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Intelligence Studies Certificate
18 Semester Hours

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Upon completion of this certificate students will be able to:

  • Assess the evolution, structures, functions, capabilities, and activities of the national intelligence community.

  • Assess the structures, functions, capabilities, and contributions of national intelligence consumers to include the national command authority, executive departments, Congress, military services, joint/unified commands, and law enforcement agencies.  

  • Appraise the intelligence cycle, including intelligence planning, data collection, data exploitation, analysis, production, and dissemination phases.

  • Assess the fundamental capabilities and limitations and means of tasking human, geographic/imagery, signals, measurement and technical and open intelligence data sources.

  • Assess and predict traditional and non-traditional threats to national and international security.


Must take the following 12 semester credit hours (4 courses):



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