Military, security and strategic studies - MSS - Course

This course-based master’s program combines a strong military-oriented, liberal arts core with opportunities to study more technical subject matter, placing the technicalities of war and defence-related subjects, past and present, within the context of the overall human experience. With flexible programs, leading scholars in a variety of disciplines, and generous funding opportunities, we strive to ensure students at the university’s Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies achieve success in their pursuits.

Completing this program

• Core Courses: Classics of Strategy, Advanced Analysis of International Relations and Strategic Studies.

• Block Week Course: Students will complete Military and Strategic Studies: Questions and Methods in the week preceding their first term.

• Additional Courses: May include arctic security, Canadian military studies, U.S. security, ethics and morality, intelligence, and other topics.

• Cooperative Education: Students complete an eight-month work placement in the second year, in place of three non-core courses.

Specializations

• Co-operative Education

Banking, Police Service, Government, Military Procurement, Oil and Gas, NATO, Advocacy Groups.

A course-based master’s degree in military and strategic studies is usually considered a final degree.