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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE UNIVERSITY College of Strategic NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE UNIVERSITY This Briefing is Classified: College of Strategic Intelligence Academic Program Review MCR 601: Intelligence and the Global Strategic Environment NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE UNIVERSITY DATE National Intelligence University - MSSl/BSI Curriculum Ma Program Learning Outcomes List {see previous slide for full verbiage 2 Please identify the 1. Global I · Strategy 13. IC Strategic 14. Critical and I 5. Leadership 6. Joint and . 0eve 1opment C b. d C . d balance of theory and Secunty d apa 111t1es an reat1ve an lnteragency application in course Environment an . Constraints Thinking Skills Management Environment 1mp 1ementat1on content. Dej!artments Courses Lea rning Outcome Coverage: 3 = Well Covered, 2 = Partially Covered, 1 = Minimally Covered, 0 = Not Covered Theo Totals CSI Program MCR-601 3 1 1 3 1 2 35% 65% 11 Totals Learning Outcome Coverage Level: 3 =Well Covered, 2 =Partially Covered, 1 =Minimally Covered, 0 =Not Covered 11. The course addresses multiple aspects of the Global Strategic Environment from a functional and regional perspective. ustification: . Th e course addresses strategy development and implementation but in an ancillary manner. More so from a development perspective than n implementation manner. Course does not teach intelligence collection or dissemination but analysis is somewhat addressed when discussing complexities associated ith security challenges that defy t raditional intelligence disciplines (e.g., how does the IC address climate change? 2"d and 3rd order analysis nd discussion of unintended consequences related to course equities does occur) . Students must exercise critical thinking skills in each assignment and in classroom discussion . This is minimally covered although some in our ci rcle believe NIPF coverage in the course should elevate this score to a 2 . In terms of JllM, the course is much more focused on lnteragency, Intergovernmental and Multinational coopera t ion, especially on ransnational issues that defy single state solutions. We do not provide as much robust coverage on those issues from a Joint perspective. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE UNIVERSITY DA TE: 7 /24/2017 NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE UNIVERSITY MCR - 601: Intelligence and the Global Strategic Environment Course Description: This course covers key global drivers and trends that impact intelligence in a highly interconnected world. Within the context of U.S. intelligence and national security interests, globalization intensifies the velocity and volume of local and world events. Phenomena such as emerging state and non-state actors, evolving organizational structures within the international system; demographic and migration patterns; expanding trading networks and financial flows; competition for natural resources, health and environmental hazards; disruptive science and technology trends and transnational threats such as terrorism, proliferation, and crime are examined. 3 NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE UNIVERSITY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE UNIVERSITY MCR - 601: Intelligence and the Global Strategic Environment Contribution to Mission: While security threats of the 2Qth century arose from powerful nation states, the key dimensions of the future-globalization, asymmetric warfare, demographic and economic shifts, and the potential proliferation of weapons of mass destruction mean great dangers for relative weak states and uncertainty for the established core states. Globalization enhances the awareness of more people to more global events and trends than in the past. In this new environment, the speed of decision making and analysis are more important, more visible, and potentially more costly or more rewarding (depending on the accuracy of analysis and the policies chosen). The dynamics of globalization include new forces that are transforming how operators, decision makers and intelligence professionals think about the world and they are adjusting approaches to their tradecraft accordingly. Understanding globalization's challenges for intelligence analysis and collection facilitates the Intelligence Community's efforts to better collaborate with U.S. policymakers. 4 NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE UNIVERSITY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE UNIVERSITY MCR - 601 Intelligence and the Global Strategic Environment Course Learning Outcomes (CLO): 1. Recognize, understand, and analyze key global and transnational drivers and trends shaping the international security environment, and how they influence strategic intelligence analysis and collection for U.S. national security. 2. Examine the global patterns and trends in conflict and discuss the impact of globalization on likely patterns and trends of future conflict. 3. Recognize and understand how the International Relations (IR) Levels of Analysis methodology and key IR theories such as Realism, Liberalism, Marxism, and Constructivism can assist intelligence professionals in understanding and explaining the evolving international system. 4. Understand and analyze the implications for the U.S. Intelligence Community posed by emerging international and regional institutions, and multiple state and non-state actors whose influence and activities transcend national boundaries. 5. Discuss and evaluate how emerging global demographic trends such as people migrations, urbanization, poverty, education levels, youth bulges, and aging factor into strategic intelligence analysis and collection. 5 NAllONAL INTELLIGENCE WNIVERSITY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE UNIVERSITY MCR - 601 Intelligence and the Global Strategic Environment Course Learning Outcomes (CLO): 6. Demonstrate comprehension of key global economic trends impacting U.S. national security and intelligence ana lysis and collection to include: international trade, investment, and finance; the influence of multinational corporations; emerging economic development models; prospects for growth and sustainability; and shocks, risks, and threats to economic growth that lead to instability. 7. Recognize and understand key drivers and gee-strategic consequences of global competition over critical natural resources such as energ\(, water, and food supplies, as well as threats to regional stability resulting from environmental disasters, disease pandemics, and climate change. 8. Evaluate emerging and disruptive science and technology trends for their shocks, risks, and implications for the U.S. Intelligence Community; as well as cyber threats and the influence of the information revolution affecting regions, states, groups, and individuals. 9. Recognize the key drivers and enablers that constrain or enhance the proliferation of transnational threats such as terrorism, WMD/CBRN, and international crime. 6 ''ATIONAL INTELLIGENCE UNIVERSITY NAl'IONAL INTELLIGENCE UNIVERSITY How does this course support the new CSI vision, mission, and program learning outcomes? • MCR - 601 is the foundational course for students to receive broad exposure to a wide range of complex analytic issues that either pose challenges or opportunities for the United States and its National Security interests. Phenomena such as transnational threats, mass migration, energy dependence issues, game-changing technologies, etc., will continue to proliferate in the 21st Century so it is imperative for intelligence analysts and security professionals to understand these trends can LEAD to conflict and the MCR - 601 is an optimal lead-in course for MCR - 603 which delves into how conflict develops over time among people. What unique quality(s) does this course bring to the curriculum? • MCR - 601 is the only CSI course that provide students with lessons on finance, trade, transnational threats and basic International Relations Theory. Some of the ·lesson themes for the course are ten-week elective courses in the NIU course catalog. At the end of the ten-week course, students have broad exposure to a range of topics to build upon in subsequent quarters at NIU. 7 I 'JATIONAL IN:f"ELLIGENCE UNIVERSITY ' NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE UNIVERSITY Students course survey feedback: 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 Overall Rating of the Course 3.32 3.34 3.05 3.21 3.50 3.07 3.37 Overall Rating of the Instructor 3.42 3.40 3.07 3.22 3.53 3.10 3.55 Scale: 4= Outstanding; 3= Good; 2= Average; 1= Poor No readily available explanation of why 2009 and 2012 are outliers in terms of student course survey scores. 8 NATIONAL INIELLIGENCE tJNIVERSln' NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE UNIVERSITY What major drivers/issues might affect this course in the future? • If MCR - 601 becomes an elective, where else in the CSI Core will students receive basic exposure to International Relations Theory, finance, and trade? Are there any recommendations for modifying this course? • Recommend updating the course vice merging it with MCR - 603 to create a hybridized course that misses the mark both courses were individually designed to address. • If moving the course from the CSI core to an elective allows MCR - 601 to retain its current configuration, the MCR - 601 Quality Circle supports that move. • Perhaps consider MCR/MSI 601 and 602 courses so we can continue to develop student's broad exposure to a wide range of complex analytic issues and utilize 602 to support those students seeking greater depth that they receive in the current MCR - 601 course. • Try to maintain instructor consistency for the MCR - 601 course rather than use a modular plug-and-play approach that changes year-by-year. This may, in part, explain the outlier 2009 and 2012 student survey rating discrepancies. 9 · NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE UNIVERSITY 0 c CD CJ) ' I 0-· :::J CJ) ·-V
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