MA/DMS Degree Requirements (Effective Spring 2009)

PRE-REQUISITES

Students from a variety of backgrounds are attracted to this degree program. Therefore, to ensure that each student is adequately prepared for the academic rigors of a graduate-level program, the following courses must be satisfactorily completed as a foundation for graduate studies:

Any TWO 2xxx HIST courses

Any ONE 3xxx HIST course

HIST	4661	History of Military Thought OR HIST 4961 Seminar: Military History
PSCI	2000	Introduction to Politics
PSCI	3100	International Relations

18 undergraduate credits in History or Political Science and/or combination of experience in diplomatic or military affairs.

CORE COURSES (12 semester credits)

HIST	6600	Seminar: Military Historiography
HIST	6601	Seminar: Theory and Practice of Diplomacy from Antiquity to the Present
PHIL	6600	Seminar: Professional Ethics and the Military

and one of the following courses:

HUM	6601	Seminar: The Military and a Civil Society
PSCI	6601	Seminar: Diplomacy and International Relations

MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC HISTORY COURSES (12 semester credits)

Choose four of the following courses in history (including at least one course each in diplomatic and military history):

HIST	6611	Seminar: War in the Ancient World
HIST	6622	Seminar: The Military Revolution
HIST	6624	Seminar: Revolutionary & Napoleonic Warfare
HIST	6627	Seminar: The First World War
HIST	6628	Seminar: The Second World War
HIST	6631	Seminar: Ways of War in China
HIST	6632	Seminar: Ways of War in Japan
HIST	6641	Seminar: The American Way of War
HIST	6643	Seminar: The American Revolution
HIST	6645	Seminar: The American Civil War
HIST	6648	Seminar: 20th Century US Military History
HIST	6658	Seminar: 20th Century Naval Warfare
HIST	6661	Seminar: European Diplomatic History
HIST	6662	Seminar: US Diplomatic History
HIST	6663	Seminar: East Asian Diplomatic History
HIST	6664	Seminar: Middle Eastern Diplomatic History
HIST	6665	Seminar: International History of the Cold War
HIST	6670	Seminar: History of Genocide
HIST	6686	War and Society in Wilhelmine Germany, 1871-1918
HIST	6997	Seminar: Directed Readings in History
HIST	6998	Seminar: Special Topics in Diplomatic History
HIST	6999	Seminar: Special Topics in Military History

SUPPORTING FIELDS (12 semester credits)

Choose four courses from at least two of the following supporting fields:

Anthropology

ANTH

6601

Seminar: Violence, Conflict, and War

Art History

ARTH

6601

Seminar: Artists and Images of War

Literature

LIT

6701

Seminar: Literature & the Experience of War

Philosophy

PHIL

6611

Seminar: Political Philosophy

Political Science

PSCI	6151	Seminar: International Organizations
PSCI	6400	Seminar: Chinese Foreign Policy
PSCI	6451	Seminar: The Military in Latin American Politics
PSCI	6605	Seminar: Islam & Politics
PSCI	6610	Seminar: Politics of Developing Nations
PSCI	6620	Seminar: Peacebuilding & Conflict Management
PSCI	6630	Seminar: National Security & Policymaking
PSCI	6650	Seminar: Foreign Intelligence
PSCI	6660	Seminar: Resistance and Rebellion
PSCI	6661	Seminar: Politics of Terrorism
PSCI	6670	Seminar: Democratization and Human Rights
PSCI	6671	Seminar: Transitions to Democracy
PSCI	6680	Seminar: International Negotiating
PSCI	6997	Seminar: Special Topics in International Relations

International Studies

INTR	6300	Seminar: International & Domestic Emergency Management
INTR	6997	Seminar: Special Topics in International Studies

Strategic Studies

STSS	6600	Seminar: 20th Century Intelligence Studies
STSS	6666	Seminar: Theory & Practice of Diplomacy

CAPSTONE COURSES (6 credits)

HIST	7601	Research and Writing in Military Studies
HIST	7602	Integrative Seminar in Military Studies

As needed*

HIST

7603

Continuing Integrative Seminar in Military Studies

*MA/DMS students must complete HIST 7602 within seven years from first graduate enrollment.

The grade awarded for HIST 7602 are: A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, or NC (No Credit) for uncompleted papers. The NC grade is assigned to those students who have not successfully completed the professional paper at the end of the term. Students receiving the NC grade must register for HIST 7603 in the next semester and maintain continuous enrollment for up to three semesters until successful completion of their professional paper. As long as the student has been continuously enrolled in HIST 7602/7603, the student will be awarded three semester hours of credit and the appropriate grade for HIST 7602 upon completion of their professional paper. The student who has taken an unapproved hiatus during the HIST 7602/7603 sequence, or fails to complete their professional paper within three consecutive semesters of HIST 7603 enrollment, must re-enroll in HIST 7602 and begin the professional paper sequence anew.