Public Management, MA/Intelligence, Certificate

MA in Public Management/Certificate in Intelligence

Students pursuing the Master of Arts in Public Management may obtain an additional credential by completing a sequence of courses offered by the Certificate in Intelligence program. This combined credential will require students to complete 15 courses (compared to the 17 that would be required to complete both programs separately).

At a time when governments are faced with an array of unprecedented challenges, good management, critical thinking, and analytical skills are essential. The Johns Hopkins MA in Public Management/Certificate in Intelligence trains students in the fundamentals of public management (policy analysis, financial management, economics, and public administration) and the core skills required to succeed as an intelligence analyst in the public and private sectors. 

Please note that this catalog entry is for currently enrolled students only. The Certificate in Intelligence program is no longer accepting new applicants.

Admissions Criteria for All Advanced Academic Programs 

Please note that this catalog entry is for currently enrolled students only. The Certificate in Intelligence program is no longer accepting new applicants.

Program Requirements

Students completing the MA in Public Management and Certificate in Intelligence combined credential must meet the requirements listed below.

MA in Public Management requirements:

• Six required core courses
• Four public management electives

Certificate in Intelligence requirements:

• One required core course
• One Theory and Context course
• One Law and Ethics course
• One Intelligence Operations course
• One Intelligence Applications course

Please note that this catalog entry is for currently enrolled students only. The Certificate in Intelligence program is no longer accepting new applicants.

MA Public Management Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Core Courses - Required:		18
AS.470.608	Public Policy Evaluation & the Policy Process
AS.470.627	Financial Management & Analysis in the Public Sector
AS.470.631	Economics for Public Decision-Making
AS.470.854	Fundamentals of Quantitative Methods
AS.470.695	Proseminar: Essentials of Public and Private Management
AS.470.860	Capstone for Public Management
Four Public Management Electives		12
Total Credits		30

Certificate in Intelligence Requirements

Completion of five courses, one each from the following areas:

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Core Course-- Required		3
AS.473.600	The Art & Practice of Intelligence
Select one Theory and Context Course:		3
AS.473.604	Applied Critical Thinking and Analysis
AS.473.605	Strategic Culture Analysis
AS.473.609	Introduction to Intelligence in the Five Eyes Community
AS.473.663	The Intelligence-Policy Nexus
Select one Law and Ethics course:		3
AS.470.731	Privacy in a Data-driven Society
AS.470.795	The Constitution and National Security
AS.473.606	Legal Issues in Intelligence
AS.473.607	Intelligence Ethics
Select one Intelligence Operations Course:		3
AS.470.740	Cyber Policy, Strategy, Conflict and Deterrence
AS.472.600	Introduction to Geospatial Intelligence
AS.472.611	Analyzing Social Media and Geospatial Information
AS.473.602	Intelligence Analysis
AS.473.644	Technical Collection of Intelligence
Select one Intelligence Applications course:		3
AS.470.668	The Politics and Process of American Foreign Policy
AS.470.745	Terrorist Financing Analysis and Counterterrorist Finance Techniques
AS.473.608	Leading Intelligence Organizations
AS.473.668	Intelligence to Secure the Homeland and Hometown
Total Credits		15