ATE-332 is an expert-level course in the Advise, Train, and Educate pathway, focused on those SCW members who educate the workforce or engage partners in an educational capacity. This course emphasizes the utilization of evidence-based research in security cooperation education, including in curriculum design. Previously, security cooperation courses were mainly grounded in process and doctrine; this course provides students with a structured mechanism for integrating empirical insights.
Course participants will be able to explain evidence about a partner country; facilitate the use of evidence to bolster strategies, policies, and guidance; and provide guidelines to support the development and execution of security cooperation programs. This allows them to teach security cooperation processes with a deeper, evidence-based understanding of underlying dynamics. The course will also contribute to establishing a shared, even standardized, understanding of key evidence-based concepts in security cooperation.

This 14-hour instructor-led training/education includes a modest amount of pre-reading, in-person learning sessions, and an in-class capstone exercise worth 50% of the final grade. In addition, at the end of the course, students will have two opportunities to achieve an 80% or better on the final multiple-choice assessment to receive their certificate of completion. Students are asked to complete the course evaluation at the end of the course to provide valuable feedback on course design, content, and instruction.

Continuous Education Hours: 14