Intelligence Studies Certificate

Certificate Requirements

Core

POLS 381Evolution of the U.S. Intelligence Community

3

POLS 382Intelligence Process

3

POLS 383Counterintelligence

3

POLS 384Intelligence Analysis

3

Total Credit Hours:12

Electives - Choose one category

Students must complete a minimum 12 credit hours (4 courses) from one of the following five categories:

Intelligence Collection and Analysis

CS 303Data Structures

3

CS 310Algorithms and Advanced Data Structures

3

CS 360Operating Systems

3

CS 420Data Mining Concepts

3

CS 480Computer Security

3

CS 485Network Security

3

GEO 349GIS 1

3

GEO 351GIS 2

3

GEO 455GIS Applications

3

MATH 303Data Structures

3

MATH 320Information Theory and Codes

3

MATH 353Statistics

3

MATH 355Operations Research

3

MATH 453Concepts in the Design of Experiments

3

MATH 455Linear Statistical Models

3

MATH 456Nonparametric Statistics

3

POLS 200Methods of Political Inquiry

3

POLS 410Seminar in Political Theory

3

SOC 450Sociological Research

3

SOC 451Quantitative Data Analysis

3

SOC 455Qualitative Research Methods

3

Total Credit Hours:12

Threat Specialist

CRIM 316Global Crime and Terrorism

3

HST 346United States Foreign Relations

3

HST 350Violence in America

3

POLS 328Law, Government and Privacy in the Internet Age

3

POLS 338Politics of Transition

3

POLS 362Current World Problems

3

POLS 385Terrorism and Political Violence

3

POLS 387National Security Strategy

3

POLS 388Comparative Foreign Policy

3

POLS 420Seminar in Public Law

3

POLS 440Seminar in American Politics

3

PPOL 399Selected Topics in Public Policy

3

SOC 316Global Crime and Terrorism

3

Total Credit Hours:12

Regional Analysis

HST 321The Middle East

3

HST 324Modern China

3

HST 375Twentieth Century Asian Wars

3

IST 312Islamic Cultures of Africa

3

IST 321Asian Philosophy

3

IST 341Latin American Culture and Civilization

3

IST 372Modern China

3

IST 374The Middle East

3

PHIL 320Asian Philosophy

3

POLS 319Islamic Political Thought

3

POLS 329Comparative Constitutional Law and Politics

3

POLS 331Politics of the Middle East and North Africa

3

POLS 332Politics of Latin America and the Caribbean

3

POLS 334Politics of Russia and Eastern Europe

3

POLS 337Politics of Asia

3

POLS 368Human Rights and Global Justice

3

POLS 369Political Geography

3

POLS 386Comparative Counterterrorism

3

POLS 430Seminar in Comparative Politics

3

SPA 306Latin American Culture and Civilization

3

Total Credit Hours:12

Science and Technology

ASTR 311Astrophysics I: Stars and Stellar Evolution

3

ASTR 312Astrophysics II: Galaxies and Cosmology

3

ASTR 324Radio Astronomy

3

ASTR 431Space Plasma Physics

3

ASTR 460High Energy Astrophysics

3

BIOL 317Principles of Microbiology

4

BIOL 380Cell Biology

3

BIOL 427Pathogenic Microbiology

3

BIOL 428Virology

3

CHEM 301Fundamentals of Biochemistry

4

CHEM 326Organic Chemistry I

4

CHEM 327Organic Chemistry II

4

CHEM 360Analytical Chemistry

3

CHEM 439Cooperative Education

1-8

CHEM 460Instrumental Analysis

5

EEC 344Wireless Communications

3

EEC 400Digital Signal Processing I

3

EEC 444Satellite Communications

3

EEC 450Digital Signal Processing II

3

PHYS 350Nuclear Science

4

PHYS 353Modern Physics I

4

PHYS 354Modern Physics II

3

PHYS 361Fundamentals of Electronics

3

PHYS 410Solid State Physics

3

PHYS 452Nuclear Physics

3

SSE 340Digital Control Systems for Space Applications

4

SSE 360Advanced Space Systems

3

SSE 442RF/Microwave Systems & Antennas

3

SSE 460Spacecraft Sensors and Remote Sensing

3

Total Credit Hours:12-16

Global Finance and Governance

ACCT 485Forensic Accounting

3

CIS 311Management Information Systems

3

CIS 322Systems Security and Information Assurance

3

CIS 340Data Networking Systems

3

ECON 447International Economics

3

FIN 325Bank Management

3

FIN 420Financial Markets and Institutions

3

FIN 485International Finance

3

POLS 344Kentucky Government

3

POLS 351Public Administration

3

POLS 353Public Personnel Administration

3

POLS 361Globalization and its Discontents

3

POLS 365United Nations and World Organizations

3

POLS 367Politics of International Economic Relations

3

Total Credit Hours:12

Total Credit Hours: 24-28