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NS Courses Relevant to the Global War on Terror

Many of the classes taught in the National Security Affairs Department include content relevant to the Global War on Terror (GWOT). Below is a list of the classes that have the greatest direct relevance. Consult the course catalogue and the department’s teaching schedule for other potentially relevant classes.

• NS3028 – Comparative Government for Homeland Security
• NS3180 – Introduction to Homeland Defense and Security
• NS3300 – Islam
• NS3330 – The Middle East in World Affairs
• NS3360 – Politics and Security in North Africa
• NS3361 – Politics and Security in the Levant
• NS3363 – Politics and Security in the Persian Gulf
• NS3412 – Government and Security in the Central Asian Republics
• NS3621 – International Relations of Southeast Asia
• NS3664 – Government and Security in Southeast Asia
• NS3801 – International Terrorism
• NS4032 – Special Topics in International Relations: Islam and Europe
• NS4157 – Intelligence for Homeland Defense and Security
• NS4231 – Seminar on Terrorism Financing and State Responses   
• NS4254 – Air and Maritime Defense for Homeland Security   
• NS4285 – Counterproliferation
• NS4310 – Seminar in Middle Eastern Security Issues
• NS4320 – Islamic Fundamentalism
• NS4326 – Social Mobilization and Conflict in the Middle East
• NS4328 – Government and Security in the Horn of Africa
• NS4415 – Security Issues in Central Asia
• NS4664 – Religious Activism in South Asian Politics
• NS4668 – Security in South Asia
• NS4801 – International Terrorism
• NS4802 – The Intelligence Dimension of Counterterrorism
• NS4805 – Modeling Terrorism
• NS4880 – Legal and Military Responses to Political Violence
• NS4941 – National Security Law for Homeland Defense and Security