This course introduces the student to the field of intelligence and the eligibility requirements to obtain a career in intelligence analysis at the governmental level. This course provides the student with an understanding of how intelligence systems function, how they fit within the policymaking systems of free societies, and how they are managed and controlled. The course will provide a theoretical overview of the intelligence field, including the psychology of intelligence, the main types of intelligence methods, the tools and techniques utilized by intelligence analysts, the differences between writing for research and writing for briefings, delivery and presentation techniques used to prepare intelligence briefings, basic data management strategies and tools, and various types of intelligence used throughout the public and private sectors.
Terms Typically Offered:Fall, Spring
Credits:3.00
Textbook information will be available online for each term's courses 45 days prior to the first day of classes
for the term.
The courses in this catalog are identified by prefixes and numbers that were assigned by Florida's Statewide
Course Numbering System, a system used by all public postsecondary institutions in Florida and 32 non-public
institutions. Seminole State controls the description, credit and content of its own courses.
