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Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Master's Degree in Analysis and Prevention of Terrorism

DEGREE TYPE

Master degree

DURATION

1 year

LANGUAGES

Spanish

PACE

Full time

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TUITION FEES

EUR 84 / per credit *

STUDY FORMAT

On-Campus

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Key Summary

About : The Master's Degree in Analysis and Prevention of Terrorism offers students a comprehensive understanding of terrorism's causes, impacts, and prevention strategies. The program spans two years and combines theoretical knowledge with practical applications. Students will engage with various security and policy issues, utilizing a multidisciplinary approach to analyze current threats effectively.

Career Outcomes : Graduates can pursue careers in government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and private security firms. Possible roles include security analysts, counter-terrorism experts, and policy advisors, focusing on enhancing public safety and formulating response strategies to terrorism.

Introduction

The Master in Analysis and Prevention of Terrorism aims to provide students with the necessary tools for a comprehensive understanding and rigorous study of the complex phenomenon of terrorism. This issue has acquired significant importance, especially after the events of September 11 in the United States, as well as other terrorist attacks such as those in Madrid on March 11, 2004 and London on July 7.

The program is designed to serve professionals in the security field, allowing them to acquire specialized knowledge in the sociopolitical aspects of the terrorist phenomenon. In addition, it aims to deepen the specialization and qualification of professionals from the State Security Forces and Corps, Intelligence and National Defense, Administration of Justice and State Foreign Action. In addition, the Master is open to professionals specialized in issues related to terrorism within civil society and to students who wish to acquire substantive knowledge about political violence and terrorism.

goals

The study plan is designed with the objective of promoting the student's acquisition of specialized knowledge about the sociopolitical field of the phenomenon of terrorism and security. The structure of the study plan seeks to improve the student's ability to organize, plan and analyze sources related to the course subject matter. The combination of theoretical and practical content of the different subjects seeks to improve the development capabilities of critical reasoning around the subject of the course. In this way, an attempt will be made to enhance interpersonal and group work skills, as well as the development of relevant competencies to assimilate and incorporate the learning acquired in the field of analysis and prevention of terrorism.

The teachings of this Master are structured following a design whose objective is that at the end of this degree the student has acquired extensive knowledge and analytical skills in the following areas:

The history of terrorism and the origin of terrorist organizations, as well as their dynamics of action.
The profile of militants of terrorist groups and the importance of psychosocial variables in the analysis of terrorism.
The characteristics of the main anti-terrorist measures adopted by democratic governments and the difficulties involved in their implementation, including the underlying problems of international cooperation.
Legislative reforms and the participation of international organizations in the fight against terrorism.
The role of civil society and the collective action of victims against terrorism.
The existing constitutional limits on anti-terrorist legislation.
The role of the Armed Forces in the fight against terrorism, the definition of the main terrorist threats to national security and the responses to them.
The design of public policies against terrorism and the comparison of various anti-terrorist models.
The differences between anti-terrorist models that are designed and applied in democratic and non-democratic contexts.
The objectives and functions of national and international political and legal institutions in the fight against terrorism, as well as the different strategies against this phenomenon, developed from various areas.

Curriculum

Program Outcome

General skills

CG01: Ability to integrate knowledge related to the socio-political phenomenon that constitutes terrorism and political violence in order to face the formulation of judgments based on incomplete or limited information.
CG02: Know how to communicate the conclusions derived from the analysis of phenomena of political violence and terrorism to audiences specialized in the matter and not specialized in it in a clear and unambiguous way.
CG03: Possess the necessary learning skills to continue studying content related to the analysis and prevention of terrorism in a way that will have to be largely self-directed or autonomous.
CG04: Ability to interrelate knowledge from different areas and apply it to the resolution of specific problems that affect the field of analysis and prevention of terrorism and phenomena of political violence.
CG05: Ability to work in known contexts and in other less known ones in matters related to the field of political violence and terrorism.
CG06: Mastery of the interrelational dynamics of legal and political systems in contexts in which political violence and terrorism are practiced.
CG07: Ability to assess, identify and control the risks of conflict situations in order to prevent them in a learning context linked to the analysis and prevention of terrorism.
CG08: Acquire an ethical commitment, formulating judgments based on reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of knowledge and assessments in relation to the subject under study, that is, the analysis and prevention of terrorism.
CG09: Ability to make judgments through critical analysis, evaluation, and synthesis of new and complex ideas linked to the study of phenomena of political violence and terrorism.
CG10: Development of a self-critical spirit in terms of own productivity and of the human teams in charge in the context of the study of phenomena of political violence and terrorism.

Specific skills

CE1. Qualified management of political, journalistic, and legal sources (legal, jurisprudential, and doctrinal), which implies mastering both search techniques and the organization, understanding, and analysis of materials related to the terrorist phenomenon in Spain and in other contexts
CE2. Mastery of the main political, social, and legal institutions related to the terrorist phenomenon as a whole and the operation of each one in particular.
CE3. Know how to use constitutional principles and values as a working tool in the interpretation of the political system and the legal system and respect them in the development of professional relationships in the field of terrorism.
CE4. Acquisition of a critical conscience in the analysis of the political system and the legal system and of the actors involved in the elaboration of public policies against terrorism and in their application.
CE5. Become aware of the role of jurisprudence in our legal system, from a perspective compared to other political and legal systems.
CE6. Development of oratory and dialectic around this dimension of legal and social sciences
CE7. Ability to analyze the past, present, and future of the actors and institutions studied, relating the evolution of public policies against terrorism with the political and social context in which they occur.
CE8. Ability to situate, as a consequence of the above, each political and legal change in its evolutionary context in order to interpret its true meaning and deduce its practical effects.
CE9. Ability to demonstrate knowledge and mastery of different anti-terrorism policies in a comparative perspective, in order to base the option for which it is considered most effective and in accordance with the Law.
CE10. Ability to analyze the various organizational situations that may occur in a public institution or agency involved in the development and application of anti-terrorist policies, in order to propose the most appropriate actions at all times, taking into account their political, social, and legal consequences.
CE11. Promote behaviors and habits aimed at the widespread implementation of the preventive culture of violent conflicts, favoring the participation and involvement of different political and social actors.
CE12. Ability to advise security agencies and actors responsible for the design, planning, and enforcement of anti-terrorism policies.
CE13. Ability to diagnose existing dysfunctions in a security agency or in the system for preparing and applying anti-terrorist policies.
CE14. Develop resources that allow rapid reaction to processes of change around terrorist phenomena of various kinds and in the face of the potential for terrorist innovation.
CE15. Ability to foresee the practical consequences of the decisions adopted by political decision-makers in their public policies against terrorism.
CE16. Ability to analyze and prevent the political, human, and legal consequences derived from the application of terrorism in a democracy.
CE17. Ability to analyze radicalization processes leading to the justification and use of violence and terrorism.
CE18. Development of sensitivity towards issues related to the problems of victims of terrorism.
CE19. Ability to prepare prospective analysis on the evolution of terrorist risks and threats as a result of the analysis of the history of terrorism and the origin of terrorist organizations as well as their dynamics of action.
CE20. Ability to interrelate different profiles and typologies in the militancy of terrorist groups, as well as among the relevant psychosocial variables for the analysis of terrorism
CE21. Ability to anticipate the difficulties that the application of certain anti-terrorist measures may generate in democratic contexts
CE22. Ability to analyze the conditions and consequences of negotiation processes with terrorist actors.
CE23. Ability to analyze legislative reforms and the involvement of international organizations in the fight against terrorism, as well as the problems arising from the difficulties inherent in cooperation between national and international agencies.
CE24. Ability to identify and analyze the main terrorist threats in the current national and international political context, as well as to anticipate their evolution.
CE25. Ability to analyze the role of civil society and the collective action of victims against terrorism.
CE26. The constitutional limits that exist in terms of antiterrorist legislation.
CE27. Ability to analyze the involvement of the Armed Forces in the fight against terrorism.
CE28. Ability to design public policies against terrorism and to compare different anti-terrorist models.
CE29. Ability to discern the differences between the anti-terrorist models that are designed and applied in democratic and non-democratic contexts.
CE30. Ability to identify the objectives and functions of national and international political and legal institutions in the fight against terrorism, as well as the different strategies against this phenomenon developed from various fields.