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Military & Strategic Studies

 

MSS Major Requirements

42 credit hours beyond Academy core requirements MSS Major’s Core (12 sem hrs) Philos  311   War, Morality & the Military Profession MSS    450   Toward New Horizons in Military & Strategic Power MSS    379   Research Methods in Military & Strategic Studies MSS    498   Capstone Thesis in Military & Strategic Studies Military Theory, select two (6 sem hrs) One 300 Level Course MSS   365   Developing the Air Force Strategist                                         MSS   369   Strategy, Society and the Airman One 400 Level Course MSS   462   Military Innovation and Transformation MSS   463   Irregular Warfare and Armed Groups Comparative Military Strategy, select three (9 sem hrs) MSS   490   Military Strategies of Asia and the Pacific                                         MSS   491   Military Strategies of North America MSS   492   Military Strategies of Latin America MSS   493   Military Strategies of Europe and Russia MSS   494   Military Strategies of Africa MSS   496   Military Strategies of Western and Central Asia Functional Domains , select three (9 sem hrs) MSS    470   Information Operations & Cyberspace MSS    477   Airpower Planning & Employment MSS    480   Operational Art in Surface Warfare MSS    485   Space as an Element of National Power Advanced Elective, (3 sem hrs) Any DF course at the 300 or 400 level   Humanities Division Requirement: Foreign Language (6 sem hrs) All majors in the Humanities Division require a total of 12 semester hours of a foreign language (four courses, 6 sem hrs in the major and 6 sem hrs are included in core) As a MSS Major, you will take the advanced version of our core course in joint and coalition operations, MSS 420. *The MSS Major is a disciplinary major in the Humanities Division, all of which comprise: 96 hrs DF core; 5 hrs AD core; and 3 hrs Academy Option; totaling 146 semester hours (the same total hours for all majors). Return to Top

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