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Course Schedule and Assignment Due Dates

Course Starts:
Course Ends:
Course length: 12 weeks (Summer)

NOTE: All due dates reflect North American Eastern time (ET).

Getting Started and Lesson 1 are both due at the end of Week 1. The timeframe can be found below.

Getting Started + Lesson 1 - Planning
Time frame:	Week 1
Readings:	Read: Course Syllabus; ensure you read the entire syllabus thoroughly (not only this weekly schedule) All lesson content and embedded/hyperlinked documents, including watching of any videos Textbooks: Cooper, C & Block, R. (2006). Disaster: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security, Chapter 1 Morton, J. & Ridge, T. (2012). Next-Generation Homeland Security: Network Federalism and the Course to National Preparedness, Chapter 1
*Assignments:*	Complete the Getting Started Activities Submit the Academic Integrity Statement Introduce yourself in the Class Introductions Discussion Forum Complete the Student Questionnaire Form Participate in the Lesson 1 Discussion Forum Answer the discussion question and respond to at least 2 other postings

Lessons 2 and 3 are both due at the end of Week 2. The timeframe can be found below.

Lesson 2 - Planning
Time frame:	Week 2
Readings:	Read: All lesson content and embedded/hyperlinked documents, including watching of any videos Textbooks: Cooper, C & Block, R. (2006). Disaster: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security, Chapter 2 Morton, J. & Ridge, T. (2012). Next-Generation Homeland Security: Network Federalism and the Course to National Preparedness, Chapter 11
*Assignments:*	Participate in the Lesson 2 Discussion Forum: Answer the discussion question and respond to at least two other student postings.

Lesson 3 - Planning
Time frame:	Week 2
Readings:	Read: All lesson content and embedded/hyperlinked documents, including watching of any videos Textbooks: Cooper, C & Block, R. (2006). Disaster: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security, Chapter 3 Morton, J. & Ridge, T. (2012). Next-Generation Homeland Security: Network Federalism and the Course to National Preparedness, Chapter 3
*Assignments:*	Participate in the Weekly Discussion Forum: Answer the discussion question and respond to at least two other student postings.

Lesson 4 - Planning
Time frame:	Week 3
Readings:	Read: All lesson content and embedded/hyperlinked documents, including watching of any videos Textbooks: Cooper, C & Block, R. (2006). Disaster: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security, Chapter 4 Morton, J. & Ridge, T. (2012). Next-Generation Homeland Security: Network Federalism and the Course to National Preparedness, Chapter 9
*Assignments:*	Participate in the Weekly Discussion Forum: Answer the discussion question and respond to at least two other student postings. DUE: If you are writing your module topic paper on a planning issue, it is also due this week. Upload your paper to the Planning Module Paper Dropbox. Please keep in mind the file naming convention: Last name_First name_name of the assignment.docx

Lesson 5 - Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP)
Time frame:	Week 4
Readings:	Read: All lesson content and embedded/hyperlinked documents, including watching of any videos Textbooks: Cooper, C & Block, R. (2006). Disaster: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security, Chapter 5 Morton, J. & Ridge, T. (2012). Next-Generation Homeland Security: Network Federalism and the Course to National Preparedness, Chapter 4
*Assignments:*	Participate in the Weekly Discussion Forum: Answer the discussion question and respond to at least two other student postings.

Lessons 6 and 7 are both due at the end of Week 5. The timeframe can be found below.

Lesson 6 - Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP)
Time frame:	Week 5
Readings:	Read: All lesson content and embedded/hyperlinked documents, including watching of any videos Textbooks: Cooper, C & Block, R. (2006). Disaster: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security, Chapter 6 Morton, J. & Ridge, T. (2012). Next-Generation Homeland Security: Network Federalism and the Course to National Preparedness, Chapter 5
*Assignments:*	Participate in the Weekly Discussion Forum: Answer the discussion question and respond to at least two other student postings.

Lesson 7 - Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP)
Time frame:	Week 5
Readings:	Read: All lesson content and embedded/hyperlinked documents, including watching of any videos Textbooks: Cooper, C & Block, R. (2006). Disaster: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security, Chapter 7 Morton, J. & Ridge, T. (2012). Next-Generation Homeland Security: Network Federalism and the Course to National Preparedness, Chapter 6
*Assignments:*	Participate in the Weekly Discussion Forum: Answer one discussion question and respond to at least two other student postings.

Lesson 8 - Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP)
Time frame:	Week 6
Readings:	Read: All lesson content and embedded/hyperlinked documents, including watching of any videos Textbooks: Cooper, C & Block, R. (2006). Disaster: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security, Chapter 8 Morton, J. & Ridge, T. (2012). Next-Generation Homeland Security: Network Federalism and the Course to National Preparedness, Chapter 7
*Assignments:*	Participate in the Weekly Discussion Forum: Answer the discussion question and respond to at least two other student postings.

Lesson 9 - Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP)
Time frame:	Week 7
Readings:	Read: All lesson content and embedded/hyperlinked documents, including watching of any videos Textbooks: Cooper, C & Block, R. (2006). Disaster: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security, Chapter 9 Morton, J. & Ridge, T. (2012). Next-Generation Homeland Security: Network Federalism and the Course to National Preparedness, Chapter 8 The National Seminar and Tabletop Exercise Series for Institutions of Higher Education (NTTX) Select and read one NTTX Summary report of particular interest to you
	Participate in the Weekly Discussion Forum: Answer the discussion question and respond to at least two other student postings. Reminder: If you are writing one of your module papers on CIP, it is due this week.

Lesson 10 - The DoD Role in Homeland Security
Time frame:	Week 8
Readings:	Read: All lesson content and embedded/hyperlinked documents, including watching of any videos Textbooks: Cooper, C & Block, R. (2006). Disaster: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security, Chapter 10 Morton, J. & Ridge, T. (2012). Next-Generation Homeland Security: Network Federalism and the Course to National Preparedness, Chapter 2
*Assignments:*	Participate in the Weekly Discussion Forum: Answer the discussion question and respond to at least two other student postings.

Lesson 11 - The DoD Role in Homeland Security
Time frame:	Week 9
Readings:	Read: All lesson content and embedded/hyperlinked documents, including watching of any videos Textbooks: Cooper, C & Block, R. (2006). Disaster: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security, Chapter 11 Morton, J. & Ridge, T. (2012). Next-Generation Homeland Security: Network Federalism and the Course to National Preparedness, Chapter 10
*Assignments:*	Participate in the Weekly Discussion Forum: Answer the discussion question and respond to at least two other student postings.

Lesson 12 - The DoD Role in Homeland Security
*Time frame:*	Week 10
Readings:	Read: All lesson content and embedded/hyperlinked documents, including watching of any videos Textbooks: Cooper, C & Block, R. (2006). Disaster: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security, Chapter 12 Morton, J. & Ridge, T. (2012). Next-Generation Homeland Security: Network Federalism and the Course to National Preparedness, Chapter 12
Assignments:	Participate in the Weekly Discussion Forum: Answer the discussion question and respond to at least two other student postings.

Lesson 13 - The DoD Role in Homeland Security
Time frame:	Week 11
Readings:	Read: All lesson content and embedded/hyperlinked documents, including watching of any videos Textbooks: Cooper, C & Block, R. (2006). Disaster: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security, Chapter 13
*Assignments:*	DUE: If you are writing a module paper on Homeland Defense or Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) issue, it is due this week. Participate in the Weekly Discussion Forum.

Lessons 14 and 15 are both due at the end of Week 12. The timeframe can be found below.

Lesson 14 - The Future of Homeland Security
Time frame:	Week 12
Readings:	Read: All lesson content and embedded/hyperlinked documents, including watching of any videos Textbooks: Morton, J. & Ridge, T. (2012). Next-Generation Homeland Security: Network Federalism and the Course to National Preparedness, Chapter 13 Siedschlag, A. (2018). Understanding Threat Assessments: A Risk Management Approach to All-Hazards Assessments
*Assignments:*	Reminder: If you are writing one of your module papers on a Future of Homeland Security issue, it is due next week. Participate in the Weekly Discussion Forum.

Lesson 15 - The Future of Homeland Security
*Time frame:*	Week 12
Readings:	Read: All lesson content and embedded/hyperlinked documents, including watching of any videos Textbooks: Morton, J. & Ridge, T. (2012). Next-Generation Homeland Security: Network Federalism and the Course to National Preparedness, Chapter 14 Reisman, S. (2018). Homeland Security Planning and Resources: Understanding the Future Challenges to Homeland Security in a Federal System Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community, Director of National Intelligence, Dan Coates, January 2019 Annotated Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community, 2019, Department of Homeland Security U.S. Department of Homeland Security Annual Performance Report for Fiscal Years (FY) 2017-2019
Assignments:	Participate in the Weekly Discussion Forum. Reminder: If you are writing one of your module papers on a Future of Homeland Security issue, it is due this week.