Department of Intelligence and Security Studies

Department Head: Graves
Professors: Goldman
Associate Professors: Fraser-Rahim, Graves
Assistant Professors: Creech, Hendrix, Johnson, LaFreniere
Professor of Practice: Brady, Johnson, Nelson

The department offers an academic major in intelligence and security studies. The major affords students the opportunity to obtain a broad liberal arts education that enriches their lives and prepares them to enhance national security through intelligence and homeland security leadership. The course of study for students majoring in intelligence and security studies begins with a set of core courses to introduce them to the discipline. Students within the major are required to complete one of the concentration areas: Business Intelligence, Chinese Area Studies, Counterterrorism, General Intelligence, and Military Intelligence.

Other Programs and Courses: The Department offers one minor: Intelligence and Homeland Security. The Department also participates in the college’s interdisciplinary minors in African-American Studies, International and Military Affairs, Law and Legal Studies, and Non-Western Studies. For a full description of these minor programs, please refer to the appropriate entries in this catalog: Department of History-African-American Studies; Department of Political Science-International and Military Affairs, Law and Legal Studies, and Non-Western Studies.

Program and Learning Outcomes:

1. Explain the different intelligence disciplines and the fundamental steps in the intelligence process

2. Demonstrate the relationship between intelligence, policy, and strategy

3. Utilize analytical techniques to evaluate national security problems

4. Produce an analytical project on a relevant national security issue or problem that demonstrates effective research and analytical judgement ( ISS major only)

Programs

Majors

Intelligence and Security Studies Major

Concentrations

Minors

Intelligence and Homeland Security Minor

Courses

Intelligence