Bachelor of Science in Intelligence

The Bachelor of Science in Intelligence (BSI) is a fourth-year program that affords students who have completed three years or equivalent credits (80 semester hours minimum) of undergraduate study a way to earn their undergraduate degree in intelligence. It is designed to encourage the development of inquiring, responsible graduates who will dedicate themselves to improving the national Intelligence Community.

The BSI curriculum consists of 11 core courses and 6 electives, including the capstone project, for 57 quarter credit hours. The core curriculum provides an overview of globalization and the intelligence landscape. Such understanding is essential for a program founded on the premise that world events can only be understood by employing various disciplinary perspectives and that they must be understood in a global and geostrategic context.

The National Intelligence University is the Intelligence Community’s sole accredited, federal degree-granting institution. The main campus is located in Bethesda, MD, and it also has Academic Centers located around the world. NIU faculty are subject matter experts from around the intelligence community who bring a wealth of knowledge and practical experience and academic qualifications to the classroom.

The NIU is a unique and technologically advanced university that focuses on intelligence and is the only institution of higher education in the nation that allows its students to study and complete research in the Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmentalized Information (TS/SCI) arena.