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This experience takes students to federal agencies and connects them with DC-based alumni to explore careers in the DC area.

What is the DC Summer Seminar?

100

This is how many credits are required for the NSS Minor?

What is 24 credits?

100

This is the full name of EMTECH

What is the Emerging Technology Policy Lab?

100
This is the year that the Center for National Security was established

What is 2016

100

Name two ways to get involved with NSS without having to undergo any interview process. 

Possible answers: Showing up to events, submitting to the journal, getting to know faculty and staff, hanging out at the house, talking to classmates.

200

This experience includes international visits and involves collaboration with law enforcement, government, academia, the private sector, and intelligence entities.

What is the UK Study Abroad?

200

Which certificate would be most directly associated with creating maps and images to communicate spatial data?

What is the National Security and Geospatial Intelligence Certificate?

200

Participants in this lab work collaboratively as a pro bono consulting firm and think tank for industry partners.

What is EMTECH?

200

According to the mission statement, CNSS exists to develop this group of people.

Who are the next generation of national security professionals?

200

Name five clubs or organizations students can get involved with in NSS.

What are Podcast, Society, Journal, Cyber 9/12, OSIC, EMTECH, and Student Ambassadors? (Any five.)

300

This opportunity is a scholarship and experiential learning program with a Utah-based private intelligence company.

What is the Strider Fellowship?

300

This certificate requires students to take Ethics and Intelligence, Intelligence Cycle and Collections, and Intelligence Analysis and Tradecraft as part of its core.

What is the Intelligence Certificate of Proficiency?

300

This is the month that applications open for EMTECH and OSIC

What is March 2027?

300

Name three of the national security problem sets specifically listed in the description of the BA/BS program.

Possible answers: terrorism, cybersecurity, nuclear proliferation, WMDs, piracy, pandemics, sovereignty/use of force, civil liberties, rule of law.

300

The Utah Deep Tech Sector Initiative is made up of companies involved in scientific research and development in these two broad areas.

What are technology and intelligence?

400

Which interdisciplinary opportunity can provide up to a full-tuition scholarship?

What is the Strider Fellowship?

400

Identify the three interdisciplinary Certificates of Proficiency that NSS offers

What are Business and Security, National Security and Geospatial Intelligence, and Advanced Technology and National Security?

400

Name two types of emerging technology specifically listed as areas EMTECH may research.

What are cybersecurity, AI, robotics, aerospace, and cryptocurrency? (Any two.)

400

Name the amount of degrees and certificates NSS offers (separate)

2 majors 

1 minor 

5 certificates

400

This international student competition challenges teams to respond to an evolving fictional cyber crisis by developing and presenting strategic policy recommendations. Name the competition and the name of UVU's team.

What is the Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge and the W0LV3R1NES?

500

This is the name of the other partner university and program that Strider Technologies also works with.

What is Utah State's Center for Anticipatory Intelligence? 

500

This certificate requires a total of three additional credit hours compared to the other certificate programs.

What is National Security and Geospatial Intelligence?

500

Name three agencies that OSIC pairs students with as an internship

Possible answers: SIAC, Cold Case, Attorney General's office, West Valley PD, Sheriff and Park City PD, Provo PD, Summit County, University of Utah

500

This is how many students are pursuing NSS as a major? 

What is about 126?

500
Give the full name of the I3SC and explain its purpose and benefits. 

What is the Intermountain Intelligence, Industry, and Security Consortium, a collaboration and grant led by UVU's CNSS and USU's CAI that works with industry to develop educational and workforce opportunities in intelligence, security, and deep technology?

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