Advanced Topics in International Security

Undergraduate

This seminar will focus on issues that are driving the contemporary fields of strategic and security studies. Members of the seminar will read and discuss recent research on topics including Canadian and American defence and security policy, proliferation, the arms trade, energy security, and changes in military strategy. Students are expected to learn through active participation in the class. Students are also expected to have some background knowledge of global politics and some understanding of recent conflict. The course is restricted to Political Science and International Relations majors in semesters 5 to 8. [Students must have taken POLS-1600 (Introduction to International Relations) before taking this class. While not a pre-requisite, it is also recommended that students take POLS-2670 (Strategic Studies) before this class, although the instructor will permit students into the course without it.]