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Education, Training and Outreach Programs
Based on new sponsored work with the intelligence community The Ohio State University will be offering a new course on:
Information Analysis and Comprehension Professor D. Woods Wed 10:30 - 12:30 BE 281 plus to be arranged second class
The purpose of this course is to understand the basis for expertise and error at information analysis so that students can design innovative systems to support information analysis and comprehension under data overload conditions.
The class will examine:
~ different process models of professional analysis in several fields ~ historical failures of intelligence and other analysis failures (e.g., Yom Kippur war; Columbia accident) ~ bottlenecks and vulnerabilities in the analysis process ~ analysis and action ~ the convergence model of analytic work ~ data overload ~ visual analytics ~ how to support analysis including information dynamics, patterns, multiple perspectives, emergent collaboration
Exercises will include: InfoChess, an analysis skills training
Guest lectures from professional analysts
Text: Analytic Culture in the United States Intelligence Community : An Ethnographic Study (Paperback) by Rob Johnston. ISBN: 1929667132 Plus: other readings on expertise at analysis
Graduate students should sign up for ISE 817; Undergraduate students should sign up for ISE 774 if you need permission email me at woods.2@osu.edu
The classes below are offered as part of the OSU's Undergraduate International Studies Program http://psweb.sbs.ohio-state.edu/International/courses.html
SECURITY & INTELLIGENCE COURSESSPRING 2006
GEOGRAPHY 445 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY
Instructor: Dr. Eric Neubauer Time: TR 3:30-5:18 PM Location: Room 020, Page Hall Call #: 09551-1Credits: 5
The transport of people, commodities and finished products is a necessary function in a globalizing world where connections and interactions are intensifying. The spatial analysis of these flows and linkages must now consider the threats facing and vulnerabilities created by these geographically extensive and complex systems. This course will consider these issues as it explores and analyzes the cost pressures created by the need to invest more resources in security measures, the dangers transportation systems can bring to all members of society were those systems to be compromised by those who intend to do harm, and the actual infrastructure of transportation systems.
Prerequisites: None
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
350 INTRODUCTION TO INTELLIGENCEInstructor: Brian Hauser Time: TR 12:30-2:18 PM Location: Room 020, Page Hall Call #: 11575-2 Credits: 5
Instructor: Paul Fritz Time: MW 1:30-3:18 PM Location: Room 668, Biological Science Building Call #: 11576-8 Credits: 5
Among the important consequences of the tragedies of 9/11 have been a renewed emphasis upon the importance of intelligence gathering and analysis for the protection of modern societies and a critical concern for the problems and dangers inherent in such a complex and uncertain enterprise. This class will provide the student with a comprehensive introduction to the intelligence arts. After a brief historical introduction to the U.S. intelligence system, the “nuts and bolts” of intelligence collection, analysis, covert action and counterintelligence will be explored. Prerequisites: None.
501 NATIONALISM IN POST-COMMUNIST RUSSIA: THE CHECHEN WAR
Instructor: Dr. Kamoludin Abdullaev Time: MW 10:30-12:18 AM Location: Room 209, Campbell Hall Call #: 11582-4 Credits: 5
This course provides a comprehensive overview of a particular case that has important implications for post-independence nation building. It is designed to provide students with a survey of the role of nationalism and associated – ethnic and religious - identity politics in post Soviet Russia in its relation to the ruinous Chechen War. Topics include the ethnicity, religion and cultural traditions of Chechens, Russian colonialism, Soviet policies, Stalin’s deportations, liberation movements, warlordism, international terrorism and Islamic militancy. Special attention will be given to the recent Russo-Chechen conflict that from 1991 to present has gone through several violent and non-violent stages. No previous courses are required. Prerequisites: none
501 Central Asia in World Affairs
Instructor: Dr. Kamoludin Abdullaev Time: TR 1:30-3:18 PM Location: Room 345, Arps Hall Call #: 19644-1 Credits: 5
Located in an important geo-strategic position between Russia, China, Southern Asia and the Middle East and with extensive natural resources, in the aftermath of the September the 11 Central Asia has found itself in the center of world’s attention. This introductory course addresses traditional issues of world affairs. These involve states, (Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan) and peoples of the region. Topics include ethnicity, colonialism, nationalism, Islamism, Pan-movements as well as democratization, human rights, civil conflict, economic development, the environment, globalization, regionalism and principles of collective security. Prerequisites: none
501 THE RISE & DECLINE OF THE TALIBAN
Instructor: Dr. Kamoludin Abdullaev Time: MW 2:30-4:18 PM Location: Room 207, Pomerene Hall Call #: 11583-0 Credits: 5
Located in an important geo-strategic position between Russia, China, Southern Asia and the Middle East and with extensive natural resources, in the aftermath of the September the 11 Central Asia has found itself in the center of world’s attention. This introductory course addresses traditional issues of world affairs. These involve states, (Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan) and peoples of the region. Topics include ethnicity, colonialism, nationalism, Islamism, Pan-movements as well as democratization, human rights, civil conflict, economic development, the environment, globalization, regionalism and principles of collective security. Prerequisites: none
553 TERROR AND TERRORISMInstructor: Dr. Robert Kelly Time: TR 9:30-11:18 AM Location: Room 311, Boyd Lab Call #: 11587-1
Credits: 5
Instructor: Dr. Nicholas Steneck Time: M W 5:30-7:18 PM Location: Room 209, Campbell Hall Call #: 11588-7
Credits: 5
Terror and terrorism have been prominent features of Western political culture since the French Revolution. For the most part, modern terrorism is of European origin, and the ideas, goals, and methods of European terrorists have inspired terrorists in non-Western nations. The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with the ideology, motivation, and methods of numerous terrorist groups of the last two centuries in order to provide a basis for an understanding of contemporary terrorist organizations. In this class, we will focus on terrorism as political violence carried out by non-state actors, although we will certainly explore the topic of state sponsorship of terrorist groups. Generally, the course will stress the motivation and goals of terrorist organizations.
Specifically, we will address the terror of the French Revolution, anarchism and revolutionary terrorism in 19th century Europe, terrorism in Latin America, European domestic terrorism in the 1960s and 1970s, national liberation and separatist movements, Middle Eastern terrorism, and the impact of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States. We will conclude with an examination of the dangers posed by terrorist groups armed with atomic, biological, or chemical weapons and ways of countering terrorism.
Prerequisites: none
555 DEVELOPMENT & CONTROL OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
Instructor: Dr. Jeffrey Lewis Time: TR 10:30-12:18 AM Location: Room 309, Campbell Hall Call #: 11589-2 Credits: 5
This course offers students an overview of the issues relating to atomic, biological, and chemical weapons, commonly referred to as weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Since the end of the Cold War, the proliferation of these kinds of weapons has become one of America’s primary security concerns; thus an understanding of the weapons and their capabilities is an essential component of understanding national security more broadly.
This class will approach WMD from three angles. First, it will take a historical perspective, exploring the development and use of these weapons in past conflicts. Second, it will examine the scientific foundation of the most significant WMD threats. While not a science class, students must certainly have a basic understanding of the way that these kinds of weapons function in order to assess the threat that they represent. No prior science background on the part of students is assumed, but they must be prepared to learn some basic biology, chemistry, and physics. Finally, the class will deal with these weapons from a security/policy perspective, and we will conclude by exploring the various possible ways of halting the spread of these kinds of weapons. Prerequisites: none
670 REBUILDING FAILED & WEAK STATES *
Instructor: Prof. Trevor Brown Time: TR 3:30-5:18 PM Location: Room 002, Lazenby Hall Call #: 11595-9 Credits: 5
This course tackles the question of how to design policies and programs to rebuild failed and weak nation states into functioning, if not vibrant, democracies. In pursuit of this end, we will examine the causes of nation state failure, the trajectories or pathways to and from failure, and the ingredients purported to contribute to the consolidation of democracy. In addition, we will critically assess the policies and programs of international actors intent upon aiding the transition to democracy. In particular, we will examine the programmatic efforts of one of the primary development organs – the U.S. Agency for International Development – in three settings: Ukraine, Rwanda and Iraq. We will assess USAID’s current complement of programs in each of these three settings and make informed judgments about whether they should be expanded, changed, or abolished. Ultimately, we will examine whether attempting to rebuild failed and weak nation states is an activity worthy of undertaking at all. Maybe weak states should be allowed to fail.
Prerequisites: None. Cross-listed in Public Policy & Management.
LINGUISTICS 294 CODE MAKING & CODE BREAKING
Instructor: Prof. Chris Brew Time: MW 10:30 12:18 AM Location: Room 255, Townshend Hall Call #: 11825-3 Credits: 5
This course has two main aims. It introduces old and new technologies for code making and code breaking, and it shows how good and bad choices in how codes are used can affect whether they succeed or fail. Students will learn what codes are, how they work and how they are used. The topics discussed will include code breaking, digital signatures, quantum cryptography and the decipherment of ancient languages.
Prerequisites: None.
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