Pathway table for MA Air Power in the Modern World,
assuming no interruptions.
Total credits required to be completed for the masters degree is 180. Each module is 20 credits. The Dissertation is
60 credits.
Year 1
Term 1:
Term 2:
Term 3:
September to December
January to March
April to June
Online Induction (two weeks
from start date: new entrants
only)
History of Contemporary
Air Power Studies 1: The
Warfare 2: From Cold War
Quest to Remove Battle from
to War on Terror, 1975–2011 War (7SSWM152)
(7SSWM198)
History of Contemporary
Warfare 1: The early Cold
War, 1945–1975
(7SSWM197)
Air Power Studies 2: Case
Studies of Integrated Air
Power (7SSWM153)
Option 1*
Year 2
Option 2* PLUS start the 4
week Dissertation
Preparation module,
(7SSWM181) concurrent
with last option.
Researching and writing
dissertation (July to
December).
(Year
3) *
Researching and writing
dissertation
SUBMIT DISSERTATION
- MARCH
GRADUATE - JULY
*A selection of options modules:
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African Security (7SSWM183)
Conflict in Russia and the Post-Soviet Space (7SSWM229)
Critical Security Studies (forthcoming)
Insurgency and Counterinsurgency (7SSWM187)
Intelligence in War and Peace (7SSWM199)
International Law and the Use of Force (7SSWM186)
Japan, China, and Great Power Competition in East Asia (forthcoming)
Middle Eastern Security (7SSWM182)
Seapower (7SSWM200)
South Asian Security (7SSWM184)
Strategic Dimensions and Contemporary Warfare (7SSWM179)
Transitional Justice and Human Rights (forthcoming)
Note: All options modules are subject to availability and not every module is available in every term.
Compulsory modules may be available as options subject to availability.
*Year 3: not a formal teaching year; writing and submitting the dissertation (no fees apply).
Accreditation
If you have been accredited 20 credits for successfully passing ICSC(A) you go directly to Air Power
Studies 2 in term 3 of Year 1. If you are not an ICSC(A) graduate you must take both air power studies
core modules, Air Power Studies 1 and 2.
Accreditation eligibility and reduced fee information is available on our website.
British military students from the UK Defence Academy
British Army, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and Royal Marines students: if you have successfully
completed either of the ICSC(L), ICSC(M) or ICSC(A) courses at the Joint Services Command and Staff
College, Shrivenham, Wiltshire, UK, you may be eligible for 20 credits to be put towards a War Studies
Online Programme.
Royal Air Force students
Students who have completed the ICSC(A) course may be eligible for 20 credits to be put towards MA Air
Power in the Modern World.
UK civil servants and UK military
All UK civil servants and all UK military, full-time or reserve, may be eligible for reduced fees in year 1 of
MA Air Power in the Modern World only.
If you think any of these special categories applies to you, contact the Programme Co-ordinator, Menisha
Gor, on [email protected], or +44 (0) 20 7848 1430.