HLSS320 - Intelligence and Homeland Security

After successfully completing this course, you will be able to:
CO-1 Describe the historical development of U.S. intelligence and the U.S. intelligence community.

CO-2 Evaluate operations of the intelligence cycle.

CO-3 Examine the roles and responsibilities of U.S. intelligence community members at the federal, state, and local levels.

CO-4 Examine human and technical intelligence collection programs.

CO-5 Prepare a Red Cell Analysis.

Forum Discussions – 25 percent

Each week, a discussion question is provided and posts should reflect an assimilation of the readings. Students are required to provide a substantive initial post by Thursday at 11:55 pm ET and respond to 2 or more classmates by Sunday 11:55 pm ET. Forum posts are graded on timeliness, relevance, knowledge of the weekly readings, and the quality of original ideas.

Midterm Assignment - 25 percent

This assignment is a 5-7 page (double-spaced) in-depth profile (Red Cell Analysis) on a selected international or domestic terrorist organization likely to conduct a terrorist attack in the United States to test knowledge and assimilation of the course objectives.

Progress Assignment - 25 percent

This assignment is a 5-7 page (double-spaced) paper where the student describes how to collect and analyze intelligence on the terrorist group.

Final Assignment – 25 percent

This assignment is a paper assimilating the information from the first two papers and recommending counter-measures against the terrorist group to test knowledge and assimilation of the course objectives. In lieu of an abstract, an executive summary is required.

All required readings are located under the Lessons tab in the classroom.