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Advanced Intelligence Analysis - PICT844

Professional analysis plays a crucial role in the intelligence process in transforming collected information into high quality intelligence product. This unit focuses on the reasoning and cognitive processes that are central to the rigorous analysis and interpretation of information in order to develop perceptive insights and understanding. The unit will explore: How the analytical task is framed, and the range of questions that are conducive to an intelligence response; The range of cognitive, reasoning and attitudinal processes that can be applied in critically analysing information; and the range of processing tools and technologies that are available to assist analysis.

Credit Points: 4
When Offered:

E2 - Evening; Offered in Session 2, North Ryde

X2 - External study; Offered in Session 2

Staff Contact(s): Mr Bill Calcutt
Prerequisites:

Admission to MPICT or PGDipPICT or PGCertPICT or MPICTMIntSecSt or MIntSecStud or PGDipIntSecStud or PGCertIntSecStud or PGCertIntell Prerequisite Information

Corequisites:

PICT806 or PICT813 or PICT838

NCCW(s):
Unit Designation(s):

Arts

Assessed As: Graded
Offered By:

Centre for Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism

Faculty of Arts

Timetable Information

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