This minor program is designed to allow students to become familiar with intelligence and security needs and problems of risk confronted by private and governmental organizations. Students will be introduced to problems and reasoning concerning matters of security, counterintelligence, transnational threats such as terrorism and drug cartels, diplomacy, international transactions, intelligence bureaucracies, and related areas. The program is valuable for students interested in understanding the complex world of security, intelligence, and counterintelligence and for students seeking careers in the U.S. Intelligence Community and private agencies employing security technology, methodology, and services. The minor program is highly flexible and will benefit students from any college or major at UTEP. Students are required to complete six hours of required courses, six hours of prescribed electives in the intelligence and national security studies (INSS) curriculum, and six hours from a list of interdisciplinary electives. Any UTEP undergraduate student in good academic standing is eligible for enrollment in the Minor in Intelligence and National Security Studies.