GEOG 380 Modern Military Geography

Modern military geography is the study of the ways in which military activities are geographically constituted and expressed as they affect space, place, environment, landscape, people, culture, and national interests. 

The focus of this course is geographical considerations as applied to the context of a military application. It is, however, valuable for those inside the military and those outside the military as it will teach students about how to anticipate and respond to the impact of geography on large and small-scale campaigns.

Textbook readings and lecture presentations

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Course Requirements Checklist

After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview..

This is a standard research paper like one would find in other courses. Its subject should revolve around a historical military operation. The goal is for the student to practice the skills he/she learned during this course and to exhibit an understanding of the knowledge he/she has gained about the changing and unchanging nature of physical geography. The assignment should be 3-5 pages in length in current Turabian format. The student should support the assignment with at least 5 scholarly sources.

This is a standard research paper like one would find in other courses. Its subject should revolve around a historical military operation. The goal is for the student to practice the skills he/she learned during this course and to exhibit an understanding of the knowledge he/she has gained about the changing and unchanging nature of physical geography. The assignment should be 7-10 pages in length in current Turabian format. The student should support the assignment with at least 10 scholarly sources.

Each quiz will cover the Learn material for the assigned module: weeks. Each quiz will be open-book/open-notes, contain 10 multiple-choice and true/false questions, 1 short answer question, and has a 60-minute time limit.