Course Name:
Introduction to Tactical
Leadership
Course Prefix: MILS
Course Number: 1020
Submitted by (Name & E-Mail):
Georgia Gilbert,
ggilbert@weber.edu
Current Date:
11/3/2009
College: Social &
Behavioral Sciences
Department: Military
Science
From Term: Fall
2009
Substantive
change
|
Current Course Subject
MILSCI
Current Course Number
1020 |
MILS 1020. Introduction to
Tactical Leadership (2) F, S This course continues
to emphasize self and team development through
participation in classroom and leadership lab
activities that are progressively more challenging.
Subject matter includes winter survival,
marksmanship and small unit operations. Classroom
discussion includes small unit tactics, troop
leading procedures, communications skills, and the
organization of company-sized Army units. A
three-hour weekly leadership lab is required (MILS
0000) as well as a one weekend field training
exercise during the semester. Participation in
weekly physical fitness training is recommended
(MILS 2400).
New/Revised Course
Information:
Course
Title: Introduction
to Tactical Leadership
Abbreviated Course Title:
Credit
Hours: 3
or if variable hours:
to
Contact
Hours: Lecture
2 Lab
3 Other
1-2
Repeat Information: Limit
0 Max
Hrs 0
Grading
Mode:
standard
Prerequisites/Co-requisites:
Course
description (exactly as it will appear in the
catalog, including prerequisites):
MILS 1020.
Introduction to Tactical Leadership (3) S This
course continues to emphasize self and team
development through participation in classroom and
leadership lab activities that are progressively
more challenging. Subject matter includes winter
survival, marksmanship and small unit operations.
Classroom discussion includes small unit tactics,
troop leading procedures, communications skills and
the organization of company-sized Army units. A
three-hour weekly leadership lab is included as well
as one one weekend field training exercise during
the semester. A $75 lab fee is required.
Participation in weekly physical fitness training is
expected and should be taken as MILS 2400.
Justification:
Students in MILS 1020, a foundational course in
Military Science, currently participate in a
three-hour weekly leadership lab (MILS 0000), which
is uncredited. Students at this level spend two
hours weekly in classroom instruction, three hours
weekly in the lab and approximately 1-2 hours in
outside preparation for the lab. The Military
Science department proposes to merge the lab with
the instructional course (MILS 1020) and increase
the credit hour assignment from 2 to 3 credits. The
department believes this change accomplishes both
efficiency and an appropriate credit hour increase
for actual student effort expended without requiring
any content changes in the present program. Although
the course is not a component of the Military
Science minor, the course is foundational for
enrolling in upper division courses required for the
minor.
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for substantive proposals only
1. Did this course receive
unanimous approval within the Department?
true
If not, what are the major
concerns raised by the opponents?
2. If this is a new course
proposal, could you achieve the desired results by
revising an existing course within your department
or by requiring an existing course in another
department?
This is not a new
course proposal but a revision of an existing course
through merging of the leadership lab with the
instructional course (MILS 1020).
3. How will the proposed
course differ from similar offerings by other
departments? Comment on any subject overlap between
this course and topics generally taught by other
departments, even if no similar courses are
currently offered by the other departments. Explain
any effects that this proposal will have on program
requirements or enrollments in other department.
Please forward letters (email communication is
sufficient) from all departments that you have
identified above stating their support or opposition
to the proposed course.
MILS 1020 and the
leadership lab are unique to the Military Science
department and essential to the Army ROTC program
leading to cadets' commissioning. There is no
overlap with or effects on other departments.
4. Is this course required
for certification/accreditation of a program?
yes
If so, a statement to that
effect should appear in the justification and
supporting documents should accompany this form.
5. For course proposals,
e-mail a syllabus to
Faculty Senate
which should be sufficiently detailed that the
committees can determine that the course is at the
appropriate level and matches the description.
There should be an indication of the amount and type
of outside activity required in the course
(projects, research papers, homework, etc.).