 Intelligence Analysis, Cultural Geography, and Homeland Security. That's a mouthful of a course title, but its length is necessary to convey the complexity of this course. You may be asking yourself what cultural geography has to do with intelligence analysis or homeland security. Well, have you overplayed the game risk? In the game, you're charged with creating and dissolving alliances and conquering and maintaining territory with the ultimate goal of world domination. While an oversimplified example, it really shows the importance of geography, including cultural geography, in intelligence analysis. The goal of this course is to expand upon that and really show you how and why cultural geography is so important to intelligence analysis and homeland security. In the real world, examples of the importance of cultural geography in intelligence analysis and homeland security are all around us. Think about the role that the landscape of Tahrir Square played in the Arab Spring uprising, or the role that nationalism and ethnicity are playing in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Knowledge of cultural geography can only enhance our understanding and analysis of real-world events like these. This course is unique in that it combines two different perspectives. It is both theoretical and application-based. It provides an academic background in cultural geography and asks you to apply that knowledge through a series of exercises related to intelligence and homeland security. Those exercises challenge you to incorporate geographic information systems techniques to demonstrate the applicability of the theory. But don't worry if you don't have a background in GIS. We use Penn State's ArcGIS online framework and provide detailed instructions to help you through the exercises. So if you've been wanting to dip your tone to the world of GIS, this is an excellent course to gain familiarity with ArcGIS online while learning content directly applicable to your major. We hope you'll consider joining us in exploring the intersections of cultural geography, intelligence analysis, and homeland security. In addition to being applicable to your careers, it'll give you the opportunity to think critically about the meaning of words we use in our everyday lives, including things like space, place, identity, landscape, and mobility.