Government Major

Strategic Intelligence (SI) Track

Program Structure

Below is a sample Government SI Track program overview. For a more specific program overview, consult the Academic Catalog for your year.

Patrick Henry College structures its academic program around its distinctive, classical liberal arts Core Curriculum, consisting of 63 credits plus foreign language. Building on the foundation of PHC’s exceptional Core, Government students will take:

Major Courses (47 credits)

Government Courses

(12 credits)

American Political Institutions

Comparative Politics

International Relations

Executive Presentation Lab

Intelligence Research & Analysis

Strategic Intelligence Courses

(12 credits)

Introduction to Intelligence in National Security

Strategic AI Literacy

Counterintelligence

Counterterrorism

Apprenticeship Courses

(9 credits)

            Internship in Strategic Intelligence

Major Electives

(13 credits)

     Area Studies Elective 

     (choose 3)

 Independent Study in American/European History 

 Topics in American/European History (topics vary) 

 History of Islam  

 Modern Chinese History 

 Modern Middle East 

 History of Modern Russia 

 Independent Study in Historical Studies 

 Topics in Historical Studies (topics vary) 

 Adv. Technol. & Ethics in Intelligence & Nat'l Security

 The Strategic Environment 

 Psychology & Leadership Analysis in Intelligence 

 Foreign Study: Hist. & Geography of the Middle East 

 Topics in Intelligence & National Security: (various) 

 European Politics 

 Politics of Developing Nations 

 Public International Law 

 IPP Area Studies: (topics vary) 

 Topics in International Studies: (topics vary)

 Discrete Math 

 Linear Algebra 

      Apprenticeship Electives

      (choose 10 credits)

Moot Court/Mock Trial/Forensics Activities

Practicum in Government: Logic & Law

Directed Research

Adv. Technol. & Ethics in Intelligence & National Security

Special Projects in SI

Open Electives

(12 credits)

Credit earned in the attainment of foreign language ability may be applied to Open Electives.