PGCert Military History

Warfare has been the crucible of History. This course will fascinate anyone wanting to explore Military History more widely and in depth. The assignments will encourage you to pursue this specialised approach to historical events, from ancient into modern times. Study skills are developed to enable progression to undertake advanced historical writing and research.

Learn how war has been conducted across the ages. Explore the military organisations that societies have created to engage in warfare. Investigate how technological and social change has affected armed conflict. Conduct your own research project.

Military History is more than just battle tactics.

You will take a varied journey through the past, from Roman times to the 20th century. This will feature operational military history – including campaigns, generalship, and weaponry. However, as the renowned 19th-century German military theoretician Carl von Clausewitz argued, "War is not an independent phenomenon".

Accordingly, there is opportunity to engage with scholarship more broadly viewing the place and effect of war and of the military within society as a whole, including organisational, economic, political and motivational themes.

The University Centre Shrewsbury site allows you to study at the heart of a rich military heritage.

The town of Shrewsbury, the city of Chester, and the historic counties of Shropshire and Cheshire together have a military past spanning at least 2,000 years.

The region has a high concentration of prehistoric Hillforts and the Imperial Roman Army left its mark. It is also densely studded with earthwork and stone-built Medieval castles, and was heavily fought over during the English Civil Wars. Remains of military activity from both 20th-century World Wars still dot the landscape. Shrewsbury and Chester have long, historic relationships with both the regular and part-time British armed forces.