HMLS 211 - Introduction to Intelligence Studies

Provides a comprehensive overview of intelligence and security issues confronting the United States today. The course will focus on intelligence and security issues, the functions of the intelligence world - intelligence collection, counterintelligence, information management, critical thinking, and decision-making. It also covers such vital issues as laws and ethics and the emerging threats and challenges that intelligence professionals will face in the future. PRE- or COREQUISITE(S): HMLS 201. Three hours each week.

3 semester hours

Course Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, a student will be able to:

Define the term “intelligence”.
Explain the organization of the U.S. intelligence community, to include the role that federal, local, state, and private agencies play.
Describe what “collection” means in the context of intelligence.
Define and explain the concept of critical thinking and its importance to analysis.

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