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Military Science (MISI)

Department Head: Lieutenant Colonel Paul C. Veilleux

Office: Army: Hall Dormitory, 362 Fairfield Road

131. General Military Science I

Either semester. One credit. One class period.

Organization of the Army, basic soldier skills; ropes, knots, and rappelling; individual physical fitness; land navigation; time management; role of regular Army, Reserve and National Guard; M16 rifle.

132. General Military Science I

Either semester. One credit. One class period. 

Organization and equipment of small military units, fundamentals of marksmanship and military instruction techniques. Leadership lab as announced. Army customs and traditions; land navigation; heat and cold survival; tactical communications; military correspondence; leadership/professional ethics; branches of Army; encoding and decoding messages.

133. General Military Science: Air Rifle Marksmanship

Both semesters. One credit. One class period, two hours lecture and laboratory. May be taken only once for credit. 

Air Rifle Marksmanship will provide an introduction to the fundamentals of rifle marksmanship, the safe and proper use, and care of the rifle, the elements of competitive shooting, and the psychology of shooting.

145. General Military Science II

Either semester. One credit. One class period and leadership laboratory. 

Map reading, mountaineering, principles of war.

146. General Military Science II

Either semester. One credit. One class period and leadership laboratory.

Emergency First Aid, leadership, military instruction techniques.

252. General Military Science III

First semester. Three credits. One 3-hour class period and leadership laboratory. One weekend field training exercise. Prerequisite: Completion of the basic course in military science, basic training, or a six-week basic summer camp. In all cases, approval of the Professor of Military Science is required. 

Leadership principles, techniques, and the responsibilities of command. Military instruction techniques, to include student class presentations.

253. General Military Science III

Second semester. Three credits. One 3-hour class period and leadership laboratory. One weekend field training exercise. Prerequisite: MISI 252. 

Dynamics of small unit tactics, and branches of the Army.

297. General Military Science IV

First semester. Three credits. One 3-hour class period and leadership laboratory. One weekend field training exercise. Prerequisite: MISI 253. 

 Army staff organization, unit administration and management, logistics, military intelligence, leadership seminar, the international system, and strategic doctrine.

298. General Military Science IV

Second semester. Three credits. One 3-hour class period and leadership laboratory. One weekend field training exercise. 

Military law, obligations and responsibilities of an officer, contemporary human problems, and a leadership seminar.

      
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