Overview

This online associate degree in Military History at American Public University System also emphasizes professional research, writing, and critical thinking skills. An associate degree can be a stepping-stone in fields where historical knowledge is beneficial to career advancement, such as curators, guides, archivists, or consultants, or for continuing toward a bachelor’s level education.

Many university faculty members teaching these courses are published historians or military leaders who bring unique perspectives and relevant research into the classroom. You’ll also connect and interact online with other students who share your enthusiasm for history.

Program Objectives

In addition to the institutional and degree level learning objectives, graduates of this program are expected to achieve these learning outcomes:

• Identify major historical developments and be able to examine the past from diverse perspectives.

• Apply historical reason to the study of the past and think in terms of causation, context, chronology, change, and continuity.

• Implement historical method through posing questions and conducting research analyzing evidence and articulating defensible conclusions.