Objectives
In addition to the institutional and degree level learning outcomes objectives, the Master of Arts in Military History also seeks the following specific learning outcomes of its graduates. With reference to each of the respective areas of military studies, graduates in this degree program will be able to:
* Appraise different approaches to history and historical method in order to evaluate and propose a specific methodology for a particular project.
* Define, classify, and articulate in oral or written form the major trends, events, and people that have shaped military history, and evaluate them in context by comparison and contrast.
* Define, classify, and articulate in oral or written form the major trends, events, and people that have shaped U.S. military history, and evaluate them in context by comparison or contrast.
* Examine, analyze, and evaluate at least one specialized historical sub-discipline such as the American Revolution, Civil War, and World War II, and the War since 1945.
* Synthesize historical issues into a coherent and comprehensive paradigm of the human condition.
* Analyze data, information, and concepts pertinent to various methodologies of historical research.
* Create an historical research proposal in which data, information, and concepts can be evaluated and synthesized.
Course description
The Master of Arts in Military History degree allows students to choose a concentration that best suits professional aspirations and interests. The core and required courses ensure that students will learn historical research methods, historiography, and historical perspectives before concentrating in American Military History or the American Revolution, the Civil War, World War II, and War since 1945. The curriculum not only focuses on strategy, command, leadership, battles, tactics, and weapons systems, but also on social structures, military attitudes, relationships between officers and the rank-and-file, and on the interrelations between military and civil society. The degree emphasizes reading, discussion, writing, and research and prepares students for advanced graduate study.
