science, journalism, psychology, health science, chemistry , biology, physics, engineering etc.
Tentative Topics:
· Origin of terrorism and psychology of diplomacy
· Nature of terrorism
· Biological weapons
· Chemical terrorism
· Cyber terrorism
· Nuclear terrorism
· Disaster and emergency measures, and preparedness
Distance Learning
For more
information or to enroll:
visit
http://mudirect.missouri.edu/degprog/specialized/_homeland.shtm
or
call
1-800-545-2604.
Course Contacts: Prof. Tushar K Ghosh, Prof. Dabir S. Viswanath or Prof. Mark A. Prelas
E 2434 EBE
Phone: 882-9736 (Ghosh); 884-0707 (Viswanath); 882-9691 (Prelas)
Email: ghoshT@missouri.edu; prelasm@missouri.edu: viswanathD@missouri.edu
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