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Optional Military History Emphasis

The Military History emphasis cultivates career skills in problem-solving, global awareness, and leadership by examining war and society from comparative and transnational perspectives. Students engage in experiential research, collaborate with on-campus military and veterans’ programs and military archives, and benefit from mentoring by faculty with expertise in diplomatic and military studies. The concentration aligns with ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥â€™s online graduate program in Military History and offers pathways to public service, education, and defense-related careers.

Students opt for an emphasis in Military History by successfully taking three courses, or nine credit hours, from the following list of upper division courses:

1. HIST 3132 – Young Republic, 1788-1848 
2. HIST 3135 – US Foreign Relations to World War I 
3. HIST 3136 – US Foreign Relations since World War I
4. HIST 3151 – The American War in Vietnam
5. HIST 3157– Women and War
6. HIST 3158 – War and Society: A Global Perspective
7. HIST 3335 – Revolutions in France and the Caribbean
8. HIST 3350 – Maritime History 
9. HIST 3365 – Not Just Cowboys and Indians: A History of the U.S. West
10. HIST 3436 – The Holocaust
11. HIST 3532 – The Modern Middle East
12. HIST 4133 – US Foreign Relations: The Cold War
13. HIST 4431 – First Contacts in the Americas
14. HIST 4531 – World War I
15. HIST 5134 – Civil War and Reconstruction
16. HIST 5236 – Age of Revolutions in the European and Atlantic World
17. HIST 5335 – World War II
18. HIST 5340 – Age of Napoleon in Global Context
19. HIST 5533 –
20. HIST 3030 – Selected Topics in History (with departmental approval)
21. HIST 5030 – Advanced Selected Themes in History (with departmental approval)

If students have an internship with a military-affiliated institution (a military archive, a base or military museum, etc.), they can petition for inclusion of this credit in the Military History emphasis.