RESEARCH METHODS FOR ANALYSTS
NSCS 3011 | 3 Credits | UG
PREREQUISITE: NSCS3010 This course examines the research methods and presentation techniques utilized by intelligence analysts. The student will be immersed in the world of Open Source Intelligence and will be taught to use relevant analytical tools in the form of open source search techniques and Intellipedia software. Students will function as members of an intelligence cell where they will use analytical tools to create both team and individual intelligence reports focused on selected criminal and terrorist organizations. Each student in this course will, as a final exercise, be responsible for producing an intelligence product and presenting a PowerPoint-based briefing to a panel of experts drawn from the Intelligence Community.