Schedule

Schedule 2019-2020

Calendar 2019-2020

Orientation	October 23-24, 2019
Program Opening Event	October 23, 2019
First day of the first semester	October 29, 2019
Last day of studies before New Year holiday	December 19, 2019
First day of studies after New Year holiday	January 7, 2020
Last day of the first semester	February 6, 2020
Exam week	February 9-13, 2020
Spring break	Feb 18- March 1, 2020
First day of the second semester	March 2, 2020
Last day of studies before Passover holiday	April 2, 2020
First day of studies after Passover holiday	April 20, 2020
Remembrance Day holiday	April 28, 2020
Independence Day holiday	April 29, 2020
Shavuot holiday	May 28, 2020
Last day of second semester	June 18, 2020
Exam week	June 22-25, 2020
First day of the summer semester	June 29, 2020
Last day of the summer semester	August 6, 2020
MA Comprehensive Exam	August 12, 2020
Middle East Crisis Simulation	August 12-19, 2020
End of the year Ceremony	August 20, 2020

Schedule 2019-2020

Fall Semester
Class hours	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
13:15-15:45	Workshop: Security Field Trips (mandatory) Colonel (Ret.) Miri Eisin full day alternating with Ambassador Forum (mandatory) Dr. Dan Schueftan 16:15-18:45	The International System Dr. Tomer Fadlon (mandatory)	International Negotiations: Strategies and Tactics Dr. Hila Dotan (Seminar Workshop)	War, Strategy and Military Doctrines Prof. Azar Gat (mandatory)
16:15-18:45			The History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict Prof. Uriya Shavit (mandatory)	Insurgency and Counterinsurgency: History and Theory Dr. Yaacov Falkov (Seminar)

Spring Semester
Class hours	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
13:15-15:45	Modern Diplomacy Dr. Emmanuel Navon (mandatory)	American Foreign Policy from the End of the Cold War to Trump Dr. Yoav Fromer (Seminar)	Research Methods Dr. Udi Sommer (mandatory for thesis track, elective for non-thesis track)	Israel's Strategic Doctrine Dr. Eran Lerman (mandatory)
16:15-18:45	International Law and the Middle East Conflict Prof. Robbie Sabel (mandatory)	Moral Dilemmas of Terror and Counter Terrorism Prof. Tamar Meisels (seminar)	The National Security Concepts of the Arab States and Iran Dr. Ephraim Kam (seminar)	National Cyber-Security Policy: Local and International Concerns, Dilemmas, Solutions Dr. Amit Sheniak (Seminar)

Summer semester
Class hours	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
13:15-15:45		Political Economy in the Global Age Dr. Tal Sadeh (mandatory)		Political Economy in the Global Age Dr. Tal Sadeh (mandatory)
16:15-18:45	National Cyber-Security Policy: Local and International Concerns, Dilemmas, Solutions Dr. Haim Pecker (Seminar)	China's Foreign Policy Dr. Yoram Evron (Seminar)	National Cyber-Security Policy: Local and International Concerns, Dilemmas, Solutions Dr. Haim Pecker (Seminar)	China's Foreign Policy Dr. Yoram Evron (Seminar)