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Intelligence and security policy issues are now one of the fastest growing areas of academic and public concern, especially since 911 and the war in Iraq. Today more than ever before national governments, international agencies and most major international corporations have an increasing need for staff with a strong grasp of intelligence and security issues who can also demonstrate first-rate skills of research and assessment. Taught by the internationally respected scholars of the Brunel Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies, backed up where required by practitioner expertise, the MA in Intelligence and Security Studies offers a unique opportunity for practical, policy-oriented graduate study of intelligence issues. It will be of value to individuals seeking to go into security-oriented careers in both the private sectors, as well as to individuals engaged in the security professions who seek further qualifications and professional enhancement. A distinctive feature of the course lies in its combining the rigorous study of intelligence and security policy studies with practical opportunities to develop intelligence skills through case studies and simulation exercises dealing with intelligence analysis. Modules are subject to variation but at the time of printing core modules were drawn from the following areas: Intelligence Concepts: Theory and Policy The Rise of the National Security State Intelligence and Non-conventional Threats Agency and Community Management Case Studies in Intelligence Failure and Success Analytical Simulation Exercise - ASE is the jewel in the MAISS crown. It provides students with an opportunity to undertake a simulated intelligence analysis on a real-world subject. ASE is designed to emulate the interdepartmental assessment methods of the British Cabinet Office Joint Intelligence Committee, and gives students a chance to apply hands-on analytical principles and methods they have learned abstractly in the MAISS taught courses. Dissertation: The final leg of the programme will be a supervised research dissertation of 15,000 - 20,000 words. Brunel Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies: Brunel Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies is Britain s first academic centre dedicated to intelligence scholarship and policy-analysis. It includes one of Britain s most innovative scholars in the field, Dr Philip H J Davies, as well as former CIA officer and noted scholar Dr. Stephen Marrin. Dr. Kristian Gustafson, an expert on Covert Action and military intelligence doctrine, is the current director of the programme. The former senior military imagery analyst, Geoff Oxlee, OBE, joined BCISS as an Honorary Fellow and completes the core team. Together, these scholars not only produce important original research, published world-wide, but actively contribute to the success of government and business in the UK. The centre, though, is a an inter-disciplinary endeavour, and includes participation from some of the leading Brunel University academics in the fields of cryptography, computer networking, imagery, economics and even law. Many of these experts already assist our teaching. As well, the centre benefits from the assistance, from time to time, of various officials of Her Majesty?s Government. MAISS, therefore, benefits from practitioner input and insight as well as instruction by leading international academics.

A UK first or 2:1 Honours degree or equivalent internationally recognised qualification with an understanding of the realities of academic intelligence and security study and the frameworks within which intelligence and security operations work. ApplicandividuaItemalue+oSn++???A????#? ?+???????????????????????????????????+S?++??????,?