Program Overview

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MA Military History by Distance Learning

Overview

This fully-online MA in Military History offers potential graduate students from around the world a chance to engage with reputable military historians and leading academics.

Why choose this course?

This fully-online MA in Military History offers potential graduate students from around the world a chance to engage with reputable military historians and leading academics, also from around the world, through 24 hours a day, 7 days a week ongoing lectures and discussion seminars in state-of-the-art learning environments.

What's unique about this course?

• This course gives you a chance to engage with reputable military historians and leading academics in the field.
• This is military history like never before; universally-accessible, affordable and dynamic.
• You will be able to combine your research with skills-based analysis, under the personal supervision of a qualified expert in the field.

What happens on the course?

The MA Military History course consists of six (12-week) non-elective modules which you will participate in over two years (part-time), plus a non-taught, faculty-administrative module where you submit your MA research-dissertation.

Course Modules

Year 1

• Combined Operations in the American Civil War
• Debates in Military Affairs
• Leadership, Command & Combat
• Strategic Bombing in the Second World War
• Theories of Warfare
• Tools of War

Year 2

• Combined Operations in the American Civil War
• Debates in Military Affairs
• Leadership, Command & Combat
• Strategic Bombing in the Second World War
• Theories of Warfare
• Tools of War

Potential Career Paths

Successful completion of this course will enhance your career prospects, whether studied at PGCert, PGDip or MA level. It will be particularly relevant to archivists and curators, researchers, journalists, political and central government professionals, civil servants, military professionals, conflict resolution and NGO workers, charity and campaign workers. Attainment of the MA degree could also lead to doctoral research.

Additional Information

• Award: MA
• Start date(s): 15 September 2025
• UCAS Code:
• Course specifications: View course spec
• Course length: Part-time Distance Learning (2 years)
• Campus location: University: Online Distance Learning
• School: School of Social Sciences and Humanities
• UCAS points calculator: Open Points Calculator

Entry Requirements

• Bachelor of Arts degree in a Humanities-based subject; to be verified with the programme director.
• You should also have a good standard of written and spoken English (IELTS 6.5 or equivalent)

Funding

• Postgraduate Loan (Home Fee Status): You may be able to get a postgraduate student loan from Student Finance England of up to £12,858 to help pay for a Master’s degree.
• Changes for EU students: The UK government has confirmed that EU students starting courses from 1 August 2021 will normally be classified as Overseas (International) students for fee purposes.
• Postgraduate Loyalty Discount: You can get 20% discount on a taught on-site postgraduate course if you’re a University of Wolverhampton Graduate.
• Self-funded: If you are paying for the fees yourself then the fees can be paid in 3 instalments: November, January and April.
• Sponsored - Your employer, embassy or organisation can pay for your Tuition fees: Your employer, embassy or organisation agrees to pay all or part of your tuition fees; the University will refer to them as your sponsor and will invoice them for the appropriate amount.
• Financial Hardship: Students can apply to the Dennis Turner Opportunity Fund for help with course related costs however this cannot be used for fees or to cover general living costs.
• Charitable Funding: You might also want to explore the possibility of funding from charitable trusts.

Course Fees and Finance

Location	Mode	Fee	Year
Home	Part-time Distance Learning	£4408 per year
Home	Part-time Distance Learning	£4544 per year
International	Part-time Distance Learning	£4408 per year
International	Part-time Distance Learning	£4544 per year

Why Wolverhampton?

The University of Wolverhampton boasts the longest-running BA Honours Degree in War Studies in the U.K. We have resident strengths in many aspects of military history, taught by a critically-acclaimed team of international scholars.

What skills will you gain?

At the end of this course you will be able to:

• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of military history
• Show awareness and understanding of the nature and impact of specific wars in particular societies throughout history
• Exercise critical, evaluative and analytical skills in relation to theoretical sources
• Communicate effectively
• Demonstrate the ability to negotiate, design and undertake independent research.