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The Royal Military College of Canada, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, offers eight undergraduate degree programmes and a Minor in Military Arts in both English and French. The subjects in the curriculum are selected for their value to future officers in the Canadian Armed Forces.
The eight undergraduate arts programmes listed below have a high proportion of time devoted to mathematics and science. Students pursuing an Bachelor of Arts not only gain knowledge relevant to their field of specialization while eight exercising their communication and and critical thinking skills, but they also examine situations from a military perspective and become aware of contemporary and global issues. A key component of the programme is using examples based on real-life experiences of young officers on operational deployment.
A minor, not linked to any individual programme, is also available through the Faculty of Science; the Minor in Military Arts is an interdisciplinary minor, awarded to students enrolled in four-pillar Science and Engineering degrees recognizing the unique value of the Royal Military College of Canada core curriculum. These are the requirements for the minor in military arts.
Two courses, not linked to any individual programme, are also available through the Faculty of Science; these credit(s) may be applied to approved international exchanges, internships with professionally relevant organizations, and approved experiential learning opportunities These are the details of SSE401 Internship, Exchange, Experiential Learning I and SSE402 Internship, Exchange, Experiential Learning II
Undergraduate Arts Programmes
The links below will connect you to web pages containing the requirements and the course descriptions for the undergraduate programmes leading to a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) or Bachelor of Arts.
Minor in Military Arts
The Minor in Military Arts will include eight (8) credits of which two must be senior level (300/400). It will be structured as follows:
Mandatory courses (3 credits)
Optional courses (5 credits)
SSE401 Internship, Exchange, Experiential Learning I
This course provides a framework to continue studies and professional development in an internship, partner institution, or through experiential learning. Each opportunity must be approved for credit before beginning the work by a sponsoring academic department, which will provide a supervising faculty member, approved course outline and evaluation scheme.
- Note(s):
- These are elective credits usually offered to students working away from the campus and are like directed study for specific circumstances.
- Prerequisite(s):
- Students must normally have completed at least twenty credits in their programme to be eligible and must have a member of programme faculty supervising and evaluating completed work.
- Co-requisite(s):
- Satisfactory performance in other aspects of the RMC programme.
- Exclusion(s):
- Students cannot be awarded this credit for work identified with another named RMC course credit.
- Students must normally have completed at least twenty credits in their programme to be eligible and must have a member of program faculty supervising and evaluating completed work.
- Contact Hours(s):
- 0 - 0 - 9
- Credit(s):
- 1
SSE402 Internship, Exchange, Experiential Learning II
This course provides a framework to continue studies and professional development in an internship, partner institution, or through experiential learning. Each opportunity must be approved for credit before beginning the work by a sponsoring academic department, which will provide a supervising faculty member, approved course outline and evaluation scheme.
- Note(s):
- These are elective credits usually offered to students working away from the campus and are like directed study for specific circumstances.
- Prerequisite(s):
- Students must normally have completed at least twenty credits in their programme to be eligible and must have a member of programme faculty supervising and evaluating completed work.
- Co-requisite(s):
- Satisfactory performance in other aspects of the RMC programme.
- Exclusion(s):
- Students cannot be awarded this credit for work identified with another named RMC course credit.
- Contact Hours(s):
- 0 - 0 - 18
- Credit(s):
- 2