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Location

Library Tower, 7^th floor

Faculty number

(403) 220-4038

Fax

(403) 282-0594

E-mail address

tjderkse@ucalgary.ca

Web page URL

http://www.stratnet.ucalgary.ca

Master of Strategic Studies (MSS), course-based (including the co-operative education option) or thesis-based

Students in the Master of Military And Strategic Studies program may choose an interdisciplinary specialization in Israel Studies. For further information on the Israel Studies (Interdisciplinary) specialization, see the separate listing in this Calendar.

Applicants wishing to discuss the possibility of doing a doctoral program with a specialization in Strategic Studies should contact the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies.

In addition to the requirements of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, CMSS requires:

a.A Bachelor's degree grade point average of at least 3.4 on a 4.0 point scale

b.A writing sample

c.Agreement to supervise from a potential supervisor

d.A research proposal from applicants to the thesis-based program

Deadlines for the submission of complete applications:

15 January for September admission

In the course-based program, advanced credit may be given for a maximum of two half-courses at the senior undergraduate (500) level. The applicant must make advanced credit requests as part of the admission process. Credit will not be given for course work taken as part of another completed degree/diploma or for courses taken to bring the grade point average to the required level for admission.

In addition to Faculty requirements, the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies requires:

(a) That all students take, in any sequence, the following three core area half courses:

STST 655/HTST 655 Classics of Strategy

POLI 681 Advanced Analysis of International Relations

POLI 685 Strategic Studies

(b) That students take, in any sequence, two of the following core half-courses from the listed areas of concentration:

(1) Arctic Security

STST 661 Circumpolar Security

(2) Canadian Military Studies

STST 609/HTST 609 Canada and the Second World War

STST 613[STST613/HTST 613 Canada and the First World War

STST 611 Canadian Military Studies

(3) Defence Economics

ECON 611 Independent Study: Topics in Defence Economics

(4) Domestic Security/Hemispheric Security

(5) Ethics and Morality in Conflict

STST 619/POLI 619 War and Interpretation

PHIL 609 Topics in the History of Philosophy - Just War Theory

(6) Intelligence and Security

STST 657 Intelligence, Information Operations and Command, Control, Communications and Computers

(7) Israeli Security Studies

ISST 601 Modern Israel

(8) Military Anthropology

ANTH 641 Graduate Seminar in Civil Military Relations

(9) Sea Power

STST 659 Sea Power

(10) Unconventional Warfare

STST 689/POLI 689 Unconventional Warfare

POLI 675 Special Topics in Comparative Politics

(c) That all students take one elective half-course:

STST 651 Reading Seminar I

STST 653 Research Seminar I

Any other graduate course pertinent to the student's thesis topic (with the approval of the Graduate Co-ordinator).

(d) That in addition to five core half-courses, course-based students take seven half-course electives Consult the department website for a list of recommended elective courses. The co-operative education option is part of the course-based MSS program. Students will complete an 8-month work placement during their second year, which will replace three elective half-courses. Thesis-based MSS students will be permitted to transfer to the co-operative education option during their first year of study. For further information interested students should contact the CMSS faculty co-operative education advisor or the department website.

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Students enrolled in the thesis program may apply to take one 500-level half-course for graduate credit, but may be required to complete additional assignments for the course.

Expected completion time for the thesis-based and course-based Master of Strategic Studies is two years. Maximum completion time is four years for the thesis-based Master of Strategic Studies and six years for the course-based Master of Strategic Studies.

Students must contact a possible supervisor before admission. Agreement from a supervisor must be included in the application package.

Students in the course-based program are required to pass an oral comprehensive examination no later than six months after the completion of the course work. This examination is designed to test the student's mastery of the core requirements of the program as well as his/her chosen area of technical or specialized expertise.

Final thesis oral examinations are open.

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Faculty members and their areas of interest may be found at www.cmss.ucalgary.ca.