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Military Science
234 2004-2005 California State University, Fresno General Catalog
The faculty of the Department of
Military Science are highly qualified and
experienced professional U.S. Army
officers selected for their instructor
qualifications and academic background.
Each officer has completed post-graduate
work as well as two required Army
schools in the respective field of specialty
as well as other coursework under the
Command and General Staff College.
Each officer also attends the School of
Cadet Command, which is the Army’s
training school for military science
professors. Students find departmental
faculty helpful in guiding them through
their academic experience as well as
helping them pursue career goals.
Military Science Minor
Each student enrolled in the ROTC Ad-vanced
Course and who completes the 21
units (19 upper-division) necessary for com-missioning
will be eligible for the award of a
Minor in Military Science. Coordination with
the department faculty adviser is required.
Units
Required courses .............................. 21
MS 50A, 50B, 131, 132,
141, 142, 150A, 150B;
HIST 180; KAC 42
Optional course ................................... 3
MS 192
Total ............................................. 21-24
Note: The Military Science Minor also
requires a 2.0 GPA and 6 upper-division
units in residence.
Professional Military Education Re-quirements
(PME). In addition to the
required courses above, students in the
ROTC Advanced Course must fulfill pre-scribed
professional military education re-quirements
by satisfactorily completing
courses in written communication, human
behavior, military history, and computer
literacy. Students must obtain approval
from their military science department fac-ulty
adviser to ensure their planned course
of study will satisfy this requirement prior
to graduation and commissioning.
COURSES
Military Science (MS)
1. Introduction to Military Science (1)
Organization and function of the U.S.
Army; basic traditions, customs, and pro-tocol.
Introduction to basic leadership skills,
map reading, and management techniques.
2. General Military Skills
and Survival Training (1)
Training in basic soldier skills and survival
techniques in a field environment. Focuses
on basic training skills, first-aid proce-dures,
field crafts, and survival techniques.
10. Vietnam and Modern War (2)
Recent American military history with em-phasis
on the Vietnam War. Origins and
evolution of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
Tactics, strategies, and political and social
contexts of the conflict. Discussion of post-
Vietnam military events, including terror-ism
and the Gulf War.
11. General Leadership Skills (2)
Basic rope work to include knots and
rappelling, basics of orienteering and land
navigation, basic marksmanship and mili-tary
briefings.
12. Basic Leadership
and Management (2)
Principles of leadership; principles of re-source
management; group goal attain-ment
focusing on leader, group, and situ-ational
needs.
13. ROTC Basic Camp (3)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. A
six-week training program during the sum-mer.
This course is a “no obligation” look
at the U.S. Army’s basic leadership skills
and training overview. Training is held and
pay provided at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
50A. Freshman Leadership Laboratory
(1; max total 2)
Open to freshman Army ROTC students.
Practical work to augment classroom in-struction.
Weekly laboratories plus one
field trip each semester. Attendance at all
functions is voluntary.
50B. Sophomore Leadership
Laboratory (1; max total 2)
Open to sophomore Army ROTC stu-dents.
Practical work to augment class-room
instruction. Weekly laboratories plus
one field trip each semester. Attendance at
all functions is voluntary.
131. Advanced Leadership
and Management (3)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Per-sonnel
management problems and tech-niques
of motivation as applied to a mili-tary
environment; techniques and methods
of instruction; application of basic military
skills; military law.
132. Small Unit Leadership (3)
Prerequisite: MS 131 or permission of in-structor.
Principles of tactics and opera-tions;
organization of small units and their
employment; field orders and instructions;
small unit leadership techniques.
133. ROTC Advanced Camp (3)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. A
six-week summer camp conducted at Fort
Lewis, Washington. Topics include famil-iarization
with U.S. Army weapons sys-tems,
military skills, confidence training,
light infantry tactics, and leadership and
management techniques.
141. Ethics and Military
Professionalism (3)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Mili-tary
Professional Ethics, Military Justice,
Command and Staff Functions, Mission
and Organization of the U.S. Army and
Military Correspondence.
142. Advanced Leadership Training (3)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Re-quired
course for MS IV cadets. Instruc-tion
focuses on transitioning cadets to
lieutenants. Topics include responsibili-ties
of army officers, army leadership doc-trine,
and the army promotion system.
Emphasis on skills used early in an officer’s
career.
150A. Junior Leadership Laboratory
(1; max total 2)
Open to junior Army ROTC students.
Practical work to augment classroom in-struction.
Weekly laboratories plus one
field trip each semester. Attendance at all
functions is mandatory. Must be taken
each semester a student is enrolled in the
Advanced Course.
150B. Senior Leadership
Laboratory (1; max total 2)
Open to senior Army ROTC students.
Practical work to augment classroom in-struction.
Weekly morning laboratories
plus one field trip each semester. Atten-dance
at all functions is mandatory. Must
be taken each semester a student is enrolled
in the Advanced Course.
190. Independent Study
(1-3; max total 6)
See Academic Placement — Independent
Study. Approved for RP grading.
192. Directed Reading in
Selected Military Topics (3)
Prerequisites: MS 131, 132, 141 and per-mission
of instructor. Directed reading in
military history and/or the role of the army
in the formulation of national policy in
consultation with a faculty adviser. Re-quires
a substantial writing requirement.
Object Description
| Title | 2004-05 General Catalog |
| Creator | California State University, Fresno |
| Format | PDF Document |
| Date of publication | 2004-05 |
| Subjects | California State University, Fresno. Curricula. Catalogs |
| Object type | Document |
| Location | Fresno, California |
| Language | eng |
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| Full Text Search | Military Science 234 2004-2005 California State University, Fresno General Catalog The faculty of the Department of Military Science are highly qualified and experienced professional U.S. Army officers selected for their instructor qualifications and academic background. Each officer has completed post-graduate work as well as two required Army schools in the respective field of specialty as well as other coursework under the Command and General Staff College. Each officer also attends the School of Cadet Command, which is the Army’s training school for military science professors. Students find departmental faculty helpful in guiding them through their academic experience as well as helping them pursue career goals. Military Science Minor Each student enrolled in the ROTC Ad-vanced Course and who completes the 21 units (19 upper-division) necessary for com-missioning will be eligible for the award of a Minor in Military Science. Coordination with the department faculty adviser is required. Units Required courses .............................. 21 MS 50A, 50B, 131, 132, 141, 142, 150A, 150B; HIST 180; KAC 42 Optional course ................................... 3 MS 192 Total ............................................. 21-24 Note: The Military Science Minor also requires a 2.0 GPA and 6 upper-division units in residence. Professional Military Education Re-quirements (PME). In addition to the required courses above, students in the ROTC Advanced Course must fulfill pre-scribed professional military education re-quirements by satisfactorily completing courses in written communication, human behavior, military history, and computer literacy. Students must obtain approval from their military science department fac-ulty adviser to ensure their planned course of study will satisfy this requirement prior to graduation and commissioning. COURSES Military Science (MS) 1. Introduction to Military Science (1) Organization and function of the U.S. Army; basic traditions, customs, and pro-tocol. Introduction to basic leadership skills, map reading, and management techniques. 2. General Military Skills and Survival Training (1) Training in basic soldier skills and survival techniques in a field environment. Focuses on basic training skills, first-aid proce-dures, field crafts, and survival techniques. 10. Vietnam and Modern War (2) Recent American military history with em-phasis on the Vietnam War. Origins and evolution of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Tactics, strategies, and political and social contexts of the conflict. Discussion of post- Vietnam military events, including terror-ism and the Gulf War. 11. General Leadership Skills (2) Basic rope work to include knots and rappelling, basics of orienteering and land navigation, basic marksmanship and mili-tary briefings. 12. Basic Leadership and Management (2) Principles of leadership; principles of re-source management; group goal attain-ment focusing on leader, group, and situ-ational needs. 13. ROTC Basic Camp (3) Prerequisite: permission of instructor. A six-week training program during the sum-mer. This course is a “no obligation” look at the U.S. Army’s basic leadership skills and training overview. Training is held and pay provided at Fort Knox, Kentucky. 50A. Freshman Leadership Laboratory (1; max total 2) Open to freshman Army ROTC students. Practical work to augment classroom in-struction. Weekly laboratories plus one field trip each semester. Attendance at all functions is voluntary. 50B. Sophomore Leadership Laboratory (1; max total 2) Open to sophomore Army ROTC stu-dents. Practical work to augment class-room instruction. Weekly laboratories plus one field trip each semester. Attendance at all functions is voluntary. 131. Advanced Leadership and Management (3) Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Per-sonnel management problems and tech-niques of motivation as applied to a mili-tary environment; techniques and methods of instruction; application of basic military skills; military law. 132. Small Unit Leadership (3) Prerequisite: MS 131 or permission of in-structor. Principles of tactics and opera-tions; organization of small units and their employment; field orders and instructions; small unit leadership techniques. 133. ROTC Advanced Camp (3) Prerequisite: permission of instructor. A six-week summer camp conducted at Fort Lewis, Washington. Topics include famil-iarization with U.S. Army weapons sys-tems, military skills, confidence training, light infantry tactics, and leadership and management techniques. 141. Ethics and Military Professionalism (3) Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Mili-tary Professional Ethics, Military Justice, Command and Staff Functions, Mission and Organization of the U.S. Army and Military Correspondence. 142. Advanced Leadership Training (3) Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Re-quired course for MS IV cadets. Instruc-tion focuses on transitioning cadets to lieutenants. Topics include responsibili-ties of army officers, army leadership doc-trine, and the army promotion system. Emphasis on skills used early in an officer’s career. 150A. Junior Leadership Laboratory (1; max total 2) Open to junior Army ROTC students. Practical work to augment classroom in-struction. Weekly laboratories plus one field trip each semester. Attendance at all functions is mandatory. Must be taken each semester a student is enrolled in the Advanced Course. 150B. Senior Leadership Laboratory (1; max total 2) Open to senior Army ROTC students. Practical work to augment classroom in-struction. Weekly morning laboratories plus one field trip each semester. Atten-dance at all functions is mandatory. Must be taken each semester a student is enrolled in the Advanced Course. 190. Independent Study (1-3; max total 6) See Academic Placement — Independent Study. Approved for RP grading. 192. Directed Reading in Selected Military Topics (3) Prerequisites: MS 131, 132, 141 and per-mission of instructor. Directed reading in military history and/or the role of the army in the formulation of national policy in consultation with a faculty adviser. Re-quires a substantial writing requirement. |
