MS in Geospatial Intelligence
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Geospatial intelligence informs and influences policy, military, diplomatic, environmental and disaster relief and recovery decisions, and operations by governments at every level. Increasingly, in non-governmental sectors, it is informing and influencing public health, business, infrastructure, energy, regulatory, and advocacy decisions.
The Geospatial Intelligence Program unites three fields of study: the history of geospatial intelligence; the science and mathematics of digital geography and its related databases; and the art of converting geospatial data into written, spoken, and visual intelligence. Students analyze historical intelligence examples to understand the development of the concepts and practices behind collection, analysis, reporting, and technology. They also will focus on current challenges in the profession, among them the analytics and technology needed for the volume of current and future collection, the challenges of new sensors, and the development of new non-governmental geospatial communities.
Learning Outcomes
The MS in Geospatial Intelligence weaves the history, science, mathematics, and art of geospatial analysis into a program that will enable its graduates to lead and shape this rapidly-growing intelligence discipline. The program combines recognized faculty with extensive geospatial experience and publications, an interactive and online curriculum, and the research resources, tools, and opportunities for its students to:
- Understand the history and evolution of geospatial intelligence and its enduring challenges.
- Develop the habits of mind and the conceptual framework to thrive as analysts, researchers, program leaders, and managers in the geospatial communities.
- Employ the appropriate mathematical models and scientific sensor knowledge necessary to design advanced commercial geospatial collection management for big data and small data problems, and to design geospatial databases for complex issues,
- Develop analytic processes and products as well as demonstrate the ability to communicate geospatial information and analysis accurately and persuasively in writing and briefing.
- Produce original research on the history and methodologies of geospatial intelligence.