Capstone in HLS
Durham
Coll of Professional Studies::Homeland Security
Credits: 4.0
Class Size: 20
Term:
Spring 2025
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Full Term (01/21/2025
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05/05/2025)
CRN:
56188
Grade Mode:
Letter Grading
This course allows students to work collaboratively with an organization to identify and solve a homeland security, physical security, safety, cybersecurity or emergency management challenges. Each group performs a risk assessment in order to identify their client's primary security or preparedness challenges. Students then use their skill to identify and apply best practices as countermeasures. Students culminate their projects with presentations to their classmates and to their clients. The expectation of this class is to develop a professional example of the student's thinking and writing to solve real world security problems.
Instructor Approval Required. Contact Instructor for permission then register through Webcat.
Prerequisite(s): HLS 610 and HLS 760
Instructors:
Anthony Schilling
,
Sonic Woytonik
Times & Locations
| Start Date | End Date | Days | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/21/2025 | 5/5/2025 | T | 1:10pm - 4:00pm | MORR B02 |
Additional Course Details:
This section of Capstone is taught with an emergency management and exercise design focus and is geared towards students preparing for EM and risk management careers or graduate work. Students will be exposed to tabletop exercise (TTX) scenarios on natural and man-made disasters and will work in teams to design, execute, and evaluate their own exercise. Students must contact Prof. Woytonik for permission to register.
