BIT/CS/PSCI 4164 Future of Security: Integrative Solutions to Complex Security Systems is the capstone course for the Integrated Security Pathways minor. It is a cross-disciplinary capstone course spanning multiple colleges and departments incorporating learning objectives from Pathways Learning Core Outcomes/Integrative Outcomes, Quantitative and Computational Thinking, Reasoning within the Social Sciences, and Intercultural and Global Awareness.

This course focuses on identifying and analyzing real-world security challenges that affect individuals, organizations, and nations. Students will develop skills in crisis communication, ethical decision-making, and structured problem-solving to scope issues, evaluate options, and plan responses before, during, and after conflicts, disasters, and attacks. The course emphasizes experiential learning, including participation in a team-based simulation that models cascading security and disaster events.