The MSSI degree program consists of 43 quarter credit hours to include five core courses (15), one program requirement (3), six electives (18), and the thesis (7).

Required Core Courses (15 credits)
MCR 601 Intelligence and the Global Strategic Environment
MCR 603 Social Analysis and the Spectrum of Conflict
MCR 607 Intelligence Reasoning and Analysis
MCR 609 The Compound Eye: Intelligence Collection
MCR 611 Intelligence and National Security Policy

Thesis Courses (7 Credits)
MCR 701 Thesis Methodology and Design (3 credits)
MCR 702 Thesis Proposal (2 Credits)
MCR 703 Thesis Research (1 Credit)
MCR 704 Thesis Completion (1 Credit)

Program Requirements (3 credits)
MST 613 Science and Technology *
MSI 615 Deconstructing Strategy *
*Students may choose either MST 613 or MSI 615 for the MSSI but must take MST 613 for the MSTI.

Elective courses (18 credits):

Students choose six courses from the following strategic areas of interest

MILITARY STRATEGY: INTELLIGENCE IN COMBAT AND PEACETIME
MSI 619 Asymmetric Warfare: Future Strategies
MSI 621 Joint Campaign Planning
MSI 625 Peacekeeping and Stability Operations
MSI 627 Engaging International Partnerships
MSI 629 Leadership and Intelligence in Crisis Planning

INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ISSUES AND MANAGEMENT
MSI 635 Leadership and Management in the Intelligence Community
MSI 637 Intelligence Resource Management
MSI 638 Ethics and Intelligence
MSI 639 Intelligence and National Security Law
MSI 641 Advancing Intelligence Collection
MSI 642 Signals Intelligence Resources, Methods, and Operations
MSI 643 Advanced Methods of Intelligence Analysis
MSI 644 Transnational Issues in a Cryptologic Environment
MSI 645 Covert Action
MSI 646 Current Cryptologic Issues
MSI 647 Operational Capabilities Analysis
MSI 648 Geospatial Intelligence: Situational Awareness for Decision & Action

TRANSNATIONAL THREATS: INTELLIGENCE CHALLENGES
MSI 651 Roots of Terrorism
MSI 653 Transnational Threat Environment
MSI 655 Islam and the Modern World
MSI 657 Intelligence to Protect the Homeland
MSI 659 Countering the Terrorist Threat
MSI 661 Counterintelligence

THE GEOSTRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT: CLOSING INTELLIGENCE GAPS
MSI 671 Africa: Geostrategic Intelligence Issues
MSI 673 Northeast Asia: Geostrategic Intelligence Issues
MSI 675 South Asia: Geostrategic Intelligence Issues
MSI 677 China in the Future
MSI 679 Europe: Intelligence Partner and Analytic Subject
MSI 681 Latin America: Geostrategic Intelligence Issues
MSI 683 The Middle East: Geostrategic Intelligence Issues
MSI 684 Sociocultural Intelligence
MSI 685 Russia and Central Asia: Geostrategic Intelligence Issues
MSI 688 The Near Abroad

FOREIGN DENIAL AND DECEPTION
MSI 660 Introduction to Denial and Deception
MSI 662 Denial and Deception: Psychological/Cultural Aspects
MSI 664 Denial and Deception: Adversaries, Organizations, Activities, and Countermeasures
MSI 668 Denial and Deception: Tradecraft, Tools and Methodology
MSI 697 Strategic Intelligence Seminars
MSI 698k The Caucasus
MSI 698L Graduate Colloquium in Eurasian Studies
MSI 698M Economics and Financial Analysis of Terrorism
MSI 698N Comparative Counterintelligence Analysis: Theory and Practice