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Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Business Administration
Royal Military College of Canada, Canada
- Degree
- Bachelor's
- Next intake
- Fall (late August) start for the full-time academic year; ROTP applications close 31 January.
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Royal Military College of Canada, Canada
The Master of Defence Studies (MDS) is a professional one-year Master's degree awarded by the Royal Military College of Canada and approved by the Ontario Council of Graduate Studies. It is offered only to Canadian and foreign senior military officers and other government department employees selected to attend the residential Joint Command and Staff Programme (JCSP) at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto, or to JCSP graduates of the last three years.
Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities | Department: Defence Studies (Canadian Forces College, Toronto) | Duration: One year, concurrent with the Joint Command and Staff Programme | Study mode: full-time | Location: Kingston, Ontario, Canada
The degree investigates relationships between the Profession of Arms and national security policy, including military command, leadership, operations and strategy, peace support and domestic operations, and defence resource management, drawing on disciplines such as economics, history, international relations and strategic studies.
Restricted to officers and government employees selected to attend the JCSP at the Canadian Forces College (or JCSP graduates within the last three years); applications from others are not considered. Applicants normally need a four-year Honours Bachelor's degree in Arts, Science or Engineering, or equivalent, with at least a B- (70%) average. The MDS has not been available to JCSP distance learning students after 2019.
Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the courses you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.
Graduate studies (except MBA) Fall term 2026 starts 14 September. MBA courses start with Block 1 in July.
The graduate studies application fee is $100.00 (non-refundable). Applications are submitted through the RMC online application form.
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Royal Military College of Canada, Canada
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Royal Military College of Canada, Canada
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Royal Military College of Canada, Canada
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Royal Military College of Canada, Canada
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Royal Military College of Canada, Canada
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Royal Military College of Canada, Canada
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Royal Military College of Canada, Canada
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