MSCI 311 - Leading Small Organizations

Credits: (4)

Instructional Method: Three hours lecture; two hours laboratory; three hours physical training.
Prerequisites: MSCI 111, MSCI 112, MSCI 211, MSCI 212, or placement credit as determined by the Professor of Military Science for qualified veterans of military service. Enrollment in course incurs military obligation.
Involves analyzing ethical dilemmas in leadership when organizational goals conflict with member welfare, examining the role of policy and standard operating procedures in organizations, and developing effective writing and oral presentation skills. Students are also required to organize a team and successfully lead it to a predetermined location (land). Instruction includes students serving as an apprentice instructor conducting a physical training session for 30 participants. Students are also evaluated as leaders of a 10-person team and alternately as a leader of a five person team, assigned various tasks to complete during a 48-hour off-campus exercise.