BCJ 445
Intelligence and Counterintelligence
Online Course
BCJ 445 Intelligence and Counterintelligence
3 Semester Units
Intelligence and Counterintelligence provides students with a basic understanding of U.S. intelligence organizations. The core of the course is organized along the lines of the intelligence process as practiced by most intelligence enterprises: requirements, collection, analysis, dissemination, and policy. Each aspect is discussed in detail in terms of its role, strengths, and problems. Additionally, the course provides an understanding of the following: counterintelligence, inter-agency communications, oversight, intelligence analysis, professional ethics, intelligence reform, and foreign intelligence services.
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Define intelligence, counterintelligence, the development of U.S. intelligence, and the evolution of the U.S. intelligence community.
- Evaluate the major phases of the intelligence process including collection, analysis, counterintelligence, and covert action.
- Assess the role of the policy maker, the dynamics of congressional oversight in the intelligence process, and the intelligence agenda.
- Analyze and evaluate intelligence issues related to ethics and morality, intelligence reform, and global issues.
- Demonstrate proficiency with academic writing related to intelligence and counterintelligence.
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