MISSION STATEMENTS: The Objectives and Learning Outcomes of this course directly support the Mission of the University, College, and Division, and may be found at: www.kysu.edu/about; www.kysu.edu/academics/collegesAndSchools/default.htm; www.kysu.edu/academics/collegesAndSchools/collegeofartssocialsciencesandinterdisciplinarystudies/default.htm.

NOTICE TO STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: Any student who requires an accommodation due to a documented disability may contact the Disability Resource Center (DRC) at (502) 597-5076, or visit Hill Student Center, Suite 220C, to arrange for reasonable accommodations. The student is required to obtain verification from the DRC and deliver the signed DRC document to the instructor specifying the accommodations. The student is encouraged to complete this process at the beginning of the semester since an approval for accommodations is not retroactive. The accommodations become effective upon receipt of the DRC approval by the faculty member from the student. Additional information concerning the DRC and accommodations can be found at

http://www.kysu.edu/about/divisions/studentAffairsAndEnrollment/disabilityRecourceCenter.htm.

COURSE DESCRIPTION – COURSE RATIONALE: This course explores from a psychological and sociological perspective how individual actors become “radicalized” both as (anti-American) intelligence threats and as (American) intelligence actors. The recruitment and training processes used by cults, terrorist groups such as ISIS, al Qaeda, and – since there are plenty of white and Black terrorists too – Sinn Fein will be explored in depth, via analysis and unpacking of actual terrorist propaganda, recruitment videos, and training videos. Students may be required to read the monthly ISIS magazine “Dabiq,” legally available here

(http://www.clarionproject.org/news/islamic-state-isis-isil-propaganda-magazine-dabiq#).