Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0

28. - Military science, leadership and operational art

This series comprises instructional programs that provide professional education and training of military officers in leadership, military science and operational studies, security policy and strategy, military economics and management, and pre-officer training.

28.08 - Military science, leadership and operational art

This subseries comprises instructional program class 28.0801.

28.0801 - Military science, leadership and operational art^CAN

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the skills required to be an officer in the Armed forces. These programs may include courses in: military psychology, leadership, professionalism and ethics; Canadian military history; military operations, tactics, strategy and resource management; nuclear, biological and chemical warfare (NBCW) defence; international affairs, foreign policy and Canadian defence policy; peacekeeping, peacemaking, and conflict analysis and negotiation; military and international law; joint operations planning and strategy; and national security and policy. Pre-officer training programs are also included in this class.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • Canadian forces staff school
  • defence management and policy
  • defence studies
  • joint staff operations programme
  • military and strategic studies
  • military psychology and leadership
  • military studies
  • Regular Officer Training Plan
  • security and defence management and policy
  • war studies

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • defence engineering and management(29.0501)
  • holocaust and genocide studies(30.2101)
  • military history(54.0108)
  • national security studies(45.0902)
  • organizational leadership(52.0213)
  • peace studies and conflict resolution(30.0501)
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police(43.0107)