| Program Detail |
: The Information Age is transforming warfare. Advances in information technology are creating a new operating environment for military forces ? the information battlespace ? and are moving information from a supporting role to a critical aspect of all military operations. To win in the Information Age, military forces must maneuver in the information battlespace and gain information superiority over their opponent. IS363, Theory of Information Superiority, is the study of Information Age Warfare theory and concepts. In this course, students examine how advances in information technology are transforming the nature of the environment in which war is waged and the way in which armed forces organize and operate. Emphasis is on providing the terminology, theory, and emerging concepts required to understand Information Age warfare and military operations in the information battlespace. Topics discussed include: information technology trends, functions and structures of Information Age organizations, information theory, nature and composition of the information battlespace, and command and control processes. Key concepts such as information advantage and information superiority are examined in detail. The course concludes with a discussion of how emerging concepts such as Network Centric Warfare and Effects Based Operations apply the of theory information superiority to the conduct future warfare. |
