1. MLTY 303 Spring Semester 2015 Syllabus
Office: Faculty Suites, Strom Thurmond Building
Contact Information: ccampbell@csuniv.edu/ 863-7270
Office Hours: 120 Strom Thurmond Bldg., Office Hours: 1100-1200 M/W.
Course Description:
This is an online survey course of American Military History from Pre-Revolutionary War
days to the present. We will discuss the evolution of the US Armed Forces with a
primary emphasis on the US Army.
Attendance:
Class is conducted in an online environment. Students are expected to log into CSU
Blackboard weekly and keep up with class assignments.
Weekly Discussion Forums:
There will be a weekly forum that entries will be posted weekly as well. All new
Discussion Forums will be posted the week before they are due. Announcements will be
sent to students along with links to content areas. All Discussion Forum submissions
are due no later than the Sunday of the week assigned. Weekly grades will be posted
online on a scale of 0-5 on Discussion Forum content.
Exams and Quizzes:
Quizzes will be assigned after specific topics such as: American Revolutionary War;
Civil War; World War I and World War II. All exams and quizzes are posted to
Blackboard before due date. You will be required to download Respondus Lockdown
Browser in order to take the Midterm and Final Exams.
Written Battle Analysis:
Written Battle Analysis Assignment is due in April. The format is on the attached
document in Content area. Submit you analysis via Dropbox on the course web site.
Grading System:
Weekly Discussion Forum Postings/quizzes ………………..……………………….. 30%
Written Battle Analysis……………………………………………………………………10%
Midterm Exam……………………………………………………………………………..30%
Final Exam…………………………………………………………………………………30%
Required Books for this semester: American Military History: Posted online in
Blackboard under Content/textbook.
Open Door Policy: Please visit my office in Faculty Suites during office hours.

2. Email: ccampbell@csuniv.edu
I can be reach at Skype: stephen.craig.campbell for face to face computer
instruction/chats.
Skype.com
Topics
Review syllabus / History Concept
Introduction / Colonial Warfare 1607-1763
War for American Independence Quiz #1
American Military Policy 1783-1860
The Civil War, 1861-2
The Civil War 1862
The Civil War 1863
The Civil War 1864-5 Quiz #2
Making War More Lethal
Review
Mid Term Exam
The Great War
Attempting to End Stalemate
WWI – 1917
WWI – 1918
Germany Triumphant
Germany Arrested Quiz #3
WWII – The Atlantic and Pacific
WWII – The Eastern and Mediterranean Fronts
WWII – Victory in Europe
WWII – War in the Pacific Quiz #4
Battle Analysis Due
The Cold War
The Korean Conflict
The Vietnam War
War in the Middle East
The Age of Intervention
The Powell Doctrine
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Final Exam

3. Craig Campbell
MA, Military History
Major, USA (Ret)