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Class of 2027 History Major: Military

MADN-HWS · HMH3 and 2 variants

2027 History Major: Military Curriculum

Dept

MADN-HWS

Code

HMH3

Short description

History: Military

Description

History Major: Military

Transcript description

History: Military

Required courses

13

Optional courses

0

2027 History Major: Military Tracks

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Subject area	Description	Credit hours
Required Courses	Choose 2 of 2
HI301	HIST OF MILITARY ART TO 1900	3.0
HI498	COLLOQUIUM IN HISTORY	3.0
AND
Military History	Choose 5 of 19
HI338	WARFARE IN AGE OF REVOLUTIONS	3.0
HI355	WARFARE, INDUSTRY, & EMPIRE	3.0
HI356	WAR AT SEA, SKY, SPACE	3.0
HI357	ARMED CONFLICT IN THE COLD WAR	3.0
HI358	POLICY, STRATEGY & GENERALSHIP	3.0
HI359	ERA OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR	3.0
HI370	ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL WARFARE	3.0
HI376	EARLY MODERN WARFARE	3.0
HI381	HISTORY OF IRREGULAR WARFARE	3.0
HI383	MIDDLE EASTERN WARFARE	3.0
HI385	WAR & ITS THEORISTS	3.0
HI389	TOPICS IN MILITARY HISTORY	3.0
HI496	ADV IND STUDY IN HISTORY (3CR)	3.0
WS358	STRATEGY AND GENERALSHIP	3.0
WS385	WAR AND ITS THEORISTS	3.0
WS389	WAR IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD	3.0
XH491	INTERDISCIPLINARY CAPSTNE-HIST	3.0
ZH335	MILITARY HISTORY	3.0
ZH345	TOPICS IN MILITARY HISTORY	3.0
AND
Out-of-Stem History Electives	Choose 2 of 38
For cadets who will graduate w/ Honors, one of their courses must be from the HI400 series and they will take an additional elective from all Department of History offerings.
HI337	CHINA: EMPIRE, REPUBLIC, & MAO	3.0
HI339	THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST	3.0
HI340	COLONIAL AMERICA	3.0
HI341	THE AGE OF EXPLORATION	3.0
HI343	MODERN GERMANY	3.0
HI344	MODERN DIPLOMACY	3.0
HI345	MODERN AFRICA	3.0
HI346	INDIA, PAKISTAN, & BANGLADESH	3.0
HI347	ASIAN WARFARE AND POLITICS	3.0
HI348	MODERN LATIN AMERICA	3.0
HI361	MEDIEVAL EUROPE	3.0
HI364	MODERN WESTERN EUROPE	3.0
HI367	IMPERIAL AND SOVIET RUSSIA	3.0
HI368	MOD CENTRAL & E. EUR,1896-1989	3.0
HI369	AMERICAN FRONTIERS	3.0
HI372	US FGN RELATIONS SINCE 1898	3.0
HI377	EMPIRES & REVOLUTIONS	3.0
HI378	INDUSTRY, IDEOLOGY & THE STATE	3.0
HI383	MIDDLE EASTERN WARFARE	3.0
HI387	TOPICS IN AMERICAN HISTORY	3.0
HI388	TOPICS IN INTERNATIONL HISTORY	3.0
HI391	WORLD RELIGIONS	3.0
HI392	AMERICAN HISTORICAL MEMORY	3.0
HI393	AMERICA IN DEPRESSION AND WAR	3.0
HI394	REVOLUTIONARY AMERICA	3.0
HI395	HIST OF CIVIL WAR AMERICA	3.0
HI396	THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S AMERICA	3.0
HI397	THE US FROM COLD WAR TO TODAY	3.0
HI398	CIVIL RIGHTS IN AMER HIST	3.0
HI460	SENIOR FACULTY COURSE	3.0
HI462	THE HISTORY OF INNOVATION	3.0
HI487	EARLY AMERICAN REPUB 1787-1826	3.0
HI496	ADV IND STUDY IN HISTORY (3CR)	3.0
XH405	THE HOLOCAUST AND ITS LEGACY	3.0
XH415	GENOCIDE AND ETHNIC CLEANSING	3.0
XH491	INTERDISCIPLINARY CAPSTNE-HIST	3.0
ZH315	MODERN REGIONAL HISTORY	3.0
ZH325	TOPICS IN REGIONAL HISTORY	3.0
AND
Complementary Support Courses
Cadets in this major will fulfill the Complementary Support Course requirement by taking a third semester in a foreign language and two additional choices.
Complementary Support Course - Foreign Language	Choose 1 of 1
LX300	3RD SEMESTER FOREIGN LANG	0.0
AND
Complementary Support Courses - Electives	Choose 2 of 77
Depending on their particular research interests, cadets will consult with their academic counselor to choose their final two CSCs. The courses found on the following list of courses could all aid in an historian's research abilities and methodologies, but a cadet may deviate from this list as long as they can justify why using a course not found on it will aid them in their historical study. In addition, a cadet may choose to fulfill this requirement by taking two additional courses in their chosen foreign language. This includes the DFL courses on regional civilization (example: LA483 Arab Civilization I), and regional literature (example: LF485 Survey of French Literature I).
DS345	MILITARY INNOVATION	3.0
DS350	STRAT & PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATN	3.0
DS360	SPECIAL OPS: THEORY & PRACTICE	3.0
DS455	COMPARATIVE DEFENSE POLICY	3.0
DS460	IRREGULAR WARFARE THEORY & PRA	3.0
DS475	FORECAST & GAM IN DECISION-MAK	3.0
EN321	AMERICAN LITERATURE I	3.0
EN322	AMERICAN LITERATURE II	3.0
EN331	BRITISH LITERATURE I	3.0
EN332	BRITISH LITERATURE II	3.0
EN351	WORLD LITERATURE	3.0
EN353	WAR LITERATURE	3.0
EN355	CRITICISM COLLOQUIUM	3.0
EN362	FILM AND FILM THEORY	3.0
EV365	GEOGRAPHY OF GLOBAL CULTURES	3.0
EV371	GEOGRAPHY OF RUSSIA	3.0
EV372	GEOGRAPHY OF ASIA	3.0
EV373	GEOGRAPHY OF LATIN AMERICA	3.0
EV375	GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA	3.0
EV376	GEOGRAPHY OF THE MIDDLE EAST	3.0
EV384	GEOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICA	3.0
EV386	GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE	3.0
EV390B	URBAN GEOGRAPHY	3.0
EV482	MILITARY GEOGRAPHY	3.0
GE340	GEOGRAPHY OF GLOBAL CULTURES	3.0
GE341	GEOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICA	3.0
GE342	GEOGRAPHY OF ASIA	3.0
GE343	GEOGRAPHY OF RUSSIA	3.0
GE344	GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA	3.0
GE345	GEOGRAPHY OF THE MIDDLE EAST	3.0
GE346	GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE	3.0
GE347	GEOGRAPHY OF LATIN AMERICA	3.0
GE352	URBAN GEOGRAPHY	3.0
GE491	MILITARY GEOGRAPHY	3.0
LW410	COMPARATIVE LEGAL SYSTEMS	3.0
LW474	LAW OF ARMED CONFLICT	3.0
LW481	INTERNATIONAL LAW	3.0
LW482	NATIONAL SECURITY LAW	3.0
LX400	4TH SEMESTER FOREIGN LANG	0.0
MA376	APPLIED STATISTICS	3.0
PL393	CRIMINOLOGY-CRIM JUST SYSTM	3.0
PL482	ARMED FORCES AND SOCIETY	3.0
PY300	PHILOSOPHICAL METHODS	3.0
PY305	LOGICAL REASONING	3.0
PY330	POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY	3.0
PY345	PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION	3.0
PY360	ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY	3.0
PY369	ASIAN PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITIONS	3.0
PY370	17TH & 18TH CENTURY PHILOSOPHY	3.0
PY375	KANT & 19TH CENTURY PHILOSOPHY	3.0
SS370	MASS MEDIA & AMER POLITICS	3.0
SS372	POLITICS AND GOV OF CHINA	3.0
SS373	THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY	3.0
SS374	POL & GOV OF KOREAS & JAPAN	3.0
SS375	GOV & POL RUSSIA & NEIGHBORS	3.0
SS377	POLITICS & GOV OF EUROPE	3.0
SS378	ADV INTL RELATIONS THEORY	3.0
SS379	LEGISLATIVE POLITICS	3.0
SS380	MANPOWER-LABOR ECONOMICS	3.0
SS383	POLITICS & GOVT-MIDDLE EAST	3.0
SS384	POLITICS & GOVT-LATIN AMER	3.0
SS385	HISTORY OF ECONOMICS	3.0
SS386	POLITICAL THOUGHT	3.0
SS387	PUBLIC ECONOMICS	3.0
SS462	ECON OF STABILIZATION & GROWTH	3.0
SS464	HOMELAND SECURITY	3.0
SS465	TERRORISM: NEW CHALLENGES	3.0
SS472	THE AM STATE & THE SOLDIER	3.0
SS473	AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY	3.0
SS476	CIVIL WARS	3.0
SS481	POLITICS OF DEFENSE POLICY	3.0
SS483	NATIONAL SECURITY SEMINAR	3.0
SS484	INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS	3.0
SS485	POLIT & DEV SUB-SAHARAN AFR	3.0
SS487	INT'L POLITICAL ECONOMY	3.0
SS493	SENIOR STUDIES - AMER POLITICS	3.0
WS370	US STRATEGY AND POLICY	3.0
AND
Integrative Experience for the Major	Choose 1 of 1
Cadets majoring in History must complete an integrative experience during their second- or first-class year. Cadets will work with their DACs to identify in which course they intend to complete their integrative experience requirement. Once DACs verify with course directors that cadets have completed integrative experience requirements as planned, they will take administrative action to count that elective for integrative experience credit.
HX400	INTEGRATIVE EXPERIENCE IN HIST	0.0
AND
Science Depth
Cadets in this major may take any approved choice to satisfy the Science Depth requirement.
CH102	GENERAL CHEMISTRY II	4.0
CH275	BIOLOGY	4.0
PH202	PHYSICS II	4.0
PH252	ADVANCED PHYSICS II	4.0
PH275	PHYSICS II: SPACE	4.0
AND
STEM Depth
Cadets in this major must take CY305/355 to satisfy the STEM Depth requirement.
CY305	CYBER FOUNDATIONS	3.0
CY355	CYBER FOUNDATIONS - COMPUTING	3.0
AND
Curriculum Requirements
This section describes how cadets in this major satisfy various curriculum requirements.
IT/CYBER Requirement
Cadets in this major will satisfy the IT/CYBER requirement by successfully completing the IT/CYBER content in the core curriculum and CY305/355.
CY305	CYBER FOUNDATIONS	3.0
CY355	CYBER FOUNDATIONS - COMPUTING	3.0
Core Engineering Sequence
Cadets in this major can choose any approved three-course Core Engineering Sequence.
Writing-in-the-Major
Cadets in this major satisfy the West Point Writing Program requirement by successfully completing writing requirements in the core curriculum and this course in the major.
HI498	COLLOQUIUM IN HISTORY	3.0

2027 History Major: Military w/ Thesis Curriculum

Dept

MADN-HWS

Code

HMH3T

Short description

History: Military w/ Thesis

Description

History Major: Military w/ Thesis

Transcript description

History: Military w/ Thesis

Required courses

1

Optional courses

0

2027 History Major: Military w/ Thesis Tracks

View template for HMH3T

Subject area	Description	Credit hours
Required Course	Choose 1 of 1
HI499	SENIOR THESIS	3.0

2027 History Major: Military w/ Thesis (Honors) Curriculum

Dept

MADN-HWS

Code

HMH3H

Short description

History: Military w/ Thesis (Honors)

Description

History Major: Military w/ Thesis (Honors)

Transcript description

History: Military w/ Thesis (Honors)

Required courses

1

Optional courses

1

2027 History Major: Military w/ Thesis (Honors) Tracks

View template for HMH3H

Subject area	Description	Credit hours
Elective
Take one additional elective from the History Department catalogue. For cadets in the honors program at least one of their electives must be at the 400 level (HI4XX). This 400 level elective is in addition to HI498 and HI499.
AND
Required Course	Choose 1 of 1
HI499	SENIOR THESIS	3.0
AND
Grade Requirement
Complete the requirements of the major as shown above, and attain an APSC of at least 3.0 in the core curriculum and an APSC of at least 3.5 in the major. Earn an A- in HI499.