About This Intelligence Community Course
The Intelligence Community uses the analytic tradecraft standards contained in IC Directives 203 and 206 to review all intelligence analytic products.
In this course, we will delve into standards 5–9:
- ATS 5: Relevance: Achieving Relevance in Defense Intelligence
- ATS 6: Argumentation: Presenting Clear and Logical Arguments
- ATS 7: Analytic Line
- ATS 8: Argumentation
- ATS 9: Visualization
Learning about these standards provide additional preparation and development of your analytic products the recognized standards. You will also improve the quality of your reasoning with respect to the intelligence questions you answer for your customers.
What You Will Learn
- ATS 5 – Explain the importance of creating relevant analytic products
- ATS 6 – Demonstrate the ability to develop and present clear and logical arguments in analytic products
- ATS 7 – Describe why it is important to acknowledge and convey analytic change or consistency with previous analytic products
- ATS 8 – Explain the importance of accuracy in analytic products
- ATS 9 – Identify effective visuals in analytic products
This course is the third, and final, course in a three-part FedLearn learning series.
Who Should Take This Course
Anyone interested in learning more (or gaining a refresher) about the Analytic Tradecraft Standards—particularly, intelligence analysts working in either Federal government agencies or government contractor companies.
Prerequisites
Analytic Tradecraft Writing for Intelligence (ICIC101), and Writing to the Analytic Tradecraft Standards for Intelligence I (ICIC103) are prerequisites for this course.
Course Certificate
To achieve a course certificate of completion, you must score 80 percent or higher on graded lesson quizzes and a final exam.
Course Format
Self-paced, online training course
Course Pricing
Individual courses are $124.99 (per person)
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If you are interested in learning about special team rates for Federal government and government contractor organizations, email [email protected].
Continuing Education Unit Credits
This course provides .8 CEUs.
