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2007-08 Catalog

Military Science

Approved Courses

Military Science (MILS)

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Basic Courses – MILS


MILS 111, 112: Introduction to Military Science

An introduction to the United States Army. Includes an introduction to military science and its organization, leadership, land navigation, map reading, operation orders, and the traditions of the United States Army. Provides a look at the military as a profession and its ethical base. Course includes Army Physical Fitness Test and training. (2, 2)

MILS 211, 212: Introduction to Leadership

A continuation of basic officer skills. Areas of emphasis are team building, squad tactics, operations orders, land navigation, ethics and professionalism, total fitness and military first aid. (2, 2)

Advanced Courses – MILS


MILS 311, 312: Leadership and Management

A survey of leadership/management and motivational theories. An orientation on the competencies required for the small unit leader. Includes tactics, communications and land navigation. (3, 3)

MILS 411, 412: Professionalism and Ethics

Covers Army values, ethics, and professionalism, responsibilities to subordinates, self, and country, law of land warfare, and the resolution of ethical/value dilemmas. Also covers logistic and justice systems and the interaction of special staff and command functions. (3)

Note: A maximum of 24 semester hours earned in ROTC programs may be applied toward a baccalaureate degree at PLU.

Students receiving more than 12 semester hours of ROTC credit toward a PLU degree are required to take one of the following:

   HIST 231: World War Two in China and Japan, 1931-1945 - C, S1 (4)
   HIST 329: Europe and the World Wars, 1914-1945 - S1 (4)
   HIST 352: The American Revolution - S1 (4)
   HIST 356: American Diplomatic History - S1 (4)
   HIST 381: The Vietnam War and American Society - S1 (4)
   INTC 221: The Experience of War - I2 (4)
   INTC 222: Prospects for War and Peace - I2 (4)
   PHIL 125: Ethics and the Good Life - PH (4)
   PHIL 353: Special Topics: Focus on Military Ethics or War - PH (4)
   RELI 365: Christian Moral Issues - R2 (4)

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