PL 379 - Thinking through Terrorism

(3.00 cr.)

Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. A team-taught, interdisciplinary approach that seeks to examine the causes and effects of contemporary terrorism and to develop critical perspectives concerning on-going efforts to combat it. Special attention is given to the tension between the interests of public security and those of democratic values, civil liberties, and moral principles. Same course as PS 374 .