Master of Strategic Studies (Advanced)

Master

In Canberra (Australia)

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Canberra (Australia)

  • Start date

    Different dates available

  • Credits

    96

This unique and highly regarded ANU graduate program opens the right doors for students seeking a successful career. Our program offers advanced coursework and research opportunities in strategic studies.You will develop strong analytical frameworks and practical skills for understanding the leading challenges in strategy and security policy. These approaches are explored in the context of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre’s main research and teaching concentrations of Australian defence and security issues, Asia-Pacific security and global strategic issues.

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Location

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Canberra (Australia)
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The Australian National University, ACT 0200

Start date

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About this course

A Bachelor degree or international equivalent with a minimum GPA of 6/7.
Applicants with a Bachelor Degree or Graduate Certificate in a cognate discipline may be eligible for 24 units (one semester) of credit.
Applicants with a Graduate Diploma or Honours in a cognate discipline may be eligible for 48 units (one year) of credit.
Students must achieve a minimum 70% weighted average mark in the first 72 units of courses attempted in order to remain enrolled in the Master of Strategic Studies (Advanced).

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Subjects

  • Conflict
  • Diplomacy
  • Politics
  • Military
  • Security
  • Teaching
  • International
  • Global
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Course programme

The Masters of Strategic Studies (Advanced) requires the completion of 96 units which must consist of:

36 units from completion of the following initial component:

30 units from completion of the following compulsory courses:

STST8001 Strategic Studies

STST8002 The New Power Politics of Asia

STST8052 Strategy in Action: Orchestrating the Elements of National Power

STST8010 Strategic Studies Concepts and Methods

6 units from completion of one of course from the following list:

STST8004 Australian Strategic and Defence Policy

STST8051 Great and Powerful Friends: Strategic alliances and Australian security

36 units from completion of the following concluding component:

36 units from completion of courses from the following list:

INTR8067 U.S. Security Policy in the Asia-Pacific

INTR8053 Ethics of Peace and War

MEAS8112 Dynamics of Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

MEAS8113 The Gulf Strategic Environment

NSPO8010 Civil-Military Relations

NSPO8013 Disease, Security and Biological Weapons

NSPO8014 Ethics and Technologies of War

STST8004 Australian Strategic and Defence Policy

STST8013 China's Defence and Strategic Challenges

STST8017 Special Topics in Strategic Studies

STST8021 Intelligence and Security

STST8026 Nuclear Strategy in the Asian Century

STST8027 Insurgency & Counterinsurgency in an Age of Terror

STST8032 Why and How We Fight: Understanding War and Conflict

STST8033 Contemporary Issues in Australian Defence Policy

STST8051 Great and Powerful Friends: Strategic alliances and Australian security

24 units from the completion of following research component:

24 units from completion of courses from the following list:

STST7001 Strategic Studies Sub-thesis - Full-time

STST7002 Strategic Studies Sub-thesis - Part-time

Students must complete all courses in the initial component to continue to the concluding component.

Students must achieve a minimum of 70% weighted average mark in the initial and concluding coursework components to continue to the research component.

Students who do not achieve a minimum 70% weighted average mark in the initial and concluding coursework components will be transferred to the Master of Strategic Studies.

Master of Strategic Studies (Advanced)

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