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  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is a rigorous introduction to Open Source Intelligence (OSINT). This course will to train you to research and evaluate Open Source Information (OSIF), defined as all publicly available sources/information used to investigate or analyze individuals, groups, organizations, actions, or events. Students learn about the challenges, limitations, and advantages inherent in OSINT analytics and methodologies. The course will acquaint students with methods to maximize analytical rigor and provide policymakers with the OSINT necessary for them to make decisions under conditions of uncertainty and ambiguity. The emphasis is on working through case studies and developing analytic skills.
  • 3.00 Credits

    The intent of this course is to provide students with an understanding of the use of deception operations in military and political context. The course focuses on aspects of both making and breaking deceptions in addition to the role of cognitive bias plays in deceiving and being deceived. Students will develop an understanding of the technical aspects of deception creation and the analytical methods which are useful in identifying and breaking a deception.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will examine a critical national security issue that intelligence professionals will need to contend with and understand fully for the foreseeable future. Students will be exposed to past and present attempts to shape the information environment and influence mass and targeted public audiences. Key concepts such as strategic communication, public diplomacy, and intelligence support for information operations will be addressed. The course will closely examine adversarial influence operations. The course will demonstrate basic principles in the field and assess critically the strategies for conducting influence operations.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course introduces the subject of strategic foresight which is a critical aspect of intelligence analysis. The course examines several visions of future warfare based upon current trends in warfare and new concepts and theoretical approaches to warfare. Students will be introduced to emergent and potentially revolutionary technologies like robotics, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, among others, as well as their possible applications and usage in future wars. Future conflict across the different combat domains including land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace will be considered. Future peer on peer warfare will also be evaluated including regional flashpoints that could entangle the great powers in conventional, nuclear, and hybrid warfare.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course gives Intelligence and Security Studies students' real-world work experience to complement the classroom education that they have previously received. Interns will learn about the variety of issues facing today's intelligence community. Interns will receive three credits for every 120 hours they have successfully completed. This course may be repeated once for a total of six credits.
  • 3.00 Credits

    An advanced seminar designed to examine in-depth topics in intelligence and security studies.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Selected special topics or problems in the general areas of homeland security to fit the needs of students as well as the specialized knowledge of the faculty.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Seminar on effective management principles and practices as they apply within homeland security organizations. Organizational and management theories are analyzed and applied to the contemporary structure of homeland security organizations with emphasis given to a review of the research related to the development of leadership skills for homeland security management.
  • 3.00 Credits

    In-depth seminar on the nature of international, transnational, and domestic political violence, with some attention to the phenomenon of "state terrorism" (international repression) and its potential impact on the conduct of American foreign policy. The course also reviews and critiques current explanations for terrorist behavior. Issues addressed include conceptualizing and defining terrorism, the structure of violent politics, the lessons and patterns from the history of contemporary political violence, State support for terrorism, and counterterrorism as a public policy problem.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Seminar on homeland defense and security. The course takes an in-depth look at the agencies involved in homeland security and the interagency processes which exist to integrate the services of federal agencies and state and local governments with armed forces and defense agencies.
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