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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the history of the United States Intelligence Community (IC) as a prism through which to view the larger history of the United States' approach to law enforcement and intelligence over the last 120 years. What began as a controversial, "federal" creation in the tenuous years following the Civil War eventually burgeoned into the FBI as we know it today; what started as a wartime espionage experiment during World War II evolved into a peacetime intelligence agency known as the CIA. This course will challenge traditional stereotypes of intelligence agencies by looking at specific instances in history, assessing spheres of power, and evaluating the impacts of popular figures (i.e., J. Edgar Hoover) on the United States and the broader world. The class will strengthen students' ability to analyze and communicate different issues and be informed citizens concerning issues related to the intelligence community. Students will uncover the iterative nature of crime, espionage, and war, which led to paradigm shifts in American society.
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3.00 Credits
This is a seminar course addressing intelligence collection systems and programs. Particular emphasis will be placed on intelligence collection platforms, their limitations and capabilities, and how they are used in support of national intelligence requirements. The course will also focus on how these systems and programs are planned and executed. The seminar format will emphasize student participation in the form of presentations, papers, and related discussion.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine a number of cases that aptly demonstrate the underlying operational, analytic and managerial "hows and whys" of US intelligence success and failure. Reading material will include formal Congressional inquiries, declassified official "lessons learned", unclassified articles by former practitioners, select media commentaries, and a few academic papers. The course will conclude with an examination of the various efforts at reform, some of which have fundamentally transformed the American Intelligence Community and others that have fallen short of effecting real change. Case studies will highlight and explore the various "Ingredients for Intelligence Success" including: effective management structures and organization, well-honed collection programs and skills, well-honed analytic skills and analytic rigor, professional attentiveness and persistence, ingrained organizational cooperation, effective interagency communication and information sharing, sufficiently dedicated resources, and well-developed target understanding (via in-depth study).
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3.00 Credits
Drones are used by both the civilian and military intelligence community as a new weapon in the fight against international terror. They serve as both collection platforms (Signals and Geospatial Intelligence) and weapons delivery systems. In this course, students will learn about the development and history of drones, their operational and tactical employment, and how they have changed the face of war. We will also explore the legal and ethical ramifications of their use against military targets and terrorists.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the historical and contemporary dynamics of domestic terrorist groups, networks and threats from various violent extremist movements in the U.S. Specific focus will address right-wing militias, religious extremists, racial supremacist/hate groups, and extreme environmental and animal rights groups. Students will also learn about historical, political and socioeconomic factors that enable terrorist groups to garner appeal and the course will look into prison radicalization, the role of the Internet in mobilizing individuals toward violent behavior, and the legal and criminal justice dimensions response to these activities. Finally, the second half of the course examines US domestic terrorism policy or lack thereof. Students will learn how to write a National Counterterrorism Strategy with a key focus to addressing the response on creating a synchronized and organized domestic policy.
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3.00 Credits
This course will provide both students and professionals currently working in the field with a comprehensive overview of, and an opportunity to evaluate and critique, the major themes and issues considered essential for understanding China's military ambitions and future capabilities.
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3.00 Credits
This special topics course will examine comprehensively the development and contemporary use of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high explosive weapons and their means of delivery. Special emphasis will be placed on U.S. intelligence efforts to identify and track proliferation threats around the world. Attention will also be given to collection and analytical issues associated with this critical national security issue.
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3.00 Credits
Since the days of Sun Tzu, intelligence collection and analysis has provided "decision advantage" to military commanders at both the tactical and strategic levels. In today's complex battle space, good intelligence often spells the difference between victory and defeat. In this course, students will learn the importance of intelligence for the warfighter, the myriad collection techniques available today, and evolving doctrine as it relates to the collection and analysis of intelligence (e.g., the use of drones).
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3.00 Credits
A nation employs four instruments of power in order to achieve its strate- gic ends-Diplomacy (Political), Information, Military, and Economic. Often referred to as the DIME, these instruments provide a nation's national leadership with a variety of unique capabilities that, when properly synchronized with one another, can support a national strategy. The purpose of this course is to improve the student's fluency of the military instrument of power. We will investigate the range of considerations for the employment of military power once the decision has been made to do so. Thus, the goal of this class is to appreciate the theory, capabilities, and limitations for the employment of the military instrument of power and the role played by strategic and operational intelligence in the plan- ning for and employment of military force.
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3.00 Credits
Students apply the skills they have learned in prerequisite and other courses to develop an intelligence capstone project under the supervision of the instructor. The final written project will consist of research and analysis targeted toward a specified audience. A presentation of the project is required.
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