Strategic Intelligence Analysis ((4 Credits))

Catalog description

Students will examine the history of the U.S. Intelligence Community and role it plays in assisting U.S. policymakers to craft national security policy for the United States. This will include examining the philosophy of U.S. intelligence support and how it differs from other countries, as well as important U.S. congressional oversight and ethical issues in intelligence. Students will compare intelligence problems in strategic intelligence, learn to identify appropriate analytic tools for strategic challenges, and critique strategic intelligence cases using analytic tools commonly used within the Intelligence Community. It is strongly recommended that students have taken PAFF 1005 Intro to Security Studies before enrolling for this course. This course was previously PAFF 3021.