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Graduate Certificate in Interdisciplinary Intelligence Studies

KYSU Online offers a 12-hour graduate certificate in Interdisciplinary Intelligence Studies to help KSU students prepare to meet the need for well-trained members of the Intelligence and Security fields.  Students who wish to earn a certificate in Interdisciplinary Intelligence Studies must complete four courses (12 credit hours) from among BSS 565, Counterintelligence and Counterterrorism; BSS 566, Intermediate Cybersecurity and Cyber Politics; BSS 569, Intermediate Persuasion and Radicalization; PSY 662, Psychology of Criminal Behavior; PSY 663, Aggression and Violence; or other graduate level courses relevant to the intelligence and security community.  

BSS 565Counterintell. & Counterterror3
BSS 566Interm. Cyb.-Sec & Cyb-Pol.3
BSS 569Intermed. Pers & Radic.3
PSY 662Psychology of Criminal Behav.3
PSY 663Aggression & Violence3

Partnerships and collaborations with the Bluegrass State Intelligence Community-Center for Academic Excellence (BGS IC CAE) member institutions (Eastern Kentucky University, Kentucky State University, and the University of Kentucky Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce) and statewide and national intelligence and security agencies will help KSU to better serve its students by providing training for future intelligence and security workforce.