Department of Intelligence & Security Studies
843-953-6886
www.citadel.edu/root/eveningundergraduatestudies-2-2-programs/intelligence

Dr. Larry Valero lvalero@citadel.edu

The degree completion program in intelligence and security studies was created to provide students with an opportunity to receive a four-year degree from The Citadel online. The requirements for the major consist of a total of 59 general elective credit hours and 61 upper division credit hours.

Mission Statement

The mission of the Intelligence & Security Studies program is to foster an intellectually stimulating educational experience that prepares students to work within the intelligence and security studies community and its related fields, as well as laying the academic foundation for graduate study. This is accomplished by developing students’ understanding, knowledge, skills, and abilities valued by the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC). This major seeks to develop each student’s capabilities for critical thinking and systematic analysis and is designed to increase the student’s knowledge of effective leadership for national security.

Expected Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the program, students should generally possess:

• An understanding of global and national threats to U.S. security;
• Knowledge of organizational structures and operations of civilian and military intelligence agencies;
• An understanding of national and international intelligence and security strategies;
• Knowledge of intelligence management principles, tools, and applications;
• An understanding of leadership principles as they apply to military and civilian intelligence agencies;
• An understanding of the role of ethics and integrity for intelligence and security professionals;
• The ability to perform tactical, operational, and strategic analysis;
• An understanding of collection strategies in military and civilian intelligence;
• Knowledge of global, national, and regional threats to security;
• The ability to utilize critical thinking skills in all areas of collection and analysis;
• Enhanced written and oral skills in communicating intelligence findings to policy/decision makers at all levels
• An understanding of the functional areas of intelligence (collection, analysis, counterintelligence, covert action, and intelligence management) and how each can advance national objectives;
• The ability to collaborate and work effectively in teams;
• Knowledge of the principles and fundamentals of cybersecurity.

Transfer Articulation from South Carolina Technical Colleges

Please note that the table below is only an advising tool with a suggested sequence of courses for students who are beginning their college coursework within the South Carolina Technical College System with the intent to transfer to The Citadel. The Citadel’s degree completion programs offer significant flexibility with course selection and transfer credits that provides additional choices as noted in the official degree completion program of study.

Within the minimum 30 hours required transfer credits for admission into the program, all transfer students into this program are recommended to have transfer credit for:

English Composition (six hours)
Mathematics (three hours)
Physical Science (eight hours)