Summer/Winter Courses

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START offers fully online summer and winter courses each year which are open to any current degree seeking student or non-degree seeking individual, either at the graduate or undergraduate level. Current University of Maryland students may register through Testudo. Non-University of Maryland students must apply as non-degree seeking students, visiting students, or students with Golden ID Cardholder Status through the University of Maryland’s Office of Extended Studies.

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Winter Session 2024: January 2-January 22, 2024

Special Topics in Terrorism Studies: Misinformation, Conspiracy Theories, and the Radicalization of Modern Societies

This course is a comprehensive exploration into belief in mis/disinformation and conspiracy theories that is instrumental in understanding radicalization in modern societies.

Instructor: Max Erdemandi

Credits: 3
Course Code: BSST338A
Meeting Times: Details on ELMS

Winter Session 2024: January 2-January 22, 2024

Special Topics in Terrorism Studies: Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State, and Global Jihadist Movements

This course provides a comprehensive look at global jihadist movements, with specific focus on the groups Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State. At the completion of this course, students will have an in-depth understanding and contemporary jihadist movements and a better understanding of tools to counter such groups.

Instructor: Jason Blazakis

Credits: Credits: 3
Course Code: BSST338V
Meeting Times: Details on ELMS

Winter Session 2024: January 2-January 22, 2024

Individual Study in Terrorism Studies: Social Network Analysis for Terrorism

Social networks are connections between nodes (actors) and links (connections between nodes). Social network analysis (SNA) is a process of studying those nodes and links with a systematic, quantitative approach to better understand how networks are constructed, what networks are capable of, and how networks can be disrupted. This course covers SNA using UCINET, a popular SNA tool to systematically understand terrorist connections in such way that allows for informed decisions on terrorist network disruption.

Instructor: Michael Egnoto

Credits: Credits: 1
Course Code: BSST399N
Meeting Times: Details on ELMS

Winter Session 2024: January 2-January 22, 2024

Malaysia: Counterterrorism and Countering Violent Extremism in Southeast Asia

In collaboration with the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), this 3-credit course is an education abroad opportunity that involves travel to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia focusing on counterterrorism (CT) and countering violent extremism (CVE). This course is open to all UMD undergraduate and graduate students.

Instructor: Tom Guarrieri