COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DISASTER ADMINISTRATION AND TERRORIST ATTACKS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AFY 7018 DISASTER ADMINISTRATION AND TERRORIST ATTACKS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

DISASTER ADMINISTRATION, NON-THESIS (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ZERRIN TOPRAK KARAMAN

Offered to

DISASTER ADMINISTRATION, NON-THESIS (Evening)

Course Objective

Terrorist attacks are one of the most important crisis reasons today. Terrorist attacks threaten the secuity of not only urban areas bust also the country as a whole at all levels. In addition to strong and alert armed forces, crisis management on terrorist attacks (including risk) requires an interdisciplinary approach in evaluating terrorist risks, planning of the intervention after the attacks, and managing the social anxiety, fear and panic. In today s Turkey and world where terrorist attacks happen frequently, the main objective of the Terrorist Attacks which can be considered as a core course is to help public administrators to gain knowledge and skills in assessing terror risks, evaluating terror-related crisis situations in planning responses to natural disasters.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to be knowledgeable about regional and global terrorist organizations
2   Be able to forecast the direction of the attack and strategies
3   Be able to learn the types and features of terrorism
4   Be able to learn the features of crisis situation special to the terrorist attacks
5   Be able to learn the economic and social effects of terrorist
6   Be able to learn the meaning and sources of terrorism and being able to evaluate its risk
7   Be able to learn political reasons and results of terrorism and to see impact networks

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to lesson and meeting Description of basic course terms
2 Description of terrorism and changing the view of terrorism in the 21th century
3 Risk evaluation of terrorist attacks on local-regional and global levels
4 Types of terrorism with conventional weapons
5 Sectoral terrorist attacks with biological agents (like bacteria, virus)
6 Nuclear Terrorism
7 Terrorist attacks with chemical agents
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Political Reasons of Terrorism
10 Regional terror organizations and attacks strategies
11 Global terror organizations and attacks strategies
12 Administrative structure against terrorist attacks
13 Crisis communication on terrorist attacks and technological infrastructure
14 Analysis of socio-economic and psychological efefcts of terrorist attacks in society
15 Political consequences of terrorism and general evaluation
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Ruff, T. (2006). Nuclear Terrorism. Energy Science. Nowember 2006. http://www.energyscience.org.au/FS10%20Nuclear%20Terrorism.pdf

Ferguson, C.D. and Potter W.C. (2004). The Four Face of Nuclear Terrorism. California. USA. CNSO.

NDMA. (2009). National Disaster Management Guidelines Management of Nuclear and Radiological Emergencies. National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Government of India. New Delhi. India.

IAEA. (2002). Preparedness and Response for a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency. IAEA Safety Standards Serıes. Vienna. Austria.

Gerger, H. (20.10.2011). Nükleer Silahların Etkileri. Türk Tabipler Birliği Web Sayfası. http://www.ttb.org.tr/eweb/savas/12.html (20.10.2011).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

To remind the topics of the previous lesson for 15 minutes.
To give a general overview on the topic of the current week.
To give a lecture accompanied by a presentation prepared using the materials provided by the basic course book and other resources.
To make control-oriented brainstorming practices during some weeks.
To support the course topics with sample event examinations.
To analyze the given case studies.
To internalize the knowledge of students through homework applications.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

To be announced.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Zerrin Toprak Karaman

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 140

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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