Military Science

A course examining the U.S. Army as an institution, specifically looking at the roles and relationships of the Army within our democracy. Course also provides a look at the Army officer and unique aspects of the military profession. No military obligation is incurred by the completion of this course.

This course is designed to acquaint the student with the fundamental skills necessary to be a leader, both in military and civilian contexts. Course also covers basic military map reading skills. No military obligation is incurred by the completion of this course.

This course delves into theoretical and practical leadership instruction. Specifically, students examine several aspects of communication and leadership concepts such as written and oral communication, effective listening, assertiveness, personality, adult development, motivation, and organizational culture and change. The course concludes with a major leadership and problem-solving case study. Upon completion, students will be well-grounded in fundamental leadership principles and will be better prepared to apply such principles to a wide variety of life experiences.

This course focuses principally on officership, providing an extensive examination of the unique purpose, roles, and obligations of commissioned officers. It includes a detailed look at the origin of our institutional values and their practical application in decision-making and leadership. At the core of this course of instruction is a capstone study in officership/leadership. This lesson traces the Army’s successes and failures as it evolved from the Vietnam War to the present, placing previous lessons on leadership and officership in a real-world context that directly affects the future of students who choose to enter the advanced course of the ROTC program. This course draws the various components of values, communications, decision- making, and leadership together to focus on a career as a commissioned officer. Upon completion of this course, student should possess a fundamental understanding of both leadership and officership, demonstrate the ability to apply this understanding in real- world situations, and be excited about the aspect of shouldering the responsibility of a commissioned officer in the United States Army.

A hands-on practicum which exposes the student to the military skills required for basic technical and tactical competence to enter the Advanced Course. Laboratory; two hours per week and two weekend exercises. Laboratory two hours per week and two week-end exercises. May be repeated to a maximum of four credits.

Course of study in development of basic skills required to function as a manager, study of leadership styles, group dynamics, communications, motivation, and military instruction methods; and school of the soldier and exercise of command.

Small Unit tactics and communications, organization and mission of combat arms units; leadership and the exercise of command.

This course will furnish upper-level UK ROTC Cadets and qualified history majors or minors with the methodological tools and materials needed to gain a more detailed understanding of American military history and to put together a major research paper. The course will emphasize basic research skills. Understanding historiographical debates within a military framework, developing effective note-taking and outlining techniques, picking a feasible research topic, finding useful primary sources and drawing inferences from them, examining American military campaigns and leaders in order to complete a battle analysis, and short assignments.

An advanced study of logistics, operations, military administrations, personnel management, military justice, world change and military implications, service orientation, and leadership training.

A course teaching ethics, professionalism, contemporary aspects of military training and personnel management, and the planning and conduct of military operations.

A hands-on practicum which exposes the student to the military skills required for advanced technical and tactical competence as an Army officer. The course affords junior and senior cadets opportunities to develop and refine their leadership style and abilities under differing constraints and environments. Laboratory; two hours per week and two weekend exercises. May be repeated to a maximum of four credits.