Introduction to Intelligence Studies

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This course offers a comprehensive overview of intelligence and security issues and reviews the history of intelligence as practiced by the United States. Students examine the basics of intelligence, including history, best practices, and the way the intelligence community looks and operates in the contemporary national and global environments. Students are introduced to the American intelligence system pillars - collection, analysis, counterintelligence, and covert operations - and how these pillars work together to serve U.S. government decision-makers. Students also explore intelligence collection, counterintelligence, information management, critical thinking, decision-making, and other vital issues such as laws and ethics, writing and briefing for the intelligence community, and the emerging threats and challenges that intelligence professionals will face in the future.