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University Expert in Actionable Futures and Intelligence Analysis

INFORMATION, PRE-REGISTRATION AND REGISTRATION
Continuing Education
Phone: 91 665 5060
Academic Direction: Chair of Intelligence Services and Democratic Systems. Pº de los Artilleros, s/n. Susana Cuena. 91 488 79 78.

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Basic Information

Presentation

The Chair of Intelligence Services and Democratic Systems, together with The Futures Factory institute, has designed the first University Expert course in Actionable Futures and Intelligence Analysis where prospective techniques will be taught: studying the future to change the present.

Objectives

train prospective professionals who are experts in creating futures with technological enablers capable of preparing trend reports through futures studies

the Program

Subject modules:

  • Module I: Introduction
  • Module II History of prospective and Future Studies
  • Module III: Future Studies: methodology, tools and scenarios
  • Module IV: Quantitative methods
  • Module V: Artificial Intelligence
  • Module VI: Communication, Augmented Reality and Metaverse

Recipients

Access requirements:

University graduates and intelligence, security professionals and members of the State Security Forces and Bodies and the Armed Forces with proven experience in the field of analysis, prospective and/or intelligence and the business and professional world in general. Exceptionally, students who do not have a previous university degree will be admitted. They will have to prove work experience in the world of intelligence and analysis and carry out a prior selection interview.

Selection criteria:

No. of places: minimum of 20. Maximum of 40

Academic Management and Faculty

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Duration and development

Modality: Hybrid

Number of credits: 3 ECTS

Online hours: 24 h.

Contact hours: 12 hours

Place of delivery: URJC Vicálvaro Campus

Online schedule: Tuesday and Thursday from 19:00 p.m. to 21:00 p.m.

In-person hours: Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 14:00 p.m.

Start and end date: from January 9 to March 9, 2024

Reservation of place and enrollment

Pre-registration period: from December 1 to December 12, 2023

Enrollment deadline: from December 13 to December 22, 2023

Title price: 750 €

Possibility of scholarship (if applicable): Does not apply

Documentation to attach, forms and place of delivery

The applicant will present all the scanned documentation, in the formats allowed through the link https://www.urjc.es/estudiar-en-la-urjc/admision/276-formacion-continua#preinscripcion

The documentation that you will have to submit is the following:

Students with a degree obtained from a Spanish university or a Higher Education Institution belonging to another Member State of the European Higher Education Area that provides access to continuing education courses must submit the following documentation:

Students with foreign qualifications must submit the following documentation:

* A university degree (bachelor's or bachelor's degree) is required to access both Master's and Expert and Specialist courses. However, on some occasions the possibility is considered for people without a previous university degree but who can demonstrate professional experience related to the subject of the course to access it.

This possibility must be included in the corresponding academic report and will be subject in all cases to the decision of the Course Director. People who access through this route will only receive a Diploma or a Certificate of University Extension depending on the case.