As a new member and someone newly interested in the Civil War, I've been trying to figure out the most effective way to immerse myself in deeper learning while maintaining that pesky full-time job.
I was considering the Civil War graduate certificate from AMU. From what I read in other postings on the forum, it appears to be a good program (but a lot of work possibly.) I have a Bachelor's and a Master's in an unrelated field, but I was also thinking some of those credits could transfer and apply towards an Associate's or Bachelor's degree in history (unless it was at AMU, it would be more of a general US history as I couldn't easily find any others with Civil War concentrations.)
I'm doing it for personal enrichment only and would be interested what you would suggest to someone who has read only about 5 books on the subject and watched Ken Burns repeatedly. For someone like that would a structured approach from schooling be most appropriate or at this level am I able to learn on my own, possibly from piggy-backing off reading lists and syllabi from courses on the topic.
Looking forward to your suggestions.
Thanks
Tim
I was considering the Civil War graduate certificate from AMU. From what I read in other postings on the forum, it appears to be a good program (but a lot of work possibly.) I have a Bachelor's and a Master's in an unrelated field, but I was also thinking some of those credits could transfer and apply towards an Associate's or Bachelor's degree in history (unless it was at AMU, it would be more of a general US history as I couldn't easily find any others with Civil War concentrations.)
I'm doing it for personal enrichment only and would be interested what you would suggest to someone who has read only about 5 books on the subject and watched Ken Burns repeatedly. For someone like that would a structured approach from schooling be most appropriate or at this level am I able to learn on my own, possibly from piggy-backing off reading lists and syllabi from courses on the topic.
Looking forward to your suggestions.
Thanks
Tim