Overview
- Start dateApril and September
- DurationPart-time PgCert - one year, Part-time PgDip - two years, Part-time MSc - three years
- DeliveryA mix of blended, distance or face-to-face learning with a broad range of assessments including essays, portfolios, presentations and group work.
- QualificationMSc (Capstone), MSc, PgDip, PgCert
- Study typePart-time
- CampusCranfield campus, Cranfield University at Shrivenham, Online
Who is it for?
This course is intended for the following range of students:
- recent graduates wishing to extend their knowledge and skill within the domains of technology, engineering and leadership and management,
- experienced and or qualified engineers, scientists, managers or leaders wishing to extend their skills or apply them in new areas.
Why this course?
The Defence and Security Programme offers the three degree streams to provide blended, flexible education suitable for a range of learners engaged in the complex, evolving defence and security environment. It offers the choice of two tailored learning routes, with extensive elective choices to meet the demands of learners across their career as well as meeting varying employer requirements.
Course details
The programme provides innovation in the concept and delivery. All streams have common core modules providing essential professional competencies and all five of these core modules are delivered entirely at a distance across all streams providing flexibility for the learner. Each stream further provides depth in specialist topics aligned with their relevant range of disciplines.
Many of the elective modules are delivered as residential modules. These combine face to face lecturing, workshops and group work with use of our facilities including laboratories, simulation labs, and computer labs as examples
Course delivery
A mix of blended, distance or face-to-face learning with a broad range of assessments including essays, portfolios, presentations and group work.
Modules
Keeping our courses up-to-date and current requires constant innovation and change. The modules we offer reflect the needs of business and industry and the research interests of our staff and, as a result, may change or be withdrawn due to research developments, legislation changes or for a variety of other reasons. Changes may also be designed to improve the student learning experience or to respond to feedback from students, external examiners, accreditation bodies and industrial advisory panels.
To give you a taster, we have listed the compulsory and elective (where applicable) modules which are currently affiliated with this course. All modules are indicative only, and may be subject to change for your year of entry.
Compulsory modules
All the modules in the following list need to be taken as part of this course:
Introduction to Defence and Security
Stakeholder Management and Organisational Behaviour
Capstone Development and Exploitation (Capstone route only)
Capstone Portfolio (Capstone route only)
Research Methods (MSc route only)
Thesis (MSc route only)
Elective modules
A selection of modules from the following list need to be taken as part of this course:
Counterterrorism and Intelligence
Defence Sector and Organisational Behaviour
Leadership Studies Classical and Modern
Legal Ethical and Political Defence and Security Frameworks
Strategic Management in Defence
Project and Programme Management and Defence Leadership
Commercial Relationships in the Defence Environment
Efficient and Effective Through Life Support
Future Military Conflicts and Support to Disasters
Supply Network Management in Defence and the Commercial Environment
Strategic Management and Introduction to Acquisition
The International Dimensions of Defence Acquisition
Sustainable Development in Defence Acquisition
Global Security: Culture and Complexity
Global Security: Emerging Challenges
Managing Defence in the Wider Security Context
Teaching team
You will be taught by Cranfield's leading experts with capability expertise, industry knowledge and collective subject research, as well as external speakers from industry and defence. The Student Academic Support lead for the Defence and Security Programme is Michelle Parcell and the Course Director is Dr Iftikhar Zaidi. The teaching team includes:
Your career
The course aims to ensure that graduates are better prepared to tackle the current and emerging demands of defence and security. Given the rapidly changing nature of this environment the education will allow graduates to recognise emerging trends and respond effectively and proactively. As the course ties together a broad technical and business base and is supported by a wide range of public and private sector organisations the qualification will be noteworthy on the CV’s of those wishing to move into strategic and operational positions in the defence and security sector.
How to apply
Applicants may be invited to attend an interview. Applicants based outside of the UK may be interviewed either by telephone or video conference.
