OLD Required Course Material

In order to take this course, you need to have the required course materials and an active Penn State Access Account user ID and password (used to access the on-line course resources). Approximately two weeks prior to the course start date the World Campus will mail a Course Welcome Letter to you that includes detailed information about how to begin.

If you do not receive the Course Welcome Letter, please contact the World Campus' Student Services group immediately so that they can send you the information you need. They can be reached at 1-800-252-3592 in the US or internationally at 814-865-5403 ( country code 1). You may reach them by e-mail at psuwd@psu.edu.

There are two required texts for this course, which should be purchased from your favorite bookseller. Please be sure that you purchase the correct editions.

1. Lowenthal, Mark M. 2009. Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy (4^th Edition), Washington DC: CQ Press.
2. O Tuathail (Toal), Gerod. et al editors. 2006. The Geopolitics Reader (2^nd Edition), New York: Routledge.

Using Penn State Library Resources

Many of Penn State's library resources can be utilized from a distance. Through the Library Resources and Services for World Campus and Distance Education site, you can...

• access electronic databases, and even full text articles, from the LIAS Fast Track,
• borrow materials and have them delivered to your doorstep...or even your desktop,
• access materials that your instructor may have put on Electronic Reserve,
• talk to reference librarians in real time using the "Virtual Reference Service",
• ...and much more.

NOTE: You must be registered with the University Libraries in order to take full advantage of the Libraries' resources and services. You can register at the following URL https://sserver3.libraries.psu.edu/libraries/tas/ill/REGIS.HTM. Registration and services are free.