University of Richmond

Homeland Defense Minor

Required
18 semester hours

  • ESM 302U: Emergency Planning (3 sem. hrs.) Offered Summer 2007, Fall 2007, Fall 2009
    Exposes students to basic emergency planning concepts at federal, state, local, and business level. Also introduces students to design and use of exercises to test and refine plans.
  • ESM 307U: Managing Emergency Operations (3 sem. hrs.) Offered Summer 2007, Summer 2008, Spring 2010
    Covers management of complex emergency operations in field using incident management systems and role of emergency operations centers in directing disaster response.
  • ESM 308U: Terrorism (3 sem. hrs.) Offered Spring 2008, Spring 2010
    Examines political basis for terrorism and identifies potential motivations of terrorists and their operational implications. Explores terrorist weapons and tactics. Discusses courses of action for terrorism prevention, detection, and response.
  • ESM 318U: Weapons of Mass Destruction (3 sem. hrs.) Offered Spring 2009
    Nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons offer both terrorists and rogue states a powerful selection of tools to swing the correlation of forces in their direction. Understanding range and characteristics of these weapons, how they are most effectively employed, and potential impacts are critical to defending communities against them. Provides detailed look at history, capabilities, and tactics and explores options available to both attacker and defender.
  • ESM 331U: Homeland Defense Policy and Programs (3 sem. hrs.) Offered Summer 2009, Fall 2009
    Describes evolution of homeland defense as policy, programmatic, and organizational issue. Identifies current policies and programs, suggest evaluation measures, and assesses their effectiveness against potential threats. Examines role of governmental and voluntary citizen organizations in creating an effective homeland defense.
  • LAW 330U: Terrorism Law (3 sem. hrs.) Offered Summer 2007, Fall 2008
    Examines current state of national and international law on terrorism, including aviation and maritime law as applicable. Considers practical issues involved in enforcing laws on terrorism, and studies the interaction of law and policy in the context of protection of society from its enemies while preserving the essential fabric of law.