The Threat Detection and Terrorism Awareness course will instill a basic understanding of how terrorists use open source intelligence and surveillance techniques to assess and select targets, and will teach students specific skills to track such activities. The course utilizes stand-up lectures and hands-on classroom exercises to identify the profile and method of operation of terrorists, the threats they pose, the techniques they employ, and how the United States combats them. Students will learn the information necessary to provide a foundation of understanding in threat detection, specifically terrorism awareness and surveillance recognition prior to a terrorist event.