Prepare to Defend Your Country with a Bachelor’s in Strategic Intelligence Degree
You are passionate about justice. You are seeking an exciting career in a fast-paced field. You want to protect the innocent and make the world a safer place for everyone.
If that sounds like you, Liberty’s online B.S. in Criminal Justice – Strategic Intelligence Studies can help! Through this program, you can prepare to fight crime and terrorism at the local, national, or international level. You can also strengthen your analytical and investigative abilities as you explore how the criminal justice system works.
Partner with us and prepare to promote freedom, justice, and security in our nation.
What is strategic intelligence?
“Strategic intelligence” refers to information that is used to develop national policy and military strategy.
Why is strategic intelligence important?
Why pursue a strategic intelligence degree?
Why Choose Liberty University’s Strategic Intelligence Degree Online?
At Liberty, you won’t just get a degree — you can develop the knowledge, skills, and values essential for impacting the world. Our goal is to Train Champions for Christ. In keeping with this mission, we offer flexible courses, affordable tuition rates, and practical training that can help equip you for the real world. Most importantly, we’ll help you integrate biblical principles with professional knowledge so you can lead with excellence and integrity in your field.
Liberty’s strategic intelligence degree is available 100% online, and the classes have no set login times. That means you can complete your coursework whenever and wherever it’s most convenient for you — even from the comfort of your home! The best part? You won’t have to relocate or take time off from work to finish your degree!
In this program, you’ll study under professors who have years of experience working in criminal justice and strategic intelligence. With their guidance, you can develop marketable skills that could help set you apart from the competition. Our faculty are committed to helping you thrive in your academic, professional, and spiritual life.
By completing our bachelor’s degree in intelligence studies online, you could potentially launch a new career, boost your current job performance, or enter the workforce for the first time. We also offer many online master’s programs, should you later decide to further your education!
What Will You Learn in Our Online Intelligence Degree Program?
Learn how to protect freedom and carry out justice at the local, state, and federal level.
In this program, you’ll explore many aspects of criminal justice, such as juvenile justice, corrections, criminal law, criminal investigations, and the judicial process. You’ll also practice writing case briefings, formal reports, and memoranda.
Learn how to analyze trends and patterns in crime and promote criminal justice reform. Whether you want to work directly in the field or pursue administrative roles, Liberty University’s online criminal justice courses can help equip you to make a difference in your community.
Our strategic intelligence specialization provides an in-depth look at the field of intelligence, particularly as it functions within the framework of the Department of Homeland Security. You’ll explore the history of strategic intelligence as well as prominent trends in the field today.
Some of the topics you’ll study include how to gather and analyze intelligence, how to develop strategies for counterterrorism campaigns, and how to evaluate military intelligence. You’ll also analyze past intelligence and policy failures — such as the September 11 and Pearl Harbor attacks — so you and other intelligence professionals can learn from those mistakes and work toward a brighter future.
Earn your online degree in intelligence today and prepare to fight crime and terrorism in your community — and beyond.
Featured Courses
- GOVT 380 – Introduction to Intelligence and National Security
- GOVT 381 – Intelligence Analysis
- GOVT 481 – Counter-Terrorism
- GOVT 483 – Military Operations and Intelligence
Online Strategic Intelligence Degree Information
- This program falls under the Helms School of Government.
- Download and review the Degree Completion Plan for our bachelor’s degree in strategic intelligence.
- View the Undergraduate Government Course Guides (login required).
Military Benefits for Our Strategic Intelligence Major
Liberty University is dedicated to providing world-class educational experiences to military students across the globe. Whether you are a current service member, discharged or retired from service, or the spouse of a service member or veteran, we are here to support you every step of the journey.
As a thank-you for your dedication and service to our country, Liberty is honored to serve and support you in your pursuit of online education by offering the following benefits:
- Tuition discounts – $250 per credit hour for undergraduate courses
- Additional discount for veterans who serve in a civilian capacity as a First Responder (less than $565 per course)
- 8-week courses, 8 different start dates each year, and no set login times (may exclude certain courses such as practicums, internships, or field experiences)
- Potential college credit for military training
What Can You Do with a Strategic Intelligence Degree?
By earning an online degree in criminal justice and strategic intelligence, you can pursue a wide variety of exciting career paths. Some of the roles you may qualify for include:
- Border patrol agent
- Counterterrorism analyst
- Criminal investigator
- Cybersecurity intelligence analyst
- Intelligence reporter
- International intelligence analyst
- Law enforcement officer
- Military intelligence specialist
Admission Requirements for Liberty’s Strategic Intelligence Online Degree
Applicants must have a 2.0 or above cumulative GPA for admission in good standing. Please visit our admission requirements page for more detailed admissions-related information.
All applicants must submit the following:
- Admission application
- Application fee*
- Official college transcripts
- Unofficial college transcripts may be accepted with a completed official transcript request form**
- Official high school transcripts or official GED test scores are required for an official admissions decision
- Students may be allowed to enroll in up to 12 credit hours with Liberty with the submission of an unofficial high school transcript and our High School Self-Certification form
- Proof of English proficiency (for applicants whose native language is other than English)
*There is no upfront application fee; however, a deferred $50 application fee will be assessed during Financial Check-In. This fee is waived for qualifying service members, veterans, and military spouses — documentation verifying military status is required.
**An official transcript is needed within 60 days of acceptance or before non-attendance drops for the first set of matriculated classes, whichever comes first.
Highlights of Liberty’s Strategic Intelligence Degree Program Online
- We are recognized by multiple institutions for our academic quality, affordability, and accessibility. Our commitment to excellence also helped us rank in the top 10% of Niche.com’s best online schools in America. Earning your online strategic intelligence degree from a nonprofit university with this kind of recognition can help set you apart from others in your field.
- Your success is our success, which is why we’re committed to providing quality academics at an affordable tuition rate. While other colleges are increasing their tuition, we’ve frozen the majority of our tuition rates for our undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs for the past 9 years — and counting.
- To continue our mission of providing affordable education, electronic textbooks are provided for all undergraduate courses at no cost to you. As a full-time student, this could save you an estimated $800-2,000 per year on textbooks!
- Liberty is regionally accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC).
- The courses in this program are only 8 weeks long with 8 different start dates offered each year and no set login times.
- You can access a wealth of resources through our top-notch research portal while completing this strategic intelligence degree program online.
