War, Technology and Society Minor

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War Technology and Society

Minor

Cadets in the war, technology and society minor will learn how social systems, human agency, politics, laws, and technology have impacted warfare.

The war, technology, and society minor is a multidisciplinary program that exposes cadets to what has shaped the past, present, and future of warfare.  It presents knowledge to help students understand the social, ethical, organizational, and technological challenges at the core of the Army’s ongoing modernization efforts. To learn more about this area of study, visit the Department of History

Required Courses

HI301 HIST OF MILITARY ART TO 1900

HI355 WARFARE-AGE OF INDUSTRIALIZATION

HI462 THE HISTORY OF INNOVATION

XH341 INTEL CYBER HISTORY

 

Sample Electives

HI338 WARFARE IN AGE OF REVOLUTIONS

HI341 THE AGE OF EXPLORATION

HI344 MODERN DIPLOMACY

HI354 WORLD WAR I IN GLOBAL CONTEXT

HI357 DECOLONIZATION & THE COLD WAR 

HI358 POLICY, STRATEGY & GENERALSHIP 

HI359 ERA OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR 

HI370 ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL WARFARE 

HI376 EARLY MODERN WARFARE 

HI381 HISTORY OF IRREGULAR WARFARE 

HI383 MIDDLE EASTERN WARFARE 

HI385 WAR & ITS THEORISTS 

HI399 HISTORY STAFF RIDE 

HI410 VIOLENCE/SEX: CULTRL HIST WAR 

HI460 SENIOR FACULTY COURSE 

HI464 VISITING PROFESSOR ELECTIVE

XH405 THE HOLOCAUST AND ITS LEGACY 

XH415 GENOCIDE AND MASS ATROCITY

 

To learn more, view the full War, Technology, and Society Minor Curriculum.

Cadets have the opportunity to apply to attend any of the numerous domestic or international staff rides or summer Academic Individual Advanced Development (AIAD) program, USMA-run academic enrichment experience. They may also publish their work in the West Point Undergraduate Historical Review and work with either of the department’s academic centers.

To learn more about enrichment for this area of study, visit the Department of History, the Center for Oral History, or the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.