Courses Offering 2024-2025

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Video Conference courses (VC) / Distance Learning courses (DL) 

  • Video conference courses (online VC) are offered in a synchronous seminar format with students attending classes at RMC or CFC Toronto or attending onsite classes via video link from their locations.
  • Distance learning (DL) courses are offered asynchronously via distributed readings and written interaction (blogs and posts).
  • The same course is offered at the PhD level by registering in WS 6XX, instead of WS 5XX. 

Note: the course codes starting with ÉGxxx are offered in French.

Summer 2024 (1cr) 

Course Instructor Time/location Dates
WS597 Post-Cold War Nuclear Policy (DL) L. Bond Asynchonously  21 May - August 2024
WS697 Post-Cold War Nuclear Policy (DL) L. Bond Asynchonously  21 May - August 2024

Fall 2024 - Winter 2025(2cr)  

Course Instructor Time/location Dates
WS 500 Theories of War from the 18th Century to the Present (DL) A. Iarocci Asynchonously September 2024 - April 2025
WS 600 Theories of War from the 18th Century to the Present (VC & DL) M. Hennessy Wed, 1800-2100hrs (1hr) September 2024 - April 2025
ÉG 500 Les théories de la guerre depuis le 18e siècle (VC) M. Djebabla  Friday, 1300-1600hrs (1hr) September 2024 - April 2025
ÉG 600 Les théories de la guerre depuis le 18e siècle (VC) M. Djebabla Friday, 1300-1600hrs (1hr) September 2024 - April 2025

Fall 2024

Course Instructor Time/location Dates
ÉG 509 Évolution et théorie du maintien de la paix à l'échelle internationale (VC) M. Deleuze Monday, 1800-2100hrs, Massey Hall, Rm 324 - Also offered by VC. September-December 2024
WS 507 Methodology (VC) M. Fejes Thurs. 1600-1900hrs September-December 2024
WS 607 Methodology (VC) M. Fejes Thurs. 1600-1900hrs September-December 2024
WS 519 Studies of Genocide (VC & onsite) Rob Williams Tues, 1600-1900hrs, CH, Rm 101 September-December 2024
WS 619  Studies of Genocide (VC & onsite) Rob Williams Tues, 1600-1900hrs, CH, Rm 101 September-December 2024
WS  548  Russian Foreign and Security Policy (VC) Ian Garner TBD September-December 2024
WS 648 Russian Foreign and Security Policy (VC) Ian Garner TBD September-December 2024
WS 563 Topics in Literature and War (Classical Period to the First World War) (VC and onsite) S. Lukits Tues. 1100-1250hrs & Friday 1100-1150hrs, M313B September-December 2024
WS 588 Second World War (VC and onsite) A. Brown Wednesday, 1630-1930hrs, CH101 September-December 2024
WS 688 Second World War (VC and onsite) A. Brown Wednesday, 1630-1930hrs, CH101 September-December 2024
WS 589 Issues of National Security in International Relations: Theories and Practice since 1945 (VC) J. Boulden Monday, 1700-1900hrs September-December 2024
WS 689 Issues of National Security in International Relations: Theories and Practice since 1945 (VC) J. Boulden Monday, 1700-1900hrs September-December 2024
WS 595 Armed Forces in Society (DL) J. Sokolsky Asynchonously  September-December 2024
WS 695 Armed Forces in Society (DL) J. Sokolsky Asynchonously  September-December 2024

Winter 2025  (Other courses will likely be added later)

Course Instructor Time/location Dates
ÉG 535 La sécurité au Moyen-Orient/Afrique du Nord et le système Mondial /International (VC or DL) A. Dizboni TBD Jan-April 2025
ÉG 635 La sécurité au Moyen-Orient/Afrique du Nord et le système Mondial /International (VC or DL)
(Students may take this course in French but can submit their papers in English)
A. Dizboni TBD Jan-April 2025
ÉG 569 La géopolitique de l'énergie (VC or DL) P. Jolicoeur TBD Jan-April 2025
ÉG 569 La géopolitique de l'énergie (VC or DL) P. Jolicoeur TBD Jan-April 2025

WS523 Human Psychological Factors, Ergonomics, and Human Performance During Combat (VC or DL)

TBC TBD Jan-April 2025
WS 623 Human Psychological Factors, Ergonomics, and Human Performance During Combat (VC or DL) TBC TBD Jan-April 2025
WS 532 War and Warfare in the Middle East and Africa (VC or DL) TBC TBD Jan-April 2025
WS 632 War and Warfare in the Middle East and Africa (VC or DL) TBC TBD Jan-April 2025
WS 543 First World War (VC or DL) TBC TBD Jan-April 2025
WS 643 First World War (VC or DL) TBC TBD Jan-April 2025
WS 551 Evolution of Cold War Strategy (VC or DL) J. Keess TBD Jan-April 2025
WS 651 Evolution of Cold War Strategy (VC or DL) J. Keess TBD Jan-April 2025
WS 557 Advanced Directed Studies - Canadian Defence Policy (VC or DL) D. McFarling TBD Jan-April 2025
WS 657 Advanced Directed Studies - Canadian Defence Policy (VC or DL) D. McFarling TBD Jan-April 2025
WS 592 Canada and War (VC or DL) D. Delaney TBD Jan-April 2025
WS 692 Canada and War (VC or DL) D. Delaney TBD Jan-April 2025

Note:

Students undertaking the programme onsite in Kingston are reminded that RMC and Queens have a memorandum of understanding which allows RMC students to take courses at Queen’s University and vice-versa. Queen’s graduate courses thematically appropriate to War Studies include:

HIST 876 Canada at War (1 cr)
An exploration of war in a Canadian context, with an emphasis on how war has shaped Canadian society and the relationship between Canada and its armed forces. Topics to be studied, from a Canadian perspective, include the military as a profession, military culture, combat stress, leadership, gender and sexuality in the military, and mutinies.
POLS-861 International Security (1 cr)
This course will focus on foreign policy analysis and international security, with a focus on alliances, defence cooperation, and issues affecting national and international peace and security.
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