Prerequisites

This is the handbook for a course that I run at the Department of War Studies, King’s College London. You will find all the administrative details for the course on KEATS. This includes, but isn’t limited to: venues/timings for lectures and seminars, deadlines for assessments, my office hours/location. For your convenience, this handbook is available as a pdf file and as a static website.

0.1 Auditing

Usually I am fine with auditing, but for 2020-21, I will not be permitting auditing of this module. Email me if you would like access to the lectures.

0.2 Tasks to Complete Before The First Class

  • Important (You won’t be able to do the first classes without this)
    • Skim read the first two sections of this handbook
    • Check you have access to the readings for week 1 via the reading list link in KEATS
    • Check that you have access to the lecture and seminar meetings for week 0 via the link in KEATS
    • Check you have access to the Microsoft TEAMS page for the class via the link in KEATS
  • Optional
    • Add a picture of yourself to your KEATS profile, and to your KCL Microsoft Office profile
    • Say hello on the welcome discussion thread in KEATS
    • Perform the baseline reflection task in Chapter 9

0.3 Version History

  • v3.1 (18/01/21): Adjusted questions for term 2 lectures and removed separate problems
  • v3.0 (02/01/21): Adjusted group project for term 2
  • v2.0 (20/10/20): Rebalancing course by removing two group projects and some core readings.
  • v1.0 (01/09/25): Initial Release.