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.
Minor Requirements (18 semester hours)
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select 4 courses from the following: | 12 | |
| Introduction to Intelligence Studies | ||
| Research Design and Methods | ||
| U.S. Intelligence Community | ||
| Intelligence Collection | ||
| Critical Analysis | ||
| Select 2 courses from the following: | 6 | |
| Intelligence and Homeland Security | ||
| Law and Ethics in Intelligence | ||
| Intelligence Analysis | ||
| Counterintelligence | ||
| Espionage/Counterespionage | ||
| Criminal Intelligence Analysis | ||
| Total Semester Hours | 18 | |