Resuming My Master's Degree

Back in the saddle again, after a one-year hiatus

Published on March 15, 2006 By singrdave In Life Journals

I have resumed my graduate studies. I took a year off in order to get out of the Army, move halfway across the country, and get settled into a new job, new neighborhood, new house, new life.

I am pursuing my MA in Diplomacy from Norwich University, getting an online degree in 3 semesters.

Yikes.

In fact, I have even started my first online discussion, which talks about the need for the study of international relations and whether or not it's a science...

So expect fewer articles in the near future, though I imagine that the subjects will be more international-relations-oriented. Just a word of warning!

Wish me luck!

Comments

Dr Guy

on Mar 15, 2006

Good luck, and tell us how the studies go when you can.

singrdave

on Mar 15, 2006

Yes, expect some short-answer discussion questions from my schoolwork to find themselves becoming threads on this site! Cool, two birds with one stone.

Dynosoar

on Mar 16, 2006

Hey it's what all of my post have been for the last 4 months.

I was going to suggest Thomas Edison State College ( tesc.edu) if you hadn't selected a school, they offer several Masters programs ( MBA, MLA )pretty cheap and fully accredited!

Good Luck.

Tova7

on Mar 16, 2006

Good luck getting more eduMAcation.

BlueDev

on Mar 16, 2006

Best of luck the the educational endeavors Dave!

singrdave

on Mar 17, 2006

It's funny that you mention TESC, Dyno. I got my BA there. Their online "fill-in'the-blanks" programs were exactly what I needed to get my BA finally wrapped up, once and for all.

Bachelor of Arts, Humanities. Thomas Edison State College, 2003.
Master of Arts, Diplomacy. Norwich University, 2008.

Nice ring, don't you think?

singrdave

on Apr 23, 2006

I gotta say that I appreciate JU's indulgence.
Y'all have been incredibly supportive in allowing me to post my research assignments as articles. So much so that Brad has been featuring me much more frequently, too. So to all of JU, thanks! You guys are cool!

Bahu Virupaksha

on May 12, 2006

Good Luck. Diplomacy and International Relations and Statecraft are really exiting. Kissenger's Diplomacyis is really a fine book to get into and also Niall Fergusons works.

singrdave

on May 12, 2006

Thanks, Bahu. I will say, now that my first course is almost over (five to go), that I have a larger worldview and have more appreciation for mindsets that differ from my own.

Hopefully I can keep up with the high level of discourse on this site.

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