Military Studies - Minor
The School of Military Sciences offers a minor in Military Studies. This minor is available to all Texas A&M students; ROTC or Corps of Cadets participation is not required. All students desiring to enroll in the Military Studies minor should visit https://tx.ag/corpsacademics or email academics@corps.tamu.edu to request more information.
The Military Studies minor requires 18 hours. Nine hours must be completed in approved upper-level Aerospace Studies, Military Science, or Naval Science courses with an additional 9 hours from approved university courses with a military-related focus. A minimum of 12 hours must be at the 300-400 level. A grade of C or higher is required if a course is to be counted towards the minor field. Minor programs are recognized on the transcripts after graduation, but not on the diploma. The student’s college and/or major department determines the number of minor programs a student may seek and shall be responsible for advising after the student receives signed approval from the Assistant Commandant for Academics and International Programs.
| Code | Title | Semester Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Military Science Courses 1 | ||
| Select three of the following: | 9 | |
| Leading People and Effective Communication I | ||
| Leading People and Effective Communication II | ||
| National Security Affairs, Leadership Responsibilities, and Commissioning Preparation I | ||
| National Security Affairs, Leadership Responsibilities, and Commissioning Preparation II | ||
| Adaptive Leadership and Tactical Operations I | ||
| Adaptive Leadership and Tactical Operations II | ||
| The Army Officer and the Profession of Arms I | ||
| The Army Officer and the Profession of Arms II | ||
| Navigation | ||
| Evolution of Warfare | ||
| Naval Ships Systems I: Engineering | ||
| Naval Ships Systems II: Weapons | ||
| Leadership and Ethics | ||
| Naval Operations and Seamanship | ||
| Fundamentals of Maneuver Warfare | ||
| Non-Military Science Courses | ||
| Select three of the following: | 9 | |
| Financial Readiness | ||
| The Middle East | ||
| Geography of South Asia | ||
| GNSS in the Geosciences | ||
| Remote Sensing in Geosciences | ||
| Principles of Geographic Information Systems | ||
| Political Geography | ||
| Geography of Terrorism | ||
| Advanced Topics in GIS (Geographic Information Systems) | ||
| GNSS in the Geosciences | ||
| American Military History, 1609 to Present | ||
| History of American Sea Power | ||
| European Military History | ||
| War and Society in Europe Since 1900 | ||
| Modern Middle East | ||
| The Vietnam War/The American War | ||
| World War II in Asia and the Pacific | ||
| Modern South Asia | ||
| Out of Africa: The Black Diaspora and the Modern World | ||
| The Birth of the Republic, 1763-1820 | ||
| America in the Gilded Age, 1877-1901 | ||
| Reform, War and Normalcy: The United States, 1901-1929 | ||
| The Great Depression and World War II | ||
| History of the Holocaust | ||
| The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon, 1715-1815 | ||
| Russia's Long Twentieth Century - The Soviet Experiment and Beyond | ||
| World War II | ||
| American Military History to 1901 | ||
| American Military History Since 1901 | ||
| The American Revolution | ||
| American Foreign Relations to 1913 | ||
| American Foreign Relations Since 1913 | ||
| International Developments Since 1918 | ||
| Empires in History | ||
| Care of Mental Health Clients | ||
| Care of Community Health Clients | ||
| Military Ethics | ||
| Philosophy of Religion | ||
| Social and Political Philosophy | ||
| Ethical Theory | ||
| Introduction to Comparative Politics | ||
| Introduction to World Politics | ||
| Ethnic Conflict | ||
| Theories of International Relations | ||
| Government and Politics of Eastern Europe | ||
| Globalization and Democracy | ||
| International Cooperation | ||
| International Conflict | ||
| Government and Politics of the Former Soviet Union | ||
| Global Political Thought | ||
| Latin American Legislatures | ||
| American Foreign Policy | ||
| Contemporary Issues in American Foreign Policy | ||
| Issues in World Politics | ||
| The Politics of European Union | ||
| Foreign Policy Decision Making | ||
| National Security Policy | ||
| Population and Society | ||
| Racial and Ethnic Relations | ||
| Political Sociology | ||
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Minimum of 6 hours of School of Military Sciences courses (NVSC, AERS, and MLSC) must be at the 400 level.