IA 200. Introduction To National Security Intelligence. 3 credits.
Intelligence analysis is a complex, dynamic process that includes determining the intelligence needs, data collection, pre-processing, analysis and production of the customer’s product. This is an introduction to the history, structure and practices of the national security intelligence community (IC). The course is team oriented, project based and grounded in the relevant legal and ethical context.
Learning Objectives:
Students will develop the knowledge and skills to:
- identify and describe key events/transitions in the history of the IC
- describe in detail the components of the IC and how they are related
- describe the intelligence cycle and apply it (and IA tools) to case studies
- .relate the IC to the competitive intelligence (CI) and law enforcement/police intelligence communities
- present research results in standard IC and CI written and briefing formats
Course Outline:
- history of the IC
- current structure of the IC
- national security model of intelligence: the intelligence cycle
- technologies and tools that support information analysis
- writing and briefing for the IC
- brief introduction to global competitive intelligence (CI)
- project presentations
