Information Warfare

Information warfare (IW) has transformed the conflict landscape and significantly influences policymaking. The creation of sophisticated cyber and media strategies impacts both policymakers and warfighters. These strategies, which include social and traditional media, help identify adversaries and formulate responses across the defense, public, and private sectors.

The Graduate Certificate in Information Warfare covers both broad concepts and tactical and technical IW capabilities. Courses will provide students with a detailed understanding about the weaponization and exploitation of information in modern global societies. Students build foundational knowledge through historical case studies of information used in past conflicts. They explore the applications of 21st-century technologies to deliver IW effects, using a variety of learning methods to develop and profile adversarial influence strategies, tactics, and infrastructures. Threat casting methodology is used to predict future adversarial capabilities and tactics. Students analyze an entity's vulnerabilities to influence operations and create mitigation strategies. Finally, they participate in an experiential learning exercise to design influence campaigns based on selected threat actors and targets in future scenarios.

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Undergraduate degree conferral and minimum GPA of 2.75.

For international students:

Official transcripts from international institutions must be evaluated by an approved third-party service provider to determine equivalency to a bachelor’s degree from a regionally or nationally accredited U.S. institution, or equivalent degree from a foreign institution, as evaluated by WES, IERF, or SpanTran with the exception of official English-language transcripts from any Canadian institution approved by CICIC.

Submit an English proficiency assessment. If English is not your first language, proof of English language proficiency is required. This can be demonstrated in one of three ways:

• TOEFL - a minimum score of 550 (paper-based test) or 80 (Internet-based test) is required.

• IELTS – a minimum composite score of 6.5 is required.