The Associate of Arts, Military Science degree program provides career enhancement opportunities through education for military professionals. The military science curriculum consists of required military science core courses and military science-related courses selected from courses in military science, military history, supervision and leadership, military sociology, and computer applications. This course develops the basic skills required to prepare and present briefings. The student puts learning into practice with a series of informational, staff, and decision briefings, progressing in length and complexity. Students and the instructor provide critiques and feedback on the effectiveness of presentations.
Students also learn how to select and use visual aids.
With the Department of Defense as its central structure, this course provides a presentation and analysis of America's military organization. A case-study approach enables students to comprehend how plans, decisions, staffing and authority are shaped by the organization within which they take place. This course focuses on military leadership doctrine and techniques. The roles of noncommissioned and commissioned officers are emphasized and studies of past and present leaders are used to illustrate what is expected of future leaders. Also included are units of instruction on planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, controlling, and monitoring operations for mission accomplishment as well as effective communications, securing the support of subordinates and the principles of materiel management.