CRIM 490: Special Topics
CRIM 490-001: Writing and Briefing Skills in the Intelligence Community
(Spring 2017)
03:00 PM to 04:15 PM TR
Innovation Hall 129
Section Information for Spring 2017
This course will enable students to hone their writing, briefing and analytical skills in a national security context. Writing assignments will mirror the processes that intelligence professionals use to develop and refine their analysis and communications for both individual and cooperative assessments. Through a series of in-class exercises, students will produce clear, concise and analytically rigorous communications, reports and briefings, both individually and as a team member. Students will develop the ability to assess the needs of the audience, structure the information for the particular communication, analyses, or briefing, develop a communication style, and present ideas with clarity and confidence under pressure.
This topic is approved to apply toward the following concentration(s):
- Homeland Security and Justice (HSJ)
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Course Information from the University Catalog
Credits: 1-3
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
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