Instructions
Select ONE of the CBRN categories (Biological: Illnesses caused by the deliberate release of dangerous bacteria or viruses or by biological toxins, e.g. ricin, found in castor oil beans), then pick ONE particular agent from that category (viruses), place yourself in the role of a terrorist and offer your perspective of how a terrorist event could be conducted in your hometown (San Diego), then provide your perspective on how to prevent such an attack and support your work by a variety of academic material to give your opinion more validity.
Your work should consist of :
Introduction (this will have a well-defined purpose statement in your intro paragraph that provides guidance to the reader about what you are going to cover in your paper.)
Selected CBRN Agent background
Proposed Terrorist Scenario
Prevention Strategy(s)
Conclusion
References
Technical Requirements
Your paper must be at a minimum of 5 pages (the Title and Reference pages do not count towards the minimum limit).
Scholarly and credible references should be used. A good rule of thumb is at least 2 scholarly sources per page of content.
Type in Times New Roman, 12 point and double space.
Students will follow the current APA Style as the sole citation and reference style used in written work submitted as part of coursework.
Points will be deducted for the use of Wikipedia or encyclopedic type sources. It is highly advised to utilize books, peer-reviewed journals, articles, archived documents, etc.
All submissions will be graded using the assignment rubric.
CBRN category: Biological
Agent: Viruses
Hometown: San Diego