The Information Operations Center for Research exists to:

• advance the goal of information operations as a core military competency
• support the DOD commitment to transform our military capabilities
• provide avenues for research for information operations, asymmetrical warfare, The Global War on Terrorism and unconventional thought

The curriculum is designed for both the specialist who will be assigned to an information operations position and the generalist who will be assigned to the operations directorate. The curriculum includes a core of military art and operations, the human dimension of warfare (psycho-social), analytical methods, and atypical sequence customized for each student. Additionally, each student will have an elective sequence designed to further develop an in-depth understanding of joint information operations.

Core Areas of Graduate Program

• Military Art and Operations
• Emerging Security Challenges
• Information Operations
• Analytical Methods and Applications
• Information Systems
• Intelligence Processing and Applications
• Thesis