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About This Program
American Military University's (AMU) online master’s in history reaches beyond historical facts to examine the cause and effect of history.
AMU master's degree in history is an advanced exploration of how pivotal events, periods, and cultures impacted the world today. This MA in History develops your writing, communication, research, and analytical skills.
Your concentration choice drives the majority of your coursework. A sampling of course topics includes:
- Greek Civilization
- The Civil War
- Russia and the Soviet Union
- The History and Culture of Latin America
Those who choose the public history concentration will complete a practicum.
What You Will Do
- Demonstrate broad knowledge of people and events in history to reveal how global complexity impacts human experiences
- Distinguish the historical schools of thought that have shaped scholarly understanding of history
- Apply persuasive arguments that are reasoned and based on suitable evidence
- Assess the past using digital and archival primary and secondary sources
- Produce original contributions to the body of knowledge using advanced historical methods
Degree at a Glance
Program Requirements Printable Catalog Version
Students must choose a concentration for this degree program:
Whether in archives, museums, cultural resources, historical editing, or heritage tourism, public history is the presentation and interpretation of the past to the public. Public historians should not merely learn the technical aspects of a given field; they should also be versed in the historiography and methodologies of contemporary scholarship so that they can apply skills and knowledge in the public realm. In that regard, even they work in a variety of professional venues usually outside the academy, public historians share roles as researchers and interpreters of history with their academy colleagues. Public historians find employment in archives, museums, historic preservation agencies, historic sites, cultural resource firms, national parks and forests, editorial positions, and historical agencies.
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this concentration, the student will be able to:
- Categorize and assess important historical developments in public history and identify the intellectual, ethical, and professional issues that public historians confront.
- Evaluate and verify current institutional collection policy and practices based on standard archival and records practice.
- Establish and reconstruct the processing of a collection: arrangement and description, preservation and digitization, and develop the skills necessary to successfully undertake applied research.
- Test and apply the use of oral history techniques and methodology to demonstrate how oral history supports a diverse resource base and audience across interdisciplinary fields.
- Distinguish and prioritize issues such as the relationship of collections and landscapes to identify the intersection of commerce and culture; and the influence of museums and exhibitions in preserving a view of the past and developing an image of progress.
- Prescribe and test the selection criteria for strategies for preservation, metadata to support digital preservation, maintaining the integrity and authenticity of digital materials, management of digitization and digital preservation programs, risk management, and disaster recovery.
- Manage and improve field experience and practicum in applied public history.
Must take all courses for this section.
Course ID: 3973
Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
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07/27/21 - 12/31/21 | 01/03/22 - 02/27/22 | Winter 2022 Session B | 8 Week session |
10/26/21 - 04/01/22 | 04/04/22 - 05/29/22 | Spring 2022 Session B | 8 Week session |
Course ID: 3506
Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
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05/21/21 - 10/29/21 | 11/01/21 - 12/26/21 | Fall 2021 Session I | 8 Week session |
07/27/21 - 12/31/21 | 01/03/22 - 02/27/22 | Winter 2022 Session B | 8 Week session |
09/28/21 - 03/04/22 | 03/07/22 - 05/01/22 | Winter 2022 Session D | 8 Week session |
Course ID: 3985
Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
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06/28/21 - 12/03/21 | 12/06/21 - 01/30/22 | Fall 2021 Session D | 8 Week session |
08/31/21 - 02/04/22 | 02/07/22 - 04/03/22 | Winter 2022 Session I | 8 Week session |
10/26/21 - 04/01/22 | 04/04/22 - 05/29/22 | Spring 2022 Session B | 8 Week session |
Course ID: 3986
Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
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05/21/21 - 10/29/21 | 11/01/21 - 12/26/21 | Fall 2021 Session I | 8 Week session |
08/31/21 - 02/04/22 | 02/07/22 - 04/03/22 | Winter 2022 Session I | 8 Week session |
Course ID: 3511
Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
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06/28/21 - 12/03/21 | 12/06/21 - 01/30/22 | Fall 2021 Session D | 8 Week session |
08/31/21 - 02/04/22 | 02/07/22 - 04/03/22 | Winter 2022 Session I | 8 Week session |
10/26/21 - 04/01/22 | 04/04/22 - 05/29/22 | Spring 2022 Session B | 8 Week session |
Course ID: 3507
Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
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06/28/21 - 12/03/21 | 12/06/21 - 01/30/22 | Fall 2021 Session D | 8 Week session |
08/31/21 - 02/04/22 | 02/07/22 - 04/03/22 | Winter 2022 Session I | 8 Week session |
10/26/21 - 04/01/22 | 04/04/22 - 05/29/22 | Spring 2022 Session B | 8 Week session |
Course ID: 3988
Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
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06/28/21 - 12/03/21 | 12/06/21 - 01/30/22 | Fall 2021 Session D | 8 Week session |
09/28/21 - 03/04/22 | 03/07/22 - 05/01/22 | Winter 2022 Session D | 8 Week session |
Course ID: 3989
Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
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05/21/21 - 10/29/21 | 11/01/21 - 12/26/21 | Fall 2021 Session I | 8 Week session |
08/31/21 - 02/04/22 | 02/07/22 - 04/03/22 | Winter 2022 Session I | 8 Week session |
10/26/21 - 04/01/22 | 04/04/22 - 05/29/22 | Spring 2022 Session B | 8 Week session |
Course ID: 3987
Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
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07/27/21 - 12/31/21 | 01/03/22 - 02/27/22 | Winter 2022 Session B | 8 Week session |
10/26/21 - 04/01/22 | 04/04/22 - 05/29/22 | Spring 2022 Session B | 8 Week session |
Must take all courses for this section.
Course ID: 3630
Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
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05/21/21 - 10/29/21 | 11/01/21 - 12/26/21 | Fall 2021 Session I | 8 Week session |
06/28/21 - 12/03/21 | 12/06/21 - 01/30/22 | Fall 2021 Session D | 8 Week session |
07/27/21 - 12/31/21 | 01/03/22 - 02/27/22 | Winter 2022 Session B | 8 Week session |
08/31/21 - 02/04/22 | 02/07/22 - 04/03/22 | Winter 2022 Session I | 8 Week session |
09/28/21 - 03/04/22 | 03/07/22 - 05/01/22 | Winter 2022 Session D | 8 Week session |
10/26/21 - 04/01/22 | 04/04/22 - 05/29/22 | Spring 2022 Session B | 8 Week session |
Course ID: 3631
Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
---|---|---|---|
05/21/21 - 10/29/21 | 11/01/21 - 12/26/21 | Fall 2021 Session I | 8 Week session |
06/28/21 - 12/03/21 | 12/06/21 - 01/30/22 | Fall 2021 Session D | 8 Week session |
07/27/21 - 12/31/21 | 01/03/22 - 02/27/22 | Winter 2022 Session B | 8 Week session |
08/31/21 - 02/04/22 | 02/07/22 - 04/03/22 | Winter 2022 Session I | 8 Week session |
09/28/21 - 03/04/22 | 03/07/22 - 05/01/22 | Winter 2022 Session D | 8 Week session |
10/26/21 - 04/01/22 | 04/04/22 - 05/29/22 | Spring 2022 Session B | 8 Week session |
Must take all courses for this section.
Course ID: 3974
Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
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05/21/21 - 10/29/21 | 11/01/21 - 02/20/22 | Fall 2021 Session K | 16 Week session |
06/28/21 - 12/03/21 | 12/06/21 - 03/27/22 | Fall 2021 Session C | 16 Week session |
07/27/21 - 12/31/21 | 01/03/22 - 04/24/22 | Winter 2022 Session A | 16 Week session |
08/31/21 - 02/04/22 | 02/07/22 - 05/29/22 | Winter 2022 Session K | 16 Week session |
09/28/21 - 03/04/22 | 03/07/22 - 06/26/22 | Winter 2022 Session C | 16 Week session |
10/26/21 - 04/01/22 | 04/04/22 - 07/24/22 | Spring 2022 Session A | 16 Week session |
Admission Requirements
- All AMU master's degree/graduate certificate programs require a bachelor’s degree (or higher) from an institution whose accreditation is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).
- Please read all graduate admission requirements before applying to this program and be prepared to submit the required documentation.
- There is no fee to complete the AMU admission application. View steps to apply.
Materials Cost
Technology fee: $65 per course | $0 for active-duty military, National Guard members, and Reservists.
Need Help?
Selecting the right program to meet your educational goals is a key step in ensuring a successful outcome. If you are unsure of which program to choose, or need more information, please contact an AMU admissions representative at 877-755-2787 or [email protected].
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