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  • NSS 3850: Ethics and Intelligence

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Pre- or Corequisite(s): NSS 2010. Focuses on the ethical challenges that face individuals and agencies within the United States Intelligence Community. Examines specific ethical issues associated with the collection, retention, and dissemination of intelligence. Analyzes the delicate balance between protecting national security and civil liberties. Uses case study analysis to identify and solve individual and organizational ethical dilemmas at both the national and international levels.
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  • NSS 4150: Cybersecurity Policy

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): NSS 2010 and University Advanced Standing. Examines the current cyber threat landscape. Educates students on the history and national security implications of cybersecurity and cyberwarfare. Analyzes cyberwarfare capabilities and current operations of several nation-state actors. Provides the knowledge and skills necessary to operate on the strategic policy level in the cyber world by challenging them to analyze and address real world scenarios. Develops the skillset to prepare, present, and defend strategic policy recommendations. Applies cyber knowledge and skillset across government, private sector, and academic settings.
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  • NSS 4200: Intelligent Systems and Data Policy

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Pre- or Corequisite(s): NSS 3750. Explores how intelligent systems, (e.g., artificial intelligence, quantum information sciences, and blockchain) are poised to change the strategic landscape for both businesses and governments by commoditizing data and changing decision-making paradigms. Analyzes the potential applications of these technologies across private sector and military-use cases. Discusses strategic investment and resourcing surrounding these technologies by near-peer geopolitical rivals.
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  • NSS 4210: Law of War

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): (POLS 1100, HIST 1700, HIST 2700, or CJ 1010) and University Advanced Standing. Examines the law that governs situations of armed conflict, including the history and development of the law. Assesses major contemporary issues in this area of the law, to include detention policy, drone warfare, terrorism as a tactic of war, and preemptive force.
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  • NSS 4250: National Security Career Strategies

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): NSS 2010; University Advanced Standing. Emphasizes the development of effective techniques for successfully locating, applying for and securing employment as well as advancing in a National Security-related career path. Includes industry and job research, demonstration, role play, development of writing materials, and application exercises. Provides preparation for internship and career entry experience.
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  • NSS 4260: Hypersonic and Advanced Aeronautics

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Pre- or Corequisite(s): NSS 3750. Analyzes developments in aerospace technologies which pose national security threats or could have potentially transformational implications. Assesses the strategic, legal, and policy issues surrounding hypersonics, satellites, space travel, and exploration. Examines the resourcing and development of these technologies by near-peer geopolitical rivals.
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  • NSS 4300: Intelligence Cycle and Collections

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): NSS 2010, NSS 3050, and University Advanced Standing. Examines the nature of intelligence and the roles and structures of the primary agencies within the U.S. Intelligence Community. Teaches the major intelligence collection disciplines: Human Intelligence (HUMINT), Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT), Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT), and Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT). Explores each discipline through both theoretical perspectives and practical insights to provide a robust understanding of intelligence operations. Applies the intelligence cycle and methodologies used in each phase.
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  • NSS 4320: Robotics and Autonomous Systems

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Pre- or Corequisite(s): NSS 3750. Explores the strategic changes posed by automation and autonomous systems. Examines battlefield applications of automated weapons systems including drones and smart munitions. Applies how robotics, internet of things (IoT) devices, and automated logistics can disrupt socioeconomic and political standards.
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  • NSS 4400: Statecraft and Strategy

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): NSS 2010. Analyzes the theory, history, practice, and challenges of statecraft and strategy in U.S. national security. Examines the various methods of statecraft that are available to policymakers. Evaluates how these methods have been used successfully in the pursuit of national interests and purposes. Assesses instruments of national power, including military power; economic strategy; intelligence; the use of information, disinformation, and propaganda; various types of diplomacy, political, moral, and psychological influence; and other instruments of soft power.
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  • NSS 4600: National Security Law

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing; POLS 1100, HIST 1700, HIST 2700, or CJ 1010. Evaluates the distribution of national security powers amongst the three branches of government. Reviews the laws and policies that govern the legality of war, military operations in wartime, intelligence collection, protection of national security information, foreign intelligence surveillance, covert action, special military operations, offensive counterterrorism operations, detention and interrogation of terrorism suspects, and other current issues in the national security area.
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