Graduate Certificate in American Revolution Studies

This course is a comparative study to demonstrate the importance of the historical context of any great military event. Context includes all aspects of a society or culture and in this case, 18th century British and colonial American political and constitutional philosophies, social norms and societal structure, economics, religious concepts, and foreign and diplomatic policy. Students examine issues such as divergent historiographical opinions on the degree of American constitutional conservatism versus political and social radicalism, and the nature of the soldiery of the continental Army.

This course examines the military heritage of the United States from the colonial period to the present time. Through an in-depth study of the extensive literature in American military history, students assess the key individuals, military policies, postures, organizations, strategies, campaigns, tactics, and battles that define the American military experience.

This course is an examination of the American Revolution with emphasis on the operational contributions of American and British military leadership. Students assess the basic concepts and principles of the war’s strategic and operational levels, the tactical employment of forces, and the element of leadership to the planning and execution of the war by both sides. Special emphasis is on comparing and contrasting American and British peer-level commanders.

This course details the British view of the Revolution and the long hidden perspective of the American Revolution. Topics include British colonial politics, diplomacy, political and military leadership, factors of influence in Great Britain during the Revolution, and post-war views of America.

This course is a focused examination of an early and pivotal campaigns in the American Revolution. Students assess the strategy, tactics and effect of this ultimately unsuccessful campaign on the subsequent course of the Revolution and post-war Anglo-American relations in detail.

The course analyzes historical episodes during this period of the American Revolution. Students chronologically move through antecedents to colonial controversy with Britain, relations between American Southern colonies and Britain, the strategy followed by both sides in the South, armed hostilities between American and British military forces in the Southern theatre, and the aftermath of the American rebellion in the southern colonies.