EGR 1121 - Introduction to the Intelligence Community

3 Cr. Hr(s).
Presents an overview of the Intelligence Community (IC), the origin and purpose of the IC, its current structure and the diverse roles and missions of its members. Students will study the intelligence cycle, the heart of the IC, by examining the entire process used for creating intelligence: identifying requirements; tasking appropriate agencies and systems to collect data; the processing, exploiting and analyzing of the data and the production and delivery of timely, accurate and relevant intelligence products. This course will also introduce students to operations and communications security, counterintelligence and covert action, homeland security, intelligence oversight and ethics. Two classroom, two lab hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): Approval of Department
Corequisite(s): EGR 1122