PSCI 310 - Domestic Terrorism

Credit Hours: 3

A survey of the domestic terrorism landscape in the United States by examining groups involving local nationals that use or attempt to use extreme violence against purely domestic targets. The course explores how nationalistic, religio-political, ideological, and single-issue terrorist groups attempt to influence or coerce others into action they would not otherwise take. The course also examines the threat posed by “home-grown” Jihadist terrorism in the U.S. with varying degrees of ideological, political, and material support from non-domestic al-Qaida affiliates and, additionally, the public policy issues related to the capacity of national security agencies to deter political violence by local nationals and home-grown Jihadists.