Graduate Studies Calendar 2011-2012
10. Areas of Military Specialization
10.1 General Information
Each year, the Canadian Forces selects, sponsors and sends to graduate study a number of officers to obtain education and qualification in subject areas of special importance and need to the military. These areas of speciality are denoted as the Occupational Speciality Specification (OSS) and are denoted within the military administration by a four letter alphanumeric code.
Some of the descriptors used by the military for the OSS codes link directly to a degree programme such as the ADTU, AEOV, AEOW, AEOX, AEPB, AESV that are respectively named Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, Nuclear, and Chemical Engineering, and Business Administration. Other codes may not link in an obvious way to a degree programme such as ADOM Aerospace Systems, ADSB Telecommunications Management and AEPC Guided Weapons Systems, all of which require study in Electrical Engineering; AEOR Underwater Acoustics and AIEI Ocean Acoustics lie in Physics; and AESX Military Strategic Studies lies in War Studies.
Some OSS codes describe a speciality that may be best realized via an interdisciplinary programme tailored to meet the needs of the military and the sponsor. These include AENM Operations Research, AEPM Management Information Systems, AERK Systems Engineering, all of which would involve the Departments of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mathematics & Computer Science, and Business Administration.
Graduate degrees currently offered at RMC under Department of National Defence sponsorship are listed by degree title in the left hand column below. For convenience, in the right hand column where available are shown the corresponding OSS (Occupational Speciality Specification) designators for those programmes of graduate study sponsored under the Canadian Forces Postgraduate General Training Program which are normally available at RMC.
10.2 OSS Code Table
Master of Arts in
| Degree | OSS |
|---|---|
Security and Defence Management and Policy |
AEPM, AESV |
War Studies |
AERL, AESX |
Master of Business Administration
| Degree | OSS |
|---|---|
Master of Business Administration |
AEPM, AERK, AESV, AICW |
Master of Science in
| Degree | OSS |
|---|---|
Computer Science |
AEOM, AEPM, AEPP, AEPR |
Materials Science |
AENF |
Mathematics |
AENM, AERK, AEZV |
Ocean Science |
AEMD, AEOR, AIEI |
Physics |
AEJT, AEPD, AFAC, AIEI |
Master of Engineering and Master of Applied Science in
| Degree | OSS |
|---|---|
Civil Engineering |
AHPI, ADUM, ADUK, ADVK, AEOW |
Chemical and Materials Engineering |
ADUM, ADVK, AENF, AEPB, AFAH |
Computer Engineering |
ADQI, ADTU, AELD, AEOM, AEPM, AEPP, AEPR, AEQF, AERK, AUYN |
Electrical Engineering |
ADOH, ADOM, ADON, ADQI, ADSB, ADTQ, ADTU, ADUJ, AELN, AENI, AENJ, AENM, AENS, AEQF, AERK, AEYJ, AEYN |
Mechanical Engineering |
ADOF, AHQR, ADUJ, ADTI, AEKI, AEOV, AEPD |
Nuclear Engineering |
AEOX |
Software Engineering |
AEYN |
PhD in Arts
| Degree | OSS |
|---|---|
Business Administration |
AIIM |
War Studies(Economics, History, Political Science) |
AIIN, AIIL, AIIO |
PhD in Science
| Degree | OSS |
|---|---|
Chemistry |
AIII |
Computing Science |
AIIG |
Mathematics |
AIIA |
Physics |
AIIH |
PhD in Engineering
| Degree | OSS |
|---|---|
Chemical Engineering |
AIII |
Chemical and Materials Engineering |
AIII |
Civil Engineering |
- |
Computer Engineering |
AIIG |
Electrical Engineering |
- |
Mechanical Engineering |
- |
Nuclear Engineering |
- |
