Military History Emphasis

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 Georgia Southern’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 – Advanced Economic Rivalries in History 
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.