IS409 Orientation

  • This program is not required
    • Have been attempted to be removed from the program
    • So lect won’t be strict about it
  • Topics of discussion of this subject
    1. Traditional security issues
    2. Non-Traditional security issues
    3. Danger of terrorism and issues in counterterrorism
    4. Superpower security policy and strategy: super power competition
  • Theoretical Brief: a unified chapter summary
    • Not multiple articles with confusing concepts
    • Easy to do with many members
    • 45 minutes and below
    • 2nd Session: Lecturer will only add stuff in his lecture if the theoretical brief didn’t cover it
  • Towards end of semester: Practical Presentation
    • Use concepts, theories, and phenomenon from your own theoretical brief to explain a global event of your choice. How those concepts can help you explain the case.
    • Easy to find cases that fit and able to be explained by the concepts
  • Group Presentations from week 3
    • Have W Chapters reading: David Williams Book
    • The one without W: comes from separate files from class monitor