Students will learn how to apply critical thinking skills to current national security issues, and will learn, and practice, analytic techniques taught and used in the US Intelligence Community. They will practice writing short, focused papers designed to provide high-level US policymakers, especially the President, with detailed analysis on international events. Students will also learn oral briefing techniques as they are taught and used in the Intelligence Community, and will practice presenting analysis in a face-to-face, analyst-to-consumer format.

Course Learning Objectives: 

• Develop critical and analytic thinking skills 
• Strengthen expository writing skills, including editing techniques 
• Improve research methods, including an awareness of how to evaluate sources of information 
• Enhance oral communication techniques  

Prerequisites:  INTSTDS 3700