Global Security and(or) intelligense studies

OHmyDD95
Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:46:58 +0000

Area studies is another route into Intelligence. Pick the geographic region that most interests you and focus on that, with International Relations and other social studies coursework.

If you want to venture out of DC, look at Mercyhurst University. They have an intelligence studies program.

But as a 25+ year Intelligence professional, I will tell you most people in the field don’t take a degree majoring in it. As other posters have noted, they major in a specific field and then apply that in Intelligence. For many years there have been Masters programs in Security Studies; it makes sense to specialize after you have amore broad-based education.