Biological Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction -- MSBS 5140
Welcome to the Biological Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction course web site.
The course will meet once a week for 15 weeks (2 hour sessions); during the first class, students will be assigned an agent/disease to focus on during the semester. The first few weeks will consist of lectures/presentations by the instructors and other experts in the field of terrorism, defense, and related areas.
In addition to lectures by the primary instructors and other speakers, students will give a series of presentations (PowerPoint) on their assigned agent/disease: four (4) in total, one (1) covering each of the general goals listed above. Students will be limited to ten (10) minutes for each presentation, and the time limit will be strictly enforced; part of the student’s grade for the presentation will be based on how well the 10 minutes are used. Students who are not presenting are expected to spend some time surveying the topics for discussion that day, and have questions prepared to ask the student presenter. It would be advisable to have questions written down, as the instructors will call on students to ask questions of the presenter.
In addition, time will be spent during each class going over news and other noteworthy events that have recently occurred; students are expected to read, watch, and listen to news and other sources to gather information to share with the class regarding biological and other forms of terrorism.
It is highly recommended that all students join the Center for BioDefense/CBRNE Center Yahoo! Group for dissemination of news and related information. You can subscribe to this listserv by sending an email to umdnj_center_for_biodefense-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
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