STT - NATO Simulation and Field Experience POL 480 (5)
This Field School has three segments. The first includes in-classroom learning, day-trip excursions to Maritime Pacific Command in Esquimalt, Canadian Forces Base Comox (RCAF), and CAF facilities and training in Chilliwack, guest lectures by academics and foreign and military officers mostly by video-conferencing, and simulation training. In the second segment, the Field School travels to Brussels for one week of briefings and observations at NATO headquarters (including the Canadian Joint Delegation), SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe) in Mons, and the Canadian Mission to the European Union. This is followed by a second week in Rome at the NATO Defense College (NDC). The 間眅埶AV team will go through 4-5 days of professional NATO simulation, using NDC curriculum and the support of NDC staff. The Field School will receive briefings on a one-day trip to Joint Forces Command in Naples. Prerequisite: 2.5 gpa, 8 units in FASS. Corequisite: POL 449.