Strategic Studies STST
Instruction offered by members of the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Graduate Coordinator - P. Brennan
Graduate Courses
Only where appropriate to a student's program may graduate credit be received for courses numbered 500-599.
Strategic Studies 609 H(3-0)
(History 609)
Canada and the Second World War
Through examination of topics such as leadership and adapting to warfare, this course will examine the Canadian military's ability to cope with the harsh realities of war. Emphasis will be placed on the political parameters imposed by the Canadian government on the military, the quality of Canadian leadership, and the "fit" between British forms of military organization and the fighting quality of Canadian soldiers, sailors and aircrew.
Strategic Studies 613 H(3-0)
(History 613) (formerly Strategic Studies 651.01)
Canada and the First World War
Discussion topics will focus on the major themes in Canada's Great War military experience, including the Canadian Expeditionary Force's recruitment and training, leadership, tactical doctrine, and integration within the British Expeditionary Force, as well as developments in civil-military relations, conscription politics and the country's postwar military legacy.
Strategic Studies 651 H(3-0)
Reading Seminar I
Prerequisites: Permission of the Graduate Co-ordinator.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Strategic Studies 653 H(3-0)
Research Seminar I
Prerequisites: Permission of the Graduate Co-ordinator.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Strategic Studies 655 H(3-0)
(History 655)
Classics of Strategy
Strategic thought from Sun Tzu to Clausewitz, Mahan to Corbett. Analyzes the writings of classic strategic thinkers, and then by way of case studies examines their theories as they pertain to military and political planners from the Peloponnesian War to the present.