MSCI 312 - Developing Leadership III

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.
Involves planning for the unexpected in organizations under stress; developing alternate courses of action which can succeed; delegating tasks and supervising subordinate leaders; and when and how to provide guidance and direction. Students also analyze a military operation and, as a leader of a 35-member platoon, prepare a written directive (operations order) necessary to successfully complete the mission. The operations order is presented orally to the student’s platoon, and the student is evaluated on his ability to lead the unit to the successful accomplishment of the mission through properly utilizing three subordinate squad leaders and six team leaders in a 48-hour off-campus exercise. Course emphasis is on unit leader responsibilities, map interpretation, tactical communications, doctrine, systems and techniques, first aid, water survival, rappelling, squad and platoon offensive and defensive tactics, land navigation and other basic military skills. Evaluation of physical fitness level is conducted to determine eligibility for Airborne, Air Assault or Mountain Warfare training, participation in the Advanced Leadership Camp (Ft. Lewis, WA) and for assignment as a leader in an active Army unit during the summer.