Terrorism Course Websites and Syllabi

• NEW: Terrorism Studies Syllabi Repository (START)

• New: Data Sources for the Study of Terrorism

• Paul Kamolnick, "Winning the War on Terrorism: Essential Knowledge for Students, Citizens, and Soldiers" (Summer 2009)
• Joseph K. Young, Terrorism and Counterterrorism, Spring 2009
• USMA (West Point) - Syllabus for introductory Terrorism Studies course
  • Fall, 2007
  • Spring, 2008
• USMA (West Point) - Syllabus for Homeland Security course
• Paul Kamolnick, The ideological roots of Islamic Jihadi totalitarian terrorism
• Syllabi for Courses on Intelligence, Political Violence (courtesy of AFIO)
• Stanford University
• University of Pennsylvania
• The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University
• Northern Illinois University
• John Jay College, CUNY
• National War College
• Northeastern University
• University of Nevada
  
• George Washington University
• Franklin & Marshall College
  
• Florida International University
• Florida International University (2)
  
• North Georgia College and State University
  
• SUNY Geneseo
  
• Campbell University
• University of Maryland
  
• Virginia Commonwealth University
  
• Southwestern College of Kansas
  
• George Washington University
• Indiana University
• Syracuse University
• University of Michigan
• Webster University
• UC Santa Barbara
• Penn State University
• North Carolina Wesleyan College
• Boston College
• George Mason University - Dennis Pluchinsky
  

Faculty - to add your syllabus to this list, please send an e-mail to james.forest@usma.edu

Recommended Films for Terrorism Studies:

• The enemy Within - The Lodi Terrorism Case (60 Minutes/Frontline)
• Our Last Best Chance (Nuclear Threat Initiative - a free 53-minute movie on nuclear terrorism, with commentary by Tom Brokaw)
• Terrorism has No Religion (Video clips demonstrating and condemning terrorism)
  
• Al Qaeda's New Front - Islamic Extremism in Europe (60 Minutes/Frontline)
• Inside 9/11 (National Geographic)
• Israel's New War - Jewish Extremism (60 Minutes/Frontline)
• Trail of a Terrorist (60 Minutes/Frontline)
• Stopping the Money: An Economic Approach to Counter Terrorism (ABC News)
• Terror and Tehran (PBS)
• The Saudi Time Bomb (60 Minutes/Frontline)
• Hunting bin Laden (60 Minutes/Frontline)
• The Insurgency in Iraq (60 Minutes)
  
• Son of Al Qaida - the Khadr story (60 Minutes)
  

Resources for Grades 6-12:

http://www.nctc.gov/kids/kids.html
http://www.fbi.gov/fbikids.htm
http://www.fema.gov/kids/teacher.htm#terror
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20060912/ai_n16717583
http://www.apa.org/practice/ptindex.html
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fcs/pub/2002w/myers-wall.html

Other resources

• Glossary of important terms in studying the Middle East, by Nathan Gonzalez
• APSA Task Force on Political Violence and Terrorism
• Other APSA Teaching about Terrorism resources
• SOSIG : Social Science Information Gateway
  • Resources on International Security
• Homeland Security Digital Library at the Naval Postgraduate School
  • Overview
  • Collection

See also: Recommended Websites and Recommended Publications

Click here for Recommended Reference Volumes and Texbooks
for courses on Terrorism and Counterterrorism Studies