Class Schedule

Assignments

Paper No.1 - Prepare an analysis of a specific topic, to assigned by 3^rd September by the instructors. The product will be in the form of a 5 to 10 page paper. All papers will be turned in by 24^th September.

Team Presentation and Paper No.2 – Class will divide into maximum of 5 teams that will be formed and identified to the instructors by 24^th September. Topic for research will be assigned in class on 24^th September, and a 30 minute presentation (including 5 to10 minutes for class discussion) will be made by the team (with each member participating) to the class at the class meeting on 26^th November. Each student will also pick a particular aspect of the research topic and INDEPENDENTLY prepare a 5 to 10 page paper. All papers will be turned in by 3^rd December.

Papers will be prepared using the GMU required style manual, with citation of all sources, listing of references (including electronic), and cross-referencing using foot- or end-notes.

Final Exam

There will be a take-home final examination issued on 19^th November, to be turned in no later than December 10, 2002.

Grading

Class Discussion 20%

Paper No.1 15%

Team Presentation 20%

Paper No.2 15%

Final Exam (Take-home) 30%

Total 100%

Texts, Readings, and References

Required Text: Infrastructure Management, Hudson, Haas, Uddin. McGraw Hill, 1997.

Suggested Reading: The Design and Evaluation of Physical Protection Systems, Garcia, M.L. Butterworth-Heinemann. Boston, Massachusetts, 2001

Asset Management – A Primer, Federal Highway Administration/USDOT, 1999

Web pages:

www.tisp.org The Infrastructure Security Partnership

www.whitehouse.gov/deptofhomeland The Office of Homeland Security