Conflict and Cyberspace

Course #DA3105

Est.imated Completion Time: 3 months

Overview

This course examines how cyberspace, particularly the Internet, can serve as a tool of conflict in the hands of both state and non-state actors. Topics include: characteristics of cyberspace, technology trends, power in cyberspace, cyber-based information operations (IO), cyber surveillance, domestic and international laws governing cyber operations, cyber crime, cyber activism and hacktivism, cyber terrorism, cyber warfare, and cyber defense. Prerequisite: None.

Included in degrees & certificates

288

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

Describe the emerging field of cyber conflict and cyber security from the social science perspective
Identify core themes and developments in the study of conflict and strategy from the cyber perspective
Develop scientific thinking about social phenomena and cases to construct evidence-based strategy and policy ideas
Explain and describe inferences from evidence and theory
Critically assess contemporary security debates regarding future of cyber and information interactions and suggest a path forward

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Application Deadlines

08 Jul 2024

Fall Quarter applications due