Radford University Undergraduate Catalog, 2011-2012

MSCI 212. Developing Leadership
Skills II. (3)
Two hour lectures; two hours laboratory.
Enrollment in course incurs no military obligation.
Course includes analyzing group missions
to determine specified and implied tasks,
organizing and conducting an oral presentation,
and preparing a concise, written directive (operations
order) detailing how a team will accomplish
a task. Students also serve as a team leader
during a 48-hour off-campus practical exercise
incorporating individual skills of land navigation
and physical conditioning. Adventure training
is available on an elective basis. An assessment
of physical fitness levels is conducted to
determine eligibility for summer Airborne, Air
Assault or Mountain Warfare training. Students
may apply for two-year scholarships.
Summer Leadership Introduction Camp
Challenge (Ft. Knox, KY) N/C
This is a five-week leadership skills course that
allows students between their sophomore and
junior year the opportunity to gain constructive
credit for the ROTC Basic Course. During
this program students learn basic military tasks,
including Rifle Marksmanship, Land Navigation,
Map Reading, Leadership Principles, Rappelling,
Water Survival, Basic Tactical Training,
and participate in daily Physical Fitness. Upon
completion of this program each student who
desires to continue with the ROTC program will
be enrolled in the Advanced Course. This is an
excellent opportunity to determine if the Army
ROTC program is right for the applicants, without
any obligation for further service. Student’s
may compete for two-year scholarships.
MSCI 311. Leading Small Organizations. (4)
Three hours lecture; two hours laboratory.
Prerequisites: MSCI 111, 112. 211. 212 and
200-level courses or placement credit as determined
by the Professor of Military Science for
qualified veterans of military service.
Involves analyzing ethical dilemmas in leadership
when organizational goals conflict with
member welfare, examining the role of policy
and standard operating procedures in organizations,
and developing effective writing and oral
presentation skills. Students are also required
to organize a team and successfully lead it to a
predetermined location (land navigation in the
Jefferson National Forest). Instruction includes
students serving as an apprentice instructor
conducting a physical training session for 30
participants. Students are also evaluated as
leaders of a 10-person team and alternately as
a leader of a five person team, assigned various
tasks to complete during a 48-hour off-campus
exercise.
MSCI 312. Developing Leadership III. (4)
Three hours lecture, two hours laboratory.
Prerequisites: MSCI 111, 112, 211, 212 or
placement credit as determined by the Professor
of Military Science.
Involves planning for the unexpected in organizations
under stress; developing alternate
courses of action which can succeed; how to
delegate tasks and supervise subordinate leaders;
and when and how to provide guidance and
direction. Students also analyze a military operation
and, as a leader of a 35-member platoon,
prepare a written directive (operations order)
necessary to successfully complete the mission.
The operations order is presented orally to the
student’s platoon, and the student is evaluated
on his ability to lead the unit to the successful
accomplishment of the mission through properly
utilizing three subordinate squad leaders and
six team leaders in a 48-hour off-campus exercise.
Course emphasis is on unit leader responsibilities,
map interpretation, tactical communications,
doctrine, systems and techniques, first aid,
water survival, rappelling, squad and platoon
offensive and defensive tactics, land navigation
and other basic military skills. Evaluation of
physical fitness level is conducted to determine
eligibility for Airborne, Air Assault or Mountain
Warfare training, participation in the Advanced
Leadership Camp (Ft. Lewis, WA) and for assignment
as a leader in an active Army unit during
the summer.
Summer Leadership Practicum and
Evaluation (Ft. Lewis, WA) N/C
This is an ROTC advanced level requirement.
Students spend five weeks at an advanced leadership
camp conducted during the summer for
all cadets who have successfully completed the
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