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Global Security and Intelligence Studies
detailing all the working components of the intelligence community and its consumers
while also learning, in depth, the intelligence cycle and how each sector
works in harmony with another. Third, students will be able to differentiate the
different modes of collection and also detail the laws and restrictions associated
with the intelligence community. Fourth, students at American Public University
will conduct their own research and form their own academic writings suitable
for the intelligence community’s consumers. And fifth, students will be able to differentiate
among the functions of collection sources such as: Human Intelligence
(HUMINT); Open Source Intelligence (OSINT); Measurement and Signatures Intelligence
(MASINT); Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT); and Signals Intelligence
(SIGINT).
The University of Texas, El Paso (UTEP) offers a Master of Science in Intelligence
and National Security and an Undergraduate Minor in Intelligence and
National Security. UTEP’s graduate program is certified by the International Association
for Intelligence Education (IAFIE). UTEP also offers an open source certificate,
the first in the country that offers curriculum not found in many civilian
institutions, such as social media intelligence; commercial imagery; and geospatial
intelligence. At the undergraduate level, UTEP offers an online BA in Security
Studies, which is an Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence and
is partnered with the Center for Intelligence and Security Research. Through this
partnership, students’ education is progressed through help from faculty and their
own student research. Students in the Center for Intelligence and Security Research
receive advanced education and training on the intelligence community’s
commission to foresee and evaluate the many afflicting national security issues.
Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) in Richmond, KY offers a Bachelor
of Science degree in Homeland Security. It also includes an Intelligence Studies
Program as part of the Homeland Security degree offered through the College of
Justice and Safety. The Intelligence Studies Program started with a required intelligence
process course for Homeland Security majors and then expanded to an
interdisciplinary undergraduate Certificate in Intelligence Studies, requiring four
courses to include: intelligence history; intelligence process; counterintelligence;
and intelligence analysis. It is paired with students completing four courses in a
concentration, including: intelligence collection and analysis; threat specialization;
regional analysis (plus two language courses); security operations, and science and
technology. EKU also offers a graduate Certificate in Intelligence and National
Security with four courses in: foundations of homeland security; terrorism and
intelligence; intelligence analysis; and international relations. The undergraduate
and graduate certificates are standalone in which a student can obtain the certificate
without having to enroll or complete a formal degree. In the fall of 2017, EKU
added a Minor in Cybersecurity and Intelligence pairing three intelligence courses
in intelligence process, counterintelligence, and intelligence analysis with four forensic
computing courses.
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