Students who are interested in military history will immediately benefit from joining the Society for Military History, which is approaching its 90th anniversary. This group has a larger focus than the Society for Medieval Military History, covering topics from the ancient world to modern warfare.

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After reviewing a slew of feedback from people taking online courses for the first time, one of the common themes was they wished they had known how much learning they would do on their own. Although it is purely anecdotal at this point, it does reinforce what many of us pursuing degrees from predominately-online universities always knew: This is a lot of work.

For people working full-time jobs, raising a family, or serving overseas, pursuing a degree online is the only option for furthering their education. It can be easy for them to envy folks living at or near a university campus, walking to class, and seemingly receiving spoon-fed information on their concentration. However, folks switching from brick and mortar to online schooling have noticed something crucial—you should expect to learn on your own.

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Several folks have asked me about my experience acquiring a bachelor’s in military history. While I cannot answer what goes into a military history degree at every university offering it, the following highlights what it took for me to finish the degree at American Military University.

In short, it was 121 credit hours, which translated to 41 courses and 37 research papers, covering the prehistoric period to the twenty-first-century.

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Google Docs is a great service, especially for students. Not only can you use it to store PDFs, but you can use it to create and store documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Students taking copious notes from classes and books can benefit greatly from Google Docs because of its ease of use, online storage, and search functionality.

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