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The Sherman Kent School for Intelligence Analysis provides DI
officers with an integrated, career-long program that combines specialized training in the craft of
intelligence analysis with a substantive curriculum interwoven with the values,
traditions, and history of the CIA. Courses on the intelligence profession
along with instruction in foreign languages, regional studies, and core
substantive issues enable DI officers to work in cross-component teams and to
stay abreast of global and technological change. Leadership courses help
officers explore and enhance their individual abilities and underscore the
critical linkage between leadership, values, and the intelligence profession.
The Sherman Kent School is the DI’s component of CIA
University and provides basic analytic training and more advanced courses in
specialized skills.
- The Career Analyst Program
(CAP) is the DI’s basic training program and introduces all new employees
to the basic thinking, writing, and briefing skills needed for a
successful career. Segments include analytic tools, counterintelligence
issues, denial and deception analysis, and warning skills.
- The Kent School also offers a
wide range of intermediate- and advanced-level training for analysts and
managers on analytic methodologies, substantive issues, and leadership
skills.
- This DI-specific curriculum
is supplemented by courses offered in the CIA University’s Leadership and
Mission Academies, which focus on broader leadership development issues
and substantive training.
Analysts
can take advantage of part-time or evening course work at the multitude of
excellent universities in the Washington, D.C. area. Full-time study options are
available on a select basis through individual offices. Individuals also may
compete for a study position at one of the military services programs, such as
the National War College or the Army or Naval War College.
Because
language capability
is an important part of the analyst’s toolkit, CIA University offers a range of
full-time language training opportunities. In addition, the DI sponsors
part-time courses in such languages as Arabic, Persian, Chinese, and Russian.
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