Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: THE CRAFT OF INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS, PREDICTION AND CONNECTING THE DOTS

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): POLI 395

Description: The analysis of intelligence plays a vital role in protecting and advancing the national security of the United States. Analysts never have all the information. In addition, some of the information they do have is incomplete or incorrect. At the same time, there is too much information and too little time to allow analysts to fully explore everything. So how should they proceed? This course is designed to introduce students to the problems faced by intelligence analysts. Students will study historical examples of intelligence analysis and hear form analysts. Place in multidisciplinary teams, they will monitor streams of actual events and provide assessments of these events. Finally, the teams will participate in a hypothetical scenario that will challenge them to analyze the situation and provide assessments and advice for top level decision makers. Instructor Permission Required.