courses of instruction - Lafayette College

MILITARY SCIENCE
202. Topographic Analysis and Land
Navigation. Use of maps as tools in basic
terrain analysis and as navigational aids.
Emphasis on practical application in a
field environment. Includes Leadership
Laboratory and FIX. One course credit.
Offered in spring semester.
303. Advanced Military Skills. Essential
junior officer skills: advanced land naviga
tion, principles of war, small unit tactical
planning, tactics and techniques of the sol
dier, team-leading techniques, oral commu
nications, and trainer skills. Emphasizes
application, field experience, and Advanc
ed Camp preparation. Includes Leadership
Laboratory and FTX. Prerequisite: Formal
enrollment in ROTC Advanced Course.
One course credit. Offered in fall semester.
304. Advanced Leadership. Critical exami
nation of leadership qualities, traits, and
principles with an emphasis on the military
environment. Self, peer, and instructor lead
ership evaluation. Advanced military skills
reinforced. Advanced Camp preparation is
emphasized. Includes Leadership Laborato
ry and FTX. Prerequisite: Formal enroll
ment in ROTC Advanced Course. One
course credit. Offered in spring semester.
401. Military Command and Staff. Role,
authority, and responsibilities of military
commanders and staff in personnel, logis
tics, and training management. Emphasis
on staff procedures, problem-solving,
training methods, and oral and written
communication skills used in military or
ganizations. Includes Leadership Labora
tory and FTX. Prerequisite: Formal en
rollment in ROTC Advanced Course. One
course credit. Offered in fall semester.
402. Officer Responsibilities, Ethics, and
Military Professionalism. Development
of the profession of arms, its fundamental
values, and institutions; ethical responsi
bilities of military professional in contem
porary American society; just war theory,
international law of war, and American
military law. Also covered are current
topics to assist cadets in making the tran
sition to the officer corps and service on
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active duty or in the reserve forces. In
cludes Leadership Laboratory and FTX.
Prerequisite: Formal enrollment in ROTC
Advanced Course.
ROTC SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
This program is designed to offer financial
assistance to outstanding men and women
entering the ROTC program or those who
are currently enrolled. Each scholarship
provides $16,000 annually in tuition and
fees, a textbook and supplies allowance of
up to $450, and pay of $150 per month for
the period the scholarship is in effect.
Three-year scholarships are available to
outstanding cadets who are currently en
rolled in ROTC and are completing their
first year of college.
This program is also open to all quali
fied students who are not currently en
rolled in Army ROTC but who are willing
to join in their sophomore year. A similar
two-year scholarship is available to soph
omores. Two-year scholarships are also
available at Basic Camp (see below).
Four-year scholarships are open to any
one entering ROTC when they are a first-
year student. Application for scholarships
must be made to Headquarters, U.S. Army
Cadet Command, Fort Monroe, Virginia,
by August 15 before the senior year of
high school for early selection, but no later
than December 1 for normal application.
Application booklets are available from
most high school guidance offices, or may
be obtained from Cadet Command at the
address above or from the Army ROTC
web site.
BASIC CAMP
Students who have not considered the
benefits of ROTC and a military commis
sion until late in their sophomore year
may attend a six-week Basic Camp at Fort
Knox, Kentucky during the summer be
tween the sophomore and junior years.
Upon successful completion they are
awarded "credit" for the Basic Course and
enter the Advanced Course the beginning
of their junior year. Special two-year