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Level 2 Intelligence Analyst Certification
Rating: 4.4 out of 5(3,477 ratings)
10,545 students
Created byRobert Folker
Last updated 7/2019
English

What you'll learn

  • Demonstrate critical thinking skills to reduce bias and other mental errors
  • Overcome negative thinking that can thwart objective analysis
  • Understand the need to structure analysis
  • Identify major factors and characterize the underlying causal and affected factors
  • Select and apply specific analytic techniques to produce explanative intelligence to identify "why" events happen

Course content

3 sections • 7 lectures • 1h 13m total length

  • Critical Thinking18:22

    I’ll review key critical thinking skills from the Level 1 Intelligence Analyst Certification course, remind students of the common biases and mental errors we're prone to make during the analytic process, and discuss how to mitigate them.

  • Pros-Cons-and Fixes6:12

    Negativity can often thwart our attempt to perform objective analysis.  In this lesson I'll explain the six steps of a rigorous technique to compensate for negative thinking. 

  • Structuring12:52

    I'll explain why structuring is important and how it can help us provide objective intelligence analysis.

  • Section 1 Review Quiz

Requirements

  • Students will need to have a foundation in critical thinking, be familiar with problem restatement techniques, conduct independent research, gather and evaluate evidence, and reevaluate previous conclusions.
  • Successfully completing Level 1 Intelligence Analyst Certification is a prerequisite for this course.

Description

The views expressed in this course are the instructor's alone and do not reflect the official position of the U.S. Government, the Intelligence Community, or the Department of Defense.

This course builds on the Level 1 Intelligence Analyst Certification course for descriptive analysis.  One cannot explain why events occurred, if one does not first know what events occurred. Explanative intelligence interprets current events.  It seeks to explain an adversary’s behavior, answer the question “why,” and establish causal relationships.  Thus, students in this course should hold a Level 1 certification and be experienced descriptive intelligence analysts.  Likewise, as the graduates of the Level 2 course gain experience and expertise they become ready for the Level 3 course and are ready to produce predictive intelligence analysis.

Who this course is for:

  • This course is designed for the mid-level intelligence analyst who has experience providing basic, logically sound, descriptive intelligence and wants to begin producing explanative analysis.
  • This course is not for the beginner.

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