[Pols-l] Certificate and course approval

Fri Dec 15 12:52:11 CST 2017

In response to PJ's email, John Kennedy was able to better detail the questions and responses than I was (below)

There are three general questions regarding the "Intelligence and National Security Studies" proposal for POLS.  

First, who will teach these four new courses? The courses will be taught by outside faculty who are subject matter experts. The grant will pay for these instructors for the first five years and then the College will cover the post grant salaries. So this will not draw from our faculty to teach new courses. 

Second, who will get the credit hours for these courses? These will be POLS courses and POLS will receive the credit hours. This should benefit the department. 

Third, who will administer the program?  The College has hired a specific point person to administer "Intelligence and National Security Studies".  This will reduce the burden of program administration for POLS.

I would only add that if the program is to continue past 5 years the College would have to provide some resources to make that happen.
DHM

-----Original Message-----
From: Johnson, Paul E. 
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2017 5:37 PM
To: Haider-Markel, Donald Patrick <dhmarkel at ku.edu>; POLS-L <pols-l at lists.ku.edu>
Subject: Re: [Pols-l] Certificate and course approval

I think it is a good idea to have a meeting, with the usual comment that Friday at 11 is not convenient for me, personally speaking.

I'm in the undergrad committee and this looks just slightly different than what John sent us.

The difference I note is that in the certificate paperwork, the courses were listed as "LA&S 125", "LA&S 130", not as "POLS 125" and so forth. The reason this seems important is that these courses pre-suppose there are professors to offer them.  I have not heard details about that part of the story.

This appears to require the creation of a couple of professorships Military Intelligence experts.

We need to hire some experts in, well, National Institutions, to make this credible.

pj

On 12/14/2017 03:27 PM, POLS-L wrote:
>
> Colleagues, I am wondering if we need to have a faculty meeting in 
> January concerning approval of a new certificate and related courses.
>
> *_Please weigh in by 20 December and let me know if you approve, have 
> minor questions, or believe we should meet to discuss this._*
>
> Proposal: Creation of a new certificate in POLS called "Intelligence 
> and National Security Studies"
>
> Requirements: Four proposed new courses: POLS 125 Introduction to 
> Intelligence and Statecraft; POLS 130 US Intelligence Community; POLS
> 325 Intelligence Analytics; and POLS 345 Counterintelligence. Students 
> enrolled in the certificate program are also required to participate 
> in 1) a study abroad semester program or, 2) participate in 20 hours 
> of campus activities
>
> which have an intelligence/national security focus, or 3) take an 
> elective course from this list:
>
> POLS 677: U.S. National Security Policy
>
> POLS 675: Russian Foreign Policy
>
> POLS 678: Chinese Foreign Policy
>
> POLS 661: Politics of the Middle East
>
> POLS 652: Politics in Europe
>
> Background: A KU team has been granted a 5 year award to establish 
> this program as part of a Defense Intelligence Agency's (DIA) 
> Intelligence Community Centers for Academic Excellence (IC CAE) grant.
> The goal is to set up a certificate, then a minor, and then a major 
> after 5 years. For the first 5 years the grant will fund the 
> instructors for the courses, as well as a partnership with two smaller 
> schools in Kansas.
>
> Eventually the program would have an internship pipeline towards 
> permanent careers in the intelligence community. Several Universities 
> around the country have done this.
>
> Thanks for your input.
>
> DHM
>

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