Military Science
MILS 101 2
Credits
Foundations of Officership
Issues and competencies central to a commissioned officer's
responsibilities. Presents a framework for understanding officership,
leadership and Army values. Addresses life skills including fitness and time
management. Designed to encourage insight into the Army profession and the
officer's role within the Army. Materials fee: $50. (1 + 2) Offered
Fall
MILS 102 2
Credits
Basic Leadership
Continuation of MILS 101. Expands on fundamentals with a
focus on communications, leadership and problem solving. Life skills lessons
include: problem solving, goal setting, interpersonal communication and
assertiveness. Lessons yield immediately useful skills. Provides accurate
information about life in the Army, including the organization of the Army,
employment benefits and work experiences of junior officers. Materials fee:
$50. (1 + 2) Offered Spring
MILS 113 2
Credits
Map Reading and Orienteering
Introduction to military and civilian topographical maps and
their related informational content. Use of the lensatic compass and map as
navigational instruments. Exercises in orienteering complement academic
instruction. (2 + 0) Offered Spring
MILS 201 3
Credits
Individual Leadership Studies
Communication and leadership theory and application. Focus on
critical life skills. Emphasis on relevance of life skills to future success in
the Army. Includes a major leadership and problem solving case study which
draws on virtually all of the instruction in MILS 101 and 102. Materials fee:
$50. (2 + 2) Offered Fall
MILS 202 3 Credits
Leadership and Teamwork
Focus on officership providing an extensive examination of
the unique purpose, roles and obligations of commissioned officers. Includes a
detailed look at the origin of our institutional values and their practical
application in decision making and leadership. Core focus is a capstone case
study in officership that traces the Army's successes and failures as it
evolved from the Vietnam War to present, placing previous lessons on leadership
and officership in a real-world context that directly affects the future of
cadets. Draws the various components of values, communications, decision making
and leadership together to focus on a career as a commissioned officer. Materials
fee: $50. (2 + 2) Offered Spring
MILS 250 3
Credits
Leaders Training Course
A four-week camp in basic military skills and leadership
experience in preparation for entrance into the advanced course. For students who
did not take the basic course. Prerequisite: At least two years of schooling
remaining upon completion of camp. Admission by arrangement with professor of
military science. Offered Summer, As Demand Warrants
MILS 301 4
Credits
Leadership and Problem Solving
Concepts, principles and techniques applicable to leadership
in a military environment. Emphasizes the role of small unit leader in leading
military organizations in a tactical environment. Laboratory sessions offer
practical application of concepts taught in classroom sessions. Materials fee:
$50. Prerequisite: Junior standing in MILS and permission of instructor.
(3 + 2) Offered Spring
MILS 302 4
Credits
Leadership and Ethics
Interdisciplinary study of effective leadership techniques
and preparation for attendance to MILS 350. Laboratory sessions offer practical
application of concepts taught in classroom sessions. Materials fee: $50.
Prerequisite: Junior standing in MILS and permission of instructor.
(3 + 2) Offered Spring
MILS 313 3
Credits
Personal Navigation and Orienteering
(Cross-listed with ARSK 313)
Study of navigation to enable students to safely work in an
outdoor Arctic environment. Emphasis on use of a topographical map and lensatic
compass. Students learn to navigate by analyzing terrain, using a compass and
satellite positioning systems. Course consists of classroom instruction and
practical application in outdoor environments. Students must have adequate
clothing to operate for 1-6 hours in an Arctic environment. (2 + 2) Offered
Spring
MILS 350 3
Credits
Leadership Development Assessment Course
Five-week course structured to assess and develop leadership
capabilities of the cadet by using a variety of situations in a military
environment. (Prerequisites: Must be enrolled as an advanced course cadet,
completed MILS 301/302 and have the recommendation of the department head.)
Offered Fall
MILS 351 2
Credits
Cadet Troop Leadership Training
Three-to-five-week full-time leadership training and
development, serving in leadership positions with the active Army. Application
of leadership and management principles in real life junior officer
situations/positions. (Prerequisites: Must be enrolled as an advanced course
cadet, completed MILS 101 and MILS 350.) Offered Fall
MILS 401 4
Credits
Leadership and Management (s)
Study of skills and knowledge required to function as a
lieutenant in the Army. Decision making skills, study of organizational
structure, training management and assignment in a cadet leadership position
are used as practical applications. Instruction and assessment of performance
of MILS 100-300-level students in lab. Materials fee: $50. Prerequisite:
Senior standing in MILS and permission of instructor. (3 + 2) Offered
Fall
MILS 402 4
Credits
Officership
Continuation of MILS 401. Includes study of military ethics
and law. Student role in laboratory sessions is to plan instruction and assess
performance of MILS 100-300-level students. Materials fee: $50.
Prerequisite: Senior standing in MILS and permission of instructor. (3 + 2)
Offered Spring
MILS 442 3
Credits
History of the American Military (s)
(Cross-listed with HIST 442)
The military's place in American life and society from the
Colonial era to the present. Role of the military institution in shaping the
nature of American society while reflecting the character of the society it
serves. Also available via Independent Learning. (Prerequisite: Sophomore
standing or permission of instructor.) (3 + 0) Offered Fall