|
Date |
Topic |
Readings |
|
August 25-31 |
Introduction/Articles on the Web |
Orientation to
the course and Blackboard |
|
September 2-7 |
Origins of
Terrorism |
Articles on
Web/History of Terrorism, Chapter 1 |
|
September 8-14 |
Philosophy of
the Bomb; Rethinking 9/11 Part I |
Articles on
Web/History of Terrorism, Chapter 2; The Cell, pages 1-80. |
|
September
15-21 |
What Makes A
Terrorist? |
Articles on
Web/History of Terrorism, Chapter 3 |
|
September
22-28 |
How Do We
Interpret Terrorism?; Rethinking 9/11 Part II |
Articles on
Web/History of Terrorism, Chapter 4; The Cell, pages 81-135. |
|
September
29-October 5 |
Rethinking
9/11 III/Danger of Biological Weapons |
Articles on the Web; The Cell, pages, 136-220; Germs, pages
11-97.
|
|
October 6-12 |
Terrorism Today; Rethinking 9/11 IV; Danger from BW
First
Midterm Due
|
Articles on
the Web; History of Terrorism, Chapter 5; The Cell, pages
221-267. |
|
October 13-19 |
Terrorism in
Fiction – Film and Fiction: The Case of The Day of the Jackal |
Articles on the Web; Rent VHS Tape or DVD Day of the Jackal – Read
Day of the Jackal
|
|
October 20-26 |
The Origins of
Islamic Terrorism/Rethinking 9/11 V/Bugs and Chemicals |
Articles on
the Web; No End to War, Chapter 2; The Cell, pages 268-313;
Germs, 98-150. |
|
October
27-November 2 |
Jihad;
Biologicals: Real or Works of Fiction? |
Articles on
the Web; No End to War, Chapter 3; Germs, 151-201; The Cobra Event,
3-141. |
|
November 3-9 |
Suicide as a Weapon; Anthrax: The other Germ
Group Project Due
|
No End to War,
Chapter 4; Germs, 202-255; The Cobra Event, 142-251 |
|
November 10-16 |
The
Middle East Connection; Fiction and Terror Part II
|
No End to War,
Chapter 5; The Cobra Event, 252-372 |
|
November 17-23 |
Intelligence
Operations and Terrorism/Back to the Future |
No End to War,
Chapter 6; Germs, 256-314; The Cobra Event,
373-422. |
|
November 24-30 |
Thanksgiving
Break |
Thanksgiving
Break |
|
December 1-7 |
Afterthoughts/All
Outstanding Work Due
|
No End to War,
Chapter 7; Germs, 315-341; The Cell, 268-333. |
|
December 8-15 |
Free Discussion
|
No Readings |
