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. 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 301W 4
Credits
Leadership and Problem Solving
Challenges cadets to study, practice and evaluate adaptive
leadership skills as they are presented with the demands of preparing for the
ROTC Leadership Development Assessment Course (LDAC). Challenging scenarios
related to small unit tactical operations are used to develop self awareness
and critical thinking skills. Cadets receive systematic and specific feedback
on their leadership abilities. Cadets at the MSL III level begin to analyze and
evaluate their own leadership values, attributes, skills and actions. Primary
attention is given to preparation for LDAC and the development of leadership
abilities. Prerequisite: Junior standing in MILS and permission of instructor.
(3 + 2) Offered Spring
MILS 302O 4
Credits
Leadership and Ethics
Interdisciplinary study of effective leadership techniques and
preparation for attendance in 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 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
Developmental Leadership (s)
Develops student proficiency in planning, executing and
assessing complex operations, functioning as a member of a staff and providing
leadership-performance feedback to subordinates. Students are given situational
opportunities to assess risk, make ethical decisions and provide coaching to
fellow ROTC students. MSL IV cadets are measured by their ability both to give
and receive systematic and specific feedback on leadership abilities. Cadets at
the MSL IV level analyze and evaluate the leadership values, attributes, skills
and actions of MSL III cadets while simultaneously considering their own
leadership skills. Attention is given to preparation for BOLC II and the
development of leadership abilities. (Prerequisites: Senior standing in MILS
and permission of instructor.) (3 + 2) Offered Spring
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