Great Plains National Security Education Consortium
Curriculum Planning Form
Instructors: The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) Center of
Academic Excellence (CAE) program manager has strict planning and reporting
requirements so they can carefully track how their money is spent. The information
you supply on this form will allow us to meet those requirements, plan for the
orderly expenditure of the grant funds, and ensure that all the core competencies
sought by the ODNI are addressed across the consortium. These data are required
before we can authorize expenditure of funds. Thank you for your patience with the
bureaucracy. Please return to:
Marc Warburton
Marc.R.Warburton@gmail.com
Institution:
Name of person filling out this form:
Name of person developing course:
Contact phone number and email:
Name and ID Number of course:
New course:
or Revised course:
Does/will this course satisfy part of an IC-relevant degree or certificate program?:
Yes:
No:
Not Yet:
If Yes, name of degree, major, minor, or certificate:
Has this class been approved by your institution’s curriculum committee?
Yes:
No:
If No, please describe plans to integrate this class into the long-term
curriculum:
Short summary of course content and learning objectives:
IC competencies taught (see attached list):
Please describe the deliverables that will result from the development of this course.
Please be specific:
Projected course development start date (MM/DD/YY):
Projected date of first class:
Expected enrollment, first class:
Total cost of course development/revision:
Time Phased Planning:
Task Description and/or Resource
Required
Fall
(SeptDec)
Planned Expenditures per
Reporting Period
Spring
Summer
(Jan-May)
(Jun-Aug)
IC Core Competencies
Information Technology
Specialists
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Project management
Electronic data optimization
Cyber security
Computer Specialists
Systems Research
Software Applications
Software Specialists
Political/Economic Specialists
 Political
 Military
 Foreign/regional area studies
 International
business/finance/banking
 Economics
Language Specialists
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Middle Eastern
Far Eastern
Sub-Saharan African
World Languages
Threat Specialists
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Counterterrorism
Counterintelligence
Counternarcotics
Criminal justice
Law enforcement
Homeland security
Risk analysis
Security Operations
Nonproliferation
Scientific/Technical
Specialists
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Scientists
Engineers
Nuclear Specialists
Remote Sensing
Technical weapons
Geospatial Specialists
Imagery
Geodesists
Cartographers
Telecommunications
Information security
Forensics
Mathematics
Nanotechnology
Bio-metrics
Statistical and
Probabilistic analysis
General Competencies for Intelligence Professionals
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Analysis
Open source collection
Analytical reasoning
Communications (oral and
written)
Mathematical reasoning
Project Management
Critical Thinking
Knowledge management
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Consequence management
Time management
Research, developing
rational conclusions and
alternative solutions from
ambiguity and limited data
sets
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Political strategy
Team building/team
work
Futuristic
focus/strategy
Establishing priorities
Government(s)
operations
People skills
Interpersonal
Communications