Master History Online

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Stuck out here in Western Colorado, opposite Denver and Boulder on the Rocky Mountains, we are limited in where we can find graduate schools. If I wanted to get my master in education or some technology field, no problem. But finding a local Masters in History program is impossible. So I have been looking around for a Master’s Degree online. Even there, the options were limited.

The key is finding a school that was both nationally and regionally accredited. Without these accreditations, your degree may not help you get a job or a pay raise. By finding an online program from an institution that was accredited, I can then take that masters and use it to get a teaching job at a junior college or a pay raise as a teacher in high school.

So with those requirements I discovered just a few options narrowing it down to these two: First, Norwich University, founded in 1819, long tradition, and high standards. The only option here is a MA in Military History, which was something I was considering. The main drawback, expensive as hell. Second option, American Public University. Does not have the long tradition and is a school most of you have never heard of. APU is a product, like Phoenix University, of the Internet. I was hesitant at first, but checked it out. They are accredit by the North Central Association and Distance Education and Training Council, which means a masters from here is, for the most part, like any place else.

I choose APU because it was affordable AND the instructors are flat out good and come from some of the best universities from across the country. The online environment is not for everyone. It’s a lot of discussion via boards with your classmates and instructor. You are also graded on a series of papers you write.

Anyway, I started this week my first class, “The Civil War: Seminal Event in American History” instructed by Dr. Robert Young.

Here is his bio: Robert M. Young received a Bachelor’s degree in History and Political science from St. John’s University and a Master’s Degree in History from Brooklyn College. He earned hid Ph. D. in Military History from the C.U.N.Y. Graduate Center. A veteran of 13 years in the Army (mostly in the National Guard), he is an avid student of armored tactics and strategy. His primary area of interest and study is the Second World War, particularly the Pacific Theatre of Operations. His doctoral dissertation covers the role of the army in the Pacific Theatre’s Southwest Area. He is currently completing articles on the role of the tank in the New Guinea Campaign and a biography of a tanker in Patton’s army.

I will post more later…