 The BAE in War Studies is a multidisciplinary programme that would allow students to join it, to experience over three years an in-depth knowledge of the relationship that ties together, war as a human phenomenon with societies. It will allow them to understand how, why, in what ways, war shaped the world the way we know it. War Studies is a multidisciplinary approach to the study of what is still the biggest problem that the world faces today. It starts with the premise that the only way to deal with problems is to understand them and rather than turning our back on the problem we need to engage with it, we need to study how wars come about, how people wage them, what they use for, the connection between war and other forms of political activity. I studied War Studies because I enjoyed history at school and I wanted to continue that but I felt like the more practical side of the history was more interesting to me than the social side so I thought War Studies was a good way to develop that. War Studies is great because of the breadth and depth that you get from such a unique and varied subject. Unlike history which just concentrates on the past of war, War Studies looks to the future in theoretical and practical terms on a day-to-day basis which makes it very unique. Kings isn't a fantastic location, you're right in the centre of London and there's so much going on, War Studies related and non-War Studies related. I studied abroad for my second year at Georgetown University which was a fantastic opportunity. What I liked about the degree was that you started off quite broad and you would do modules with broad themes like the conduct of war or causes of war and then as the years progressed you could really narrow it down and pick maybe a specific area you wanted to focus on or a specific type of conflict. The course itself is easily tailored to what you want so I'm taking rise in social movements as my first module then I'm taking the global war and terror. So I'm taking American Civil War weapons of mass destruction. One of the great things is the resources that are available to you so we've got the Moorne Library which is five minutes away which has got every book you could possibly need and on top of that being in London is a great place to be because you get so many outside speakers coming in to talk to you, there's lots of events going on and you can sort of practically apply what you're learning in a almost like a networking and professional environment quite quickly which is different to people who tend to be in like campus-based or more rural universities. At the very heart of War Studies there's an idea that those who complete the programme here can be employable pretty much anywhere in any type of sector that's because War Studies at its heart it's about a methodology it's about empowering a person with the possibility to understand what a problem is all about and find the best ways to engage with it and propose a solution either as an individual or as part of a team. There is no standard War Studies outcome we don't we don't produce War Studies we produce original creative people who've come and experienced the opportunities of working with many disciplines and where they go is invariably interesting and they're people who rise to a challenge.