Undergraduate Minor - Intelligence Studies

Not open to students pursuing a major in Intelligence Studies.

Minor Objectives

Upon successful completion of this minor, the student will be able to:

• Describe the evolution, structures, functions, capabilities, and activities of the U.S. national intelligence community.
• Detail 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.
• Specify the intelligence cycle including intelligence planning, data collection, data exploitation, analysis, production, and dissemination phases.
• Differentiate among the fundamental capabilities and limitations and means of tasking human, geographic/imagery, signals, measurement, and technical and open intelligence data sources.
• Conduct basic research and compose professional and academic analyses on issues critical to intelligence consumers.