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Intelligence Studies Certificate
18 Semester Hours

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Upon completion of this certificate students will be able to:

  • Assess the evolution, structures, functions, capabilities, and activities of the national intelligence community.

  • Assess the structures, functions, capabilities, and contributions of national intelligence consumers to include the national command authority, executive departments, Congress, military services, joint/unified commands, and law enforcement agencies.  

  • Appraise the intelligence cycle, including intelligence planning, data collection, data exploitation, analysis, production, and dissemination phases.

  • Assess the fundamental capabilities and limitations and means of tasking human, geographic/imagery, signals, measurement and technical and open intelligence data sources.

  • Assess and predict traditional and non-traditional threats to national and international security.


Must take the following 12 semester credit hours (4 courses):

  • RC506 / INTL500 - Research Methods in Security and Intelligence Studies*
  • IN500 / INTL501 - Strategic Intelligence / US National Intelligence Community
  • IN519 / INTL502 - Collection / Intelligence Collection Management
  • IN520 / INTL503 - Analytic Methods / Intelligence Analysis
    * or other 500-level AMU research methods course.

Choose 6 semester credit hours (2 courses) from:

  • IN509 / INTL610 - Counterintelligence
  • IN547 / INTL613 - Intelligence and Homeland Security
  • IN549 / INTL617 - Competitive Intelligence
  • IN607 / INTL619 - Evolution of the US National Intelligence Community
  • IN608 / INTL631 - Criminal Intelligence Analysis
  • IN527 / INTL640 - Intelligence and National Security
  • IN535 / INTL641 - Intelligence in Low Intensity Operations
  • IN505 / INTL642 - Intelligence and the War on Drugs
  • IN544 / INTL655 - Intelligence and Weapons of Mass Destruction
  • IN512 / INTL660 - Middle East Intelligence Issues
  • IN545 / INTL661 - Intelligence Issues in Latin America


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American Public University System (APUS) is regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association and nationally accredited by the Accrediting Commission, Distance Education and Training Council.

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