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M.A. in International Relations for Graduates of the Joint Forces Staff College

Creighton's graduate program in International Relations (INR) offers an accelerated degree program permitting graduates of the Joint and Combined Warfighting School-Intermediate (JCSW-1) or Joint and Combined Warfighting School - Senior (JCWS-S) to complete a Master of Arts (M.A.) in International Relations through shared academic credits between the Joint Forces Staff College and Creighotn's Graduate School.  

Applicants to this program will not be required to complete a separate graduate entrance examination such as the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).  Letters of recommendation also will not be required.  

JCWS-1 and JCWS-S graduates will be granted nine hours of credit toward completion of the M.A. in INR.  Students exercising the opportunity must pursue the thesis option.  

A JCWS-1 and JCWS-S graduate who has already completed a master's degree from another accredited college or university will be eligible to transfer an additional three hours of elective credit toward the INR degree if appropriate coursework in INR was part of the earlier graduate work.

Masters completion program for Joint Forces Staff College graduates:

  1. NDU students will be granted nine hours of transfer credit
  2. The remaining twenty-four hours toward obtaining an M.A. in INR will be divided as follows.
    1. INR 790, seminar in research methods and international relations (3 hours)
    2. Any two of the following four seminars introducing the major sub-disciplines in international relations (6 hours)
      1. INR 538, international trade and finance (3 hours)
      2. INR 602, proseminar in international politics (3 hours)
      3. INR 603, American diplomatic history (3 hours)
      4. INR 604, proseminar in comparative politics (3 hours)
    3. Three electives (9 hours)
    4. INR 790, thesis (6 hours)
  3. Students will also be required to take one comprehensive examination. (Comprehensive examinations are offered in each of the four sub-disciplines introduced by the seminars at paragraph 2b. above. NDU students must present a comprehensive examination in one of the two sub-disciplines in which they took the required seminar.)