HLS 375 : HOMELAND SECURITY SEMINAR

This capstone course provides a scenario-based leadership experience that allows Homeland Security students to apply course concepts and knowledge acquired in previous courses. Given a specific local threat scenario, students will assume the role of an FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) Supervisor and take the lead in managing various aspects of interagency coordination and crisis communications to keep citizens informed and prepared. The JTTF
Supervisor will develop and create relevant intelligence products and presentations throughout the scenario to include an early warning threat assessment; executive briefing videos for FBI senior leadership and relevant IC, homeland security, and law enforcement/emergency management professionals; press releases for informing the public; civil disturbance response plan; and security and strategic recovery plans. The course will culminate with a mock congressional hearing scenario where the JTTF Supervisor will prepare a slide presentation summarizing the event, develop a written testimony, and apply both to a live public testimony delivered online to the instructor.