NOTE: All Courses in the Minor Can Be Taken on a Stand-Alone Basis for GBAT Electives.

Minor in Intermodal and Maritime Security

How the Minor fits in to the ITT Major:

Requirements for the Minor:

• Students must generally be of junior standing and have a cumulative GPA of 3.0.  Students who do not meet the GPA requirement but think they have mitigating circumstances may have this requirement waived at the discretion of the GBAT department chair
• Students must maintain at least a 3.0 GPA in each course of the Minor for it to be transcripted on their records as the “Minor in Intermodal and Maritime Transportation”
• Courses passed with less than 3.0 can count as GBAT electives and credits toward graduation but will not count for the Minor

In summary, the five courses of the minor are as follows:

MT 435 (Old number: MT 509 “Port Security” still used in the registration system for Fall 2006)  Course Title:   Maritime Security
3 class hours, 0 laboratory hours, 3 credits.

Perform Federal Level 1 Anti-Terrorism Training. Instruct in Chemical,
Biological and Radiological Defense (CBR-D). Obtain certification as a Company
and Vessel Security Officer. Instruction and discussion on current Security issues and technology. The purpose of this course is to provide the student with a fundamental knowledge in Maritime Security and prepare them to be a Company or Vessel Security Officer.

Prerequisite: Junior (2nd class) standing or Permission from the Department
Corequisite: N/A

GBTT 460 Principles of Global Supply Chain Security       3 credits
The course depicts security as a control mechanism in several major channels in the supply chain; e.g. in human resources confidentiality of employee records; in logistics cargo and passenger security; in communications encrypted email and hacker-free databases; in finance sanctity of credit cards and identity; and in marketing protection of intellectual property.  Students will engage in a team research project as a practicum for learning how to develop and conduct vulnerability assessments and security planning.  A major underlying course theme is that security can only be successfully developed and implemented in context of the cultural, economic, and political contexts of the supply chain processes for which it serves as a control mechanism.

Prerequisite: Junior (2nd class) standing or Permission from the Department
Corequisite: N/A
           

GBTT 462 Science and Technology Issues of Security      3 credits
This course explores the social and political contexts, the implications and consequences of the scientific and technological issues in the security arena.  For example, containers now coming out of a port terminal are scanned for radiation; what can the scanners detect and if radiation is detected, what does that mean?  How would a city be evacuated in the event a nuclear device was detected?

Prerequisite: Junior (2nd class) standing or Permission from the Department
Corequisite: N/A

MT 508E Emergency Management for Business and Industry
            3 credits
This course would use established FEMA and ICS curriculum to introduce undergraduate students to the emergency management system in theory and practice.

Prerequisite: Junior (2nd class) standing or Permission from the Department
Corequisite: N/A

GBTT 465 Lectures in Contemporary Security Issues        3 credits
“Lectures in Contemporary Security Issues” is the capstone course of a minor in intermodal and maritime security jointly offered by the Department of Global Business and Transportation (GBAT), and the Department of Marine Transportation (MT).  In addition to lectures by the professor supervising the course, from time to time prominent experts in maritime and intermodal security, from both public and private sectors, will address the students on topical issues of the day in their field of security.  Students will be required to do a term paper that integrates the information from the different speakers as well as both primary and secondary research performed by the student.

Prerequisite: Junior (2nd class) standing or Permission from the Department
Corequisite: N/A

TOTAL = 15 credits