Curriculum
Social influence is one of the most important forms of information operations (IO)
and is routinely deployed within great power politics, both as a force multiplier,
and as a great balancer between nation-states with discrepancies in their national
power indices. In this program students will be able to expand their knowledge base
on important aspects such as how information warfare and propaganda integrate with
intelligence, how online deception and social influence work among many other objectives.
Program of Study
Core Courses:
PADM 6351: Introduction to Homeland Security
SECR 6411: Introduction to Intelligence Studies
SECR 6600: Research and Analysis Methods for Intelligence and Security Studies
SECR 6906: Terrorism Studies
SECR 6911: Introduction to Security Studies
SECR 6916: The Causes and Prevention of War
Social Influence Concentration Courses:
SECR 6168: Cross-Cultural Security and Psychology
SECR 6413: Open Source Intelligence Collection
SECR 6920: Weaponizing Information: The History and Theory of Propaganda
SECR 6982: Information Warfare
Capstone/Thesis:
SECR 6998: Thesis I or SECR 6997 Capstone
SECR 6999: Thesis II or SECR 6997
or
SECR 6809: Ethnic Conflict
SECR 6919: Psychology of Terrorism