NIU Thesis Turn-In Questionnaire (Revised: May 2017)

Your Name: Student Number:

Instructions:

• Please complete both sides - disregard questions that do not apply to your thesis.
• Complete the form online, email a copy to your thesis chair, and post a copy to the shared
drive along with your thesis.
• If you type classified information into this form, be sure to use portion marks, put the correct
information in the banners, and complete the classificaiton authority block (classified by, dervied
from, declassify on).

Please Mark All That Apply To Your Thesis

Research Design / Methodology: Intelligence Military Service COCOM:
 Case Study Discipline (INT): or Agency:
(Single/Comparison/History)
 Interviews  OSINT  Army  AFRICOM
 Behavioral/Experimental  COMINT  Air Force  CENTCOM
 Modeling and Simulation  ELINT  Navy  EUCOM
 Surveys/Questionnaires  GEOINT  Marines  NORTHCOM
 Archival Research  HUMINT  Coast Guard  PACOM
 Phenomenological  IMINT  DIA  SOUTHCOM
 Statistical/Quantitative  MASINT  CIA  SOCOM
 Open Systems Design  SIGINT  NSA  JFCOM
 Rational Decision Model  NGA  STRATCOM
 Grounded Theory  TRANSCOM
 Personal Observation
 Game Theory  Other:  Other:  Other:
 Other:

List Country/Countries:

Region (if applicable):

Written in conjunction with an NIU Certificate Program:

Written in conjunction with an NIU Special Research Project:

Classified By:
Derived From:
Declassify On:

Please Complete Both Pages

 Please Mark All That Apply to Your Thesis
Intelligence  Intelligence Practice: Lessons learned
Community  International Engagement – improving intelligence sharing
Management  Intelligence Support to Policy, Plans, and Operations
 National Intelligence and Law Enforcement (Homeland Security)
 Intelligence support to humanitarian disasters and relief operations
 Homeland defense and critical infrastructure / cyber protection
 OTHER:
Intelligence  Teaching Intelligence
Studies  Research Methods / Analytic Techniques
 History of Intelligence
 OTHER:
Science and  Emerging and Disruptive Technologies
Technology  Energy Security
 Geostrategic Environment and Natural Resources
 Infectious disease and health
 Cyber Threat
 Weapons of Mass Destruction – Biological / Chemical / Missiles / Nuclear
 Advanced Conventional Weapons
 Foreign threats to space based infrastructure / Foreign space operations
 OTHER:
Strategic  Foreign Denial and Deception
Intelligence  Counterintelligence and foreign intelligence services
 Global trends and futures
 Transnational Threats
 Terrorism
 Economic Stability and Financial Networks
 Agriculture and food security
 Illicit drugs
 International organized crime
 International trade
 Foreign Leadership Intentions
 Foreign policy
 Regional conflict and crises
 Democratization and Political Stability
 Demographics and Migration
 Human rights and war crimes
 OTHER:
Military  Foreign defense strategy, policies and doctrine
Intelligence  Defense economics / Defense industries and arms trade
 Foreign military forces and capabilities (Command & Control / Campaign planning /
Military systems / Military readiness, exercises & training / Order of battle)
 Military and civilian infrastructure
 Arms control and treaty monitoring
 POW and MIA
 OTHER: