Master of Anticipatory Intelligence

About This Degree

The Master of Anticipatory Intelligence (MAI) program is a nationally pathbreaking professional degree program that will uniquely prepare students from science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and social science disciplines to anticipate and successfully navigate complex emergent security challenges in professional applications across a wide range of fields and industries.

USU's Center for Anticipatory Intelligence has led the pioneering effort in the US to establish the academic field of Anticipatory Intelligence: a multidomain approach to anticipating threats and opportunities emerging from the world’s increasingly complex security environment, oriented around the goal of reducing uncertainty and designing resilience across future scenarios.

What You Will Learn

This interdisciplinary, cross-college program integrates core coursework in Anticipatory Intelligence with applied emphasis tracks in International Security, Cyber & Security Analytics, Biosecurity, and Geographic Information Sciences to equip graduates with a potent combination of analytic and applied skills, cross-trained competencies, and an actionable professional education fit for the security challenges of the 21st century.

The MAI constitutes the nation’s first graduate degree in the field, responding to a significant upswell in labor market demand across the US public and private sectors for security-focused graduates and professionals from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds who possess advanced training in both hard and soft skills of security thinking, structured toolkits for system-level threat assessment and resilience design, and sophistication in interdisciplinary analysis and synthesis regarding complex and emergent security issues affecting their professional fields.

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At a Glance

College: College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Department: Political Science Department

USU Locations:

Logan campus

Faculty: View profiles of faculty members on the department directory.

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Career And Outcomes

Career Opportunities

MAI graduates who hail from STEM undergraduate disciplines and/or complete one of the STEM-based emphases of the MAI program will be qualified to enter tech-sector jobs across a wide range of industries, including jobs such as mechanical engineers, computer network architects, computer programmers, biomedical engineers, electrical engineers, computer and information systems managers, and civil engineers, materials engineers, biochemists, aerospace engineers, and statisticians.

MAI graduates who come from social science undergraduate disciplines will be qualified to fill the rising demand for security-oriented public and private sector positions in roles relating to industry intelligence, strategic analysis, cybersecurity, and information security analysis.

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Admission

Admission Requirements

Admissions requirements for the MAI program will follow those established by the USU School of Graduate Studies, as well as general guidelines set forward by the Center for Anticipatory Intelligence.

Applicants must hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. Applicants will submit an application form, transcript(s), writing sample, current CV/resume, and two letters of recommendation from former instructors or employers. Standardized test scores will not be required for admission to this program.

Program Requirements

The Master of Anticipatory Intelligence program is a 33-credit professional degree comprising:

a required core curriculum in Anticipatory Intelligence,
elective courses in Anticipatory Intelligence
a graduate capstone project, and
a hard-skill emphasis track facilitated in conjunction with partner departments.

The design of this professional master's degree offers students significant curricular choice in order to deliver a tailored graduate experience and leverages interlocking, stackable components with other USU colleges and programs to create an innovative and actionable interdisciplinary graduate education.