Accredited Online Military Studies Grad programs

[JGaltTRex]

Anybody out there know of a good Masters level, online Military Studies program?
Doing a quick Google search brings up quite a few, but I haven't been able to find any third-party rankings or reviews of any.

Any info anyone has would be greatly appreciated.

[USAFINTEL]

There are alot of programs out there.

American Military University offers a variety of programs

http://www.amu.apus.edu/Academics/Degree-Programs/index.htm

Norwhich UNiversity Offers two online master of arts one in military history the other in National Security and Diplomacy

www.norwich.edu

[0699]

I don't know if you'd call it a "military studies" program, but Sam Houston State University in Texas (where else...) offers an online Masters degree in Military History. They have some good prices, especially if you're a Texas resident or in the military.

www.shsu.edu

This is the program I'm looking at for myself. I like the Norwich program too, but they are awful expensive.

[JGaltTRex]

To both of you guys - thanks.
I'll check these places out.

[Jimbo]

http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/ws/ps/tpg/wimw


King's offers online war studies degree


Donald MacLeod
Wednesday March 26, 2003
guardian.co.uk

It is a course that has the potential to bring together students (and soldiers) in Baghdad, Washington, London and Beijing to discuss the bloody events of the week.

A new online degree in war studies from King's College London is being offered worldwide by Britain's e-University - now known as UKeU.

From January, students will be reading, writing essays and engaging in online seminars run by staff at King's prestigious department of war studies, headed by Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman. The masters in War in the Modern World aims to cover all the conflicts since 1945, but the modular structure means material about the latest war in Iraq can be fitted in.

The course has been "created from the ground up", not adapted from existing campus-based courses, said Anne-Lucie Norton, director of the e-learning programme. She said war studies courses at King's already attracted students from a wide range of countries - nearly half are from outside the UK - and the online course hopes to appeal to more who could not afford to come to London for a year or more.

In a subject that arouses strong emotions, one of the key parts of the course will be online seminars, overseen by tutors, spanning different countries and different time zones. Students form any country, including Iraq, will be welcome.

Ms Norton expects some to be graduates who have just finished a first degree, others to be working in government or bodies like aid agencies. Some will be in the military doing it to further their careers, although Ms Norton stressed it was "nothing to do with training". She said: "Students will write essays and have other assigned work. It is very reading based, an intellectual kind of course." Maps and multimedia materials will be available online. King's prides itself on looking at all aspects of warfare "as a human phenomenon" - political, historical, social and economic.

She was coy about the cost, however. "It is not inexpensive, but appropriate to the kind of course it is."

The department of war studies is one of only two departments in the country to be consistently awarded the highest rating over the last three research assessment exercises. Together with the linked teaching department at the Joint Services Command and Staff College, it was also awarded the top mark of 24 out of 24 by the quality assurance agency.