RDJP said:
Would there be a specific Master's Degree that would be useful....Strategic Studies, Military Studies, etc. Something geared specifically towards military personnel, that would not be just a "feather in your hat" degree.
So I asked my buddy this question today. He is over at DGMP and lives this topic. He sent me a list. He notes that there are 108 Masters and PhD (although not many) level degrees that are of interest to the CF. Each one is carefully scrutinized yearly for relevance and the completion of each degree is targeted at a specific job / set of jobs and hence it is often restricted to a MOC.
Here is the list for giggles. Some of the more exotic topics are done in the US / UK or elsewhere. Sometimes more then one type of post grad degree will meet the requirements of the post grad degree topic listed below.
There are of course the Air Force guys... mostly guys who are designing airplane systems:
AERE
Aircraft Structures
Aircraft Propulsion Systems
Aerodynamics
Systems Engineer – Avionics Instrumentation
Design, Development and Selection of Air Weapons
Aerospace Systems Engineering
Aircraft Communications Systems Engineering
Imaging Systems Engineering
Signal Processing Systems
Non-Destructive Testing
Radar Systems Research and Circuit Design
Reliability, Maintainability and Systems Analysis
Underwater Acoustics
Electro-Optics Engineering and Maintenance
Human Factor Engineering
ADP Management Information Systems
Advanced Ammunition Engineering
Airborne Electronic Warfare Systems
Masters of Science and Engineering in Robotics
Air Combat Systems Officer
Human Factor Engineering
Navigation Technology
Pilot
Navigation Technology
Then there are the signals types:
Signals and CELE Officers
Telecommunications Management
Radar Systems Research and Circuit Design
Reliability, Maintainability and Systems Analysis
Electro-Optics Engineering and Maintenance
ADP Management Information Systems
Electrical Engineering – Communications
Land Data Fusion Systems
Masters of Science and Engineering in Robotics
CELE
Radar System Design
And the Navy folks who do advanced stuff with ships.
Naval Combat Systems Engineering
Combat Systems Engineering
Radar System Design
Industrial Engineering
Reliability, Maintainability and Systems Analysis
Underwater Acoustics
Guided Weapons Systems
ADP Management Information Systems
Electrical Engineering – Communications
Advanced Ammunition Engineering
Masters of Science and Engineering in Robotics
Naval Architecture
Interdisciplinary Masters in Asia Pacific Studies
Maritime Surface and Sub-Surface Officer
Advanced Ammunition Engineering
Survey Engineering
Ocean Acoustics
Interdisciplinary Masters in Asia Pacific Studies
Marine Systems Engineering
Master of Engineering (Electrical)
Marine Systems – Control and Instrumentation Engineering
Marine Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Reliability, Maintainability and Systems Analysis
Guided Weapons Systems
ADP Management Information Systems
Naval Architecture
Masters of Science and Engineering in Robotics
Masters of Engineering – Fire Safety
Interdisciplinary Masters in Asia Pacific Studies
Naval Engineering Officer
Interdisciplinary Masters in Asia Pacific Studies
And the engineers who build things and project manage:
Engineer Officer and Construction Engineering Officer
Environmental Engineering
Town Planning
Research and Development Explosives
ADP Management Information Systems
Construction Engineering Officer
Soil Mechanics
Facilities Manager
Electrical Mechanical Engineering Officer
Land Mobility Systems
Land Weapon Systems (Ballastic)
Radar System Design
Radar Systems Research and Circuit Design
Industrial Engineering
Reliability, Maintainability and Systems Analysis
Guided Weapons Systems
Electro-Optics Engineering and Maintenance
ADP Management Information Systems
Electrical Engineering – Communications
Advanced Ammunition Engineering
Masters of Science and Engineering in Robotics
Engineer Officer
Human Factor Engineering
Advanced Ammunition Engineering
Masters of Science and Engineering in Robotics
And the other specialists...
Military Police Officer
Police Research
Intelligence Officer – Sea
Master of Arts in War Studies (Intelligence)
Interdisciplinary Masters in Asia Pacific Studies
Legal Officer
International Law
Contract Law
Constitutional Law
Criminal Law
Military Law
Legislative Drafting
Logistics Officer (Any)
Nutrition and Food Services Standards Specialist
Food Service Administration
Advanced Ammunition Engineering
Training Development Officer
Instructional Technology
Human Performance Technology
Personnel Selection Officer
Psychology (MA or MSc or PhD)
Chaplain
Canon Law
Ethics
Pastoral Counselling
Ecumenism
And health services folk.
Dental Officer
Oral Maxillo facial Surgery
Prosthodontics
Periodontics
Public Health Dentistry
General Dentistry
Pharmacy Officer
Pharmacy
Medical Officer
Advanced Aerospace Medicine
Hyperbaric Physiology and Diving Medicine
Health Services Administration
Medical Specialist Officer
Thoracic Surgery
Anaesthesia
Internal Medicine
Psychiatry
Diagnostic Radiology
General Surgery
Orthopaedic Surgery
Health Care Administration Officer / Health Services Operations Officer
Health Services Administration
Bio Science Officer
Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Health
Human Factor Engineering
Nursing Officer
Nursing
Physiotherapy Officer
Physiotherapy
And some combat arms guys... mostly tech staff dudes
Infantry / Armour / Artillery Officer
Land Weapon Systems (Ballastic)
Human Factor Engineering
Artillery Officer
Guided Weapons Systems
Then there is a collection of Post Grads which are targeted for specific jobs that any CF officer who is interested, able to get into a grad school program and in the right place at the time to fill the slot can be sent on.
Any Officer
Space Systems Operations
Operations Research/Systems Analysis
Electrical Engineering Real Time Digital Systems
Mechanical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Nuclear Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Computer Systems Design
System Engineering (Logistics Option)
Economics
Masters of Business Administration
Military and Strategic Studies
Computer Software Management
Mathematics
Physics (MSc or PhD)
Financial Management
English (PhD)
History (PhD)
Politics (PhD)
Special Operations Defence Analyst
Applied Ethics
Modelling and Simulation
Force Protection Engineering
Masters of Defence Engineering and Management
Research and Development – Subsurface Sensing
Computer Network Security
Enjoy
MC