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Master's

Data Analytics and Policy, MS/Intelligence, Certificate

Johns Hopkins University Krieger School of Arts and Sciences (Advanced Academic Programs) 61 courses 15 total credits

About This Program

Students pursuing a Master of Science in Data Analytics and Policy may combine their degree with the Certificate in Intelligence program. This combined credential prepares graduates for careers in the U.S. Intelligence Community and in those parts of the government and private sector that use intelligence or work with the Intelligence Community, as well as other parts of the national security community. Students can complete the program with 15 courses. Please note that this entry is for currently enrolled students only. The Certificate in Intelligence is not currently accepting new students.

Degree Requirements

Core Courses - Required

Code	Course Title	Credits
AS.470.681	Introduction to Data Analytics and Policy	3
AS.470.768	Programming and Data Management	3
AS.470.709	Quantitative Methods for Policy and Political Analysis	3
AS.470.673	Data Visualization	3
AS.470.862	Capstone for Data Analytics and Policy	3
Total Core Courses - Required		15 credits

Concentration in Statistical Analysis

Code	Course Title	Credits
AS.470.624	Healthcare Analytics and Policy	3
AS.470.643	Text as Data	3
AS.470.667	Machine Learning Methods and Applications	3

Concentration in Statistical Analysis

AS.470.708

Code	Course Title	Credits
AS.470.703	Urban Data Analytics	3
AS.470.743	Data Mining and Predictive Analytics	3
AS.470.758	Data-Driven Campaigns and Elections	3
AS.470.763	Database Management Systems	3
AS.470.764	Survey Methodology	3
AS.470.769	Data Science for Public Policy	3
AS.420.677	Spatial Statistics	3
Total Concentration in Statistical Analysis		3 credits

Concentration in Public Management

Code	Course Title	Credits
AS.470.605	Global Political Economy	3
AS.470.608	Public Policy Evaluation & the Policy Process	3
AS.470.627	Financial Management & Analysis in the Public Sector	3
AS.470.631	Economics for Public Decision-Making	3
AS.470.645	The Budgetary Process	3
AS.470.662	Expertise and Evidence in Policymaking	3
AS.470.671	Risk Management Analytics	3
AS.470.731	Privacy in a Data-driven Society	3
AS.470.763	Database Management Systems	3
AS.470.798	Financial Management and Analysis in Nonprofits	3

Concentration in political Behavior and Policy Analysis

Code	Course Title	Credits
AS.470.608	Public Policy Evaluation & the Policy Process	3
AS.470.620	Race, Politics, and Policy	3
AS.470.624	Healthcare Analytics and Policy	3
AS.470.641	Introduction to Advocacy and Lobbying	3
AS.470.662	Expertise and Evidence in Policymaking	3
AS.470.688	Political Institutions and the Policy Process	3
AS.470.703	Urban Data Analytics	3
AS.470.745	Threat Financing and Economic Warfare	3
AS.470.758	Data-Driven Campaigns and Elections	3
AS.470.769	Data Science for Public Policy	3
AS.470.835	DC Lab: Politics, Policy, and Analytics	3
AS.473.602	Intelligence Analysis	3
AS.473.663	The Intelligence-Policy Nexus	3

Concentration in Geospatial Analysis

Code	Course Title	Credits
AS.430.600	Web GIS	3
AS.430.601	Geographic Information Systems (GIS)	3
AS.430.604	Spatial Analytics	4
AS.430.606	Programming in GIS	4
AS.430.602	Remote Sensing: Systems and Applications	3
AS.430.607	Spatial Databases and Data Interoperability	3
AS.430.609	Spatial Data Management: Quality and Control	3
AS.430.610	GIS for Infrastructure Management	3
AS.430.612	Cartographic Design and Visualization	3
AS.430.613	Applied Remote Sensing	3
AS.430.615	Big Data Analytics: Tools and Techniques	3
AS.430.617	Census Data Mining: Visualization and Analytics	3

Concentration in Geospatial Analysis

AS.430.618

Code	Course Title	Credits
AS.430.619	Web Application Development	3
AS.430.621	GIS for Emergency Management	3
Total Concentration in Geospatial Analysis		3 credits

Concentration in Geospatial Analysis

AS.430.625

Code	Course Title	Credits
AS.430.627	Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Geospatial Technology	3
AS.430.629	Drones in Geospatial Decision Making	3
AS.430.631	Spatial Algorithms and Data Structures	3
Total Concentration in Geospatial Analysis		3 credits

Concentration in Geospatial Analysis

AS.430.633

Code	Course Title	Credits
AS.430.635	Urban Analytics	3
AS.472.612	Geospatial Analysis: Communicating with Multiple Audiences	3
Total Concentration in Geospatial Analysis		3 credits

Core Course - Required

Code	Course Title	Credits
AS.473.600	The Art & Practice of Intelligence
Total Core Course - Required		3 credits

Core Course - Required

Select one Theory and Context course:

Code	Course Title	Credits
AS.473.604	Applied Critical Thinking and Analysis
AS.473.605	Strategic Culture Analysis
AS.473.663	The Intelligence-Policy Nexus	3
Total Core Course - Required		3 credits

Core Course - Required

Select one Law and Ethics course:

Code	Course Title	Credits
AS.470.731	Privacy in a Data-driven Society	3
AS.470.795	The Constitution and National Security	3
AS.473.606	Legal Issues in Intelligence
AS.473.607	Intelligence Ethics
Total Core Course - Required		3 credits

Core Course - Required

Select one Intelligence Operations course:

Code	Course Title	Credits
AS.470.740	Cyber Strategy and Threat Analysis	3
Total Core Course - Required		3 credits

Core Course - Required

AS.472.600

Code	Course Title	Credits
AS.473.602	Intelligence Analysis	3
AS.473.644	Technical Collection of Intelligence

Core Course - Required

Select one Intelligence Applications course:

Code	Course Title	Credits
AS.473.608	Leading Intelligence Organizations
AS.470.668	The Politics and Process of American Foreign Policy	3
AS.470.745	Threat Financing and Economic Warfare	3
AS.473.668	Intelligence to Secure the Homeland and Hometown
Total Core Course - Required		3 credits

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