This course provides students with concepts of intelligence and counterintelligence. Intelligence is essential for any government to formulate and implement strategy with regards to counterterrorism, counterinsurgency, and foreign policy. This course introduces students to the diverse methods used by the United States for collecting, processing, analyzing and disseminating intelligence.
Students interested in homeland security and the intelligence field benefit from this course. The U.S. military, government, and law enforcement agencies, as well as international business organizations, all require skilled professionals trained in national security threats and counterintelligence activities to help achieve security objectives. This course provides students with the unique knowledge for career and personal enhancement.
Explores a variety of case studies related to both domestic and foreign threat analysis and action. Students study the current methods and future trends of intelligence and counterintelligence as integrated into the intelligence analysis process. Students discuss how intelligence agencies assess and counter international threats to guard global security interests.
This course allows students to interject their biblical values—human dignity and freedom of religion— as they learn about the workings of intelligence and counterintelligence.
Students discuss how God's word relates to security issues and connect missional work to intelligence operations.
Students examine methods within their local communities to enable them to develop ministry approaches for their local contexts. Discussions cover global issues and their potential impacts on the local community.
Students discuss cultural issues in relation to security and intelligence organizations. Students use critical thinking to analyze methods to introduce culturally-appropriate missional and ministry practices.
This course includes discussions of actual and hypothetical international and domestic incidents. These discussions focus on how Christian beliefs and values impact or effect the responses of these incidents.
Students learn how to apply principles of Christian values to global security issues in future operations they might face within this career field.
