Master of Science in Intelligence Analysis

Program Components

The curriculum in Intelligence Analysis has the following five components:

  1. Methodological courses in research and crime mapping;
  2. Background courses in the nature of conflict and terrorism;
  3. Courses in interviewing and threat assessment;
  4. A specialized track (in either profiling, physical and personnel security, or policy analysis);
  5. A thesis or capstone project in which the student applied what has been learned in the program to the analysis of a problem of his or her choosing. 
Courses in Intelligence Analysis will be available as electives to students in the other master's programs.

Intelligence Analysis Masters Program - (11 Courses, 3 credits each)

Required Courses

INT 500 Research Methods
INT 501 Spatial Analysis and Mapping
INT 502 Terrorism
INT 503 Homeland Security and Threat Assessment
INT 504 Roots of 21st Century Conflict
INT 505 Intelligence Acquisition: Debriefing and Interviewing Techniques

Required Elective (Track)

(Must choose one)

INT 510 Policy Analysis and Strategy Creation (Federal Enforcement)
INT 511 Physical and Personnel Security (Private Security)
INT 512 Profiling and Behavioral Forecasting (Crime Analysis)

Recommended Electives

INT 542 Leadership and Behavior in Organizational Intelligence
INT 550 Topics in Intelligence
SEC 599 Seminar in Security Issues

Other Elective

1 course from  INT, CJS, SEC, or MBA

Projects 

INT 598 (New) - Thesis or Research Capstone Project


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