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JMU Major: Information Analysis
Description of the Major | Degrees Offered | Concentrations | Minors |
Declaring the Major | Progressing in the Major

Description of the Major

The information analysis (IA) major was created specfically for students who want to become intelligence analysts in either government or private industry. The department has a distinctive commitment to developing, teaching and integrating

1) a systematic information centric approach to intelligence,
2) the newest and most advanced methods of analytical reasoning,
3) the most critical new technologies into the intelligence process.

The program was developed with feedback from experts in the field. A successful major will have a very distinctive education drawing from some of the most advanced new methods of analysis that are available to an undergraduate student.

Degrees Offered

B.S.

Concentrations

Competitive Analysis
National Security

Minors

None

Declaring the Major

New Freshmen and Transfer Students
Declare the information analysis major when you register for orientation.

Currently Enrolled Major Changers
Complete a "Change or Declaration of Major” form and obtain the signature of the ISAT Coordinator for students in the ISAT/CS building, room 121.

This is a new major. To learn more about the curriculum, all students must complete an interview with Dr. Noel Hendrickson, information analysis student adviser.

Be prepared to take courses over a sequence of six semesters, normally starting in the fall of the sophomore year.

Progressing in the Major

Remain in good academic standing.