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When Northern Essex Community College <\/a>listed \u201cResponse to Terrorism\u201d as one of its fall course offerings, so many students enrolled that another section of the course had to be added.<\/p>\n

Today some 40 NECC students are learning the fundamentals of preparing an organization or community for an act of terrorism in the 21st<\/sup> century from NECC Criminal Justice Program <\/a>coordinator Paul Cavan and associate professor Scott Joubert.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is an historical overview of terrorism as it relates to what we experience today,\u201d says Cavan.<\/p>\n

The focus of the course is to provide an understanding of the tools and methods used to plan for, respond to, and deal with the consequences of a domestic terrorist incident involving nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons of mass destruction.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are trying to keep our students current and up-to-date with criminal justice program offerings,\u201d says Cavan, \u201cThis subject seemed like a great fit\u2026due to the popularity of the course, a second section was opened.\u201d<\/p>\n

NECC will continue to offer this course for the \u201cforeseeable future\u201d says Cavan.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was so well received,\u201d he says. \u201cWe feel it is filling a need.\u201d<\/p>\n

He noted that the course transfers well into UMass Lowell\u2019s criminal justice program which is where 40% of NECC criminal justice students transfer.<\/p>\n

While \u201cResponse to Terrorism,\u201d is a new elective in the Northern Essex criminal justice program, Joubert says students in other majors are enrolling too.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was our goal to have this course be of interest to a wide variety of majors including business management, psychology, sociology, and engineering; we should never forget that many fields are impacted by terrorist incidents and the planning for potential threats that terrorist organizations pose to society,\u201d Joubert says.<\/p>\n

Northern Essex offers an associate degree in criminal justice and a certificate in law enforcement.<\/p>\n

For additional information contact Cavan at pcavan@necc.mass.edu<\/a> or 978-738-7551.<\/p>\n

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