Online
16 weeks
FEB
Advanced Certificate
Terrorism/Security Studies
Taught
Key Issues in Terrorism and Political Violence
Explores the concept of terrorism, the types of terrorism and prominent terrorist groups, before evaluating the international measures to curb terrorism and exploring the role of business and media sectors in countering terrorist activities, while examining emerging trends in terrorism.
Course Content
Participants critically examine:
Terrorist Ideologies, Aims, Beliefs & Motivations
Focuses on the ideologies that motivate individuals and groups to resort to terrorism. The module also describes the use of various propaganda methods by terrorist groups and examines the global trends in terrorist activities. Understanding the terrorist mind-set is critical to countering terrorism effectively and enhances a participant's analytical ability by identifying the various strains of influence within today's terrorist groups and networks.
Award & Accreditation
Successful completion of the Certificate/Advanced Certificate leads to a certificate of professional development from the University of St Andrews.
Completion of 4 online modules leads to the award of the Certificate in Terrorism Studies, SCQF Level 8 and 20 credits.
Completion of 8 online modules leads to the award of the Advanced Certificate in Terrorism Studies, SCQF Level 8 and 40 credits.
Individual modules do not carry an accreditation.
Successful recipients of the Advanced Certificate in Terrorism Studies are eligible to apply for the MLitt in Terrorism and Political Violence (distance learning) at the University of St Andrews.
For this course (per year)
£3,799
For this course (per year)
£3,799
Participants need to be online whilst studying the course as progress is reported back to our Virtual Learning Environment. We also use various software in the background that is usually pre-installed on computers (such as Java) to deliver the interactivity in the course.