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Civil War Studies Certificate
15 Semester Hours

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Not open to students who elect this as concentration in the MA in Military History

Upon completion of this certificate students will be able to:

  • Place events of the Antebellum period, the Civil War, and Reconstruction into the broader scope of American History by assessing the similarities and differences in social, cultural, economic, and political developments in North and South.
  • Discern and assess the political, economic, cultural, social, and military aspects of the Civil War to specifically include their impact on causative factors, conduct of the war, and post-war aftermath.
  • Examine the operational contributions of Union and Confederate military leaders by critiquing selected land battles of the war as examples of the strategies and tactics involved.
  • Compare and contrast the national, theater, and operational command structures of the Union and Confederacy in relation to leadership styles of key military leaders on both sides and the evolution of command and control during the war.
  • Identify, assess, and explain the diverse historical assessments and interpretations of the Antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction eras as presented in the writings of prominent and influential historians.

CW500 / HIS 531 - Civil War: Seminal Event in American History
CW501 / MLH 521 - Civil War Strategy and Tactics
CW502 / MLH 522 - Civil War Command and Leadership
CW510 / HIS 630 - Antebellum America: Prelude to the Civil War
CW522 / HIS 633 - Reconstruction and Post Civil War America


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