MA in Strategy and International Security

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University of Hull

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• Objectives
  The aim of the degree is to give students a background in the theory and practice of strategy and security from the perspective of the defence professional. By the end of the degree students should: • understand the history and development of the discipline of strategic studies; • understand the key concepts of strategic thought; • understand how such real world factors as 'friction' complicate attempts to apply strategic ideas in practice.
• Academic title
  MA in Strategy and International Security
• Course description
  Programme structure
  
  Core
  
  Strategic Studies and Security I
  
  The aim of this module is to ground students in the basic
  concepts of strategy. It focuses on the period from 1945
  onwards. In addition to presenting current strategic
  theory, it also discusses the history and sociology of the
  strategic studies discipline. By the end of the module the
  student should understand the roots of strategic studies as
  an academic discipline, the impact of culture and
  geography on strategic thought and the influence of
  nuclear weapons on strategy.
  
  Strategic Studies and Security II
  
  The aim of this module is to introduce students to the
  problems of applying strategic concepts in practice. By the
  end of the module the student should have grappled with
  the problem of making strategic plans under conditions of
  uncertainty; considered the uses and problems of alliances;
  have understood the concepts of 'friction' and 'strategic
  stability'; and explored the conditions which promote
  peace and those which encourage intervention in each
  other's affairs.
  
  All students must write a 15,000 word dissertation.
  
  In Addition
  
  In each semester students must take 40 credits of
  additional modules (usually two extra modules) from a
  list that may include:
  
  Semester 1
  
  • Strategic Thought I: Pre-Nuclear Thinkers
  • Maritime Strategy
  • British Naval Policy in the Twentieth Century
  • IR Theory: Classical and Post Classical Approaches
  Semester 2
  • Strategic Thought II - Thinkers of the Nuclear Age
  • Contemporary Maritime Security
  • British Defence Policy Since 1945
  • Intelligence and Statecraft
  • IR Theory - Practical Applications and Case Studies
  A research-training package can be substituted for two
  of the above modules.

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