Program Applicants

The candidate for the Intelligence Analysis program is encouraged to bring a variety of skills and abilities to the program from their undergraduate curriculum and/or their personal background and experiences. While no candidate will likely possess skills in all possible areas, some of the more relevant skill areas include: languages, computer programming skills, knowledge of international relations (political science), crime prevention and law enforcement experience, applied security experience, statistics, and history and geography.

A personal interview, which will be conducted by a panel of department faculty, will be required for admission to the program. The purpose of the interview will be twofold: to explain the nature of the program in detail, especially to assure that the candidate is aware of the career related applications, and secondarily to help assess the suitability of the candidate for the program.

Directions for Applicants

Do one of the following:

• On-line: visit the UDM application website.
• Call Steve Coddington in Admissions: phone 313-993-1592 | email: coddinsm@udmercy.edu
• Contact any of the program faculty.

To complete the admission process, the applicant will need to submit:

• completed application,
• Statement of Purpose;
• official copies of all undergraduate transcripts;
• three letters of recommendation;
• and Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores for verbal, quantitative, and writing.

In addition, a formal interview will be scheduled with program faculty.