Active Course List
2024-2025
Military Science and Leadership
Cadets will study, practice, and apply the fundamentals of Army Leadership, Officership, Army Values and Ethics, Personal Development, and small unit tactics at the platoon level. At the conclusion of this course, Cadets will be capable of planning, coordinating, navigating, motivating and leading a squad and platoon in the execution of a mission during a classroom PE, a Leadership Lab, or during a Leader Training Exercise (LTX).
- Areas of Interest:
- Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security
- Programs:
- Military Science Minor
Continuation of MSL 301 course.
- Prerequisites:
- MSL 301
- Areas of Interest:
- Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security
- Programs:
- Military Science Minor
This course is a rigorous and demanding 35-day internship held at an off campus Army installation and is designed to develop and evaluate leadership ability and determine preparedness to become commissioned Army officers. Cadets train in physically and mentally challenging situations and undergo testing on a variety of skills and topics. Pre-req: Limited to cadets contracted with the US Army ROTC
- Prerequisites:
- Limited to Cadets contracted with the US Army.
- Areas of Interest:
- Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security
- Programs:
- Military Science Minor
An advanced course that places primary emphasis on Officership with our MS IV cadets who are our educational main effort; MS 401 and 402 together refine and ultimately completes the Cadet-to-commissioned officer transition. In MS 401 Mission Command and ethics is stressed along to assist the Cadet in further embracing their future role as an Army officer.
- Prerequisites:
- MSL 301, MSL 302
- Areas of Interest:
- Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security
- Programs:
- Military Science Minor
The culmination of a four-year sequential, progressive, challenging developmental leadership experience. It is during this final semester that the Cadet is undergoing final preparation for the duties and responsibilities of a commissioned officer along with their integration into the Army. The emphasis is placed on critical knowledge, skills, abilities and competencies skills newly commissioned officers.
- Prerequisites:
- MSL 301, MSL 302
- Areas of Interest:
- Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security
- Programs:
- Military Science Minor
Students plan, organize and lead individual and team oriented physical conditioning activities. These activities are geared toward the physical development and instruction of underclassmen. MSL 403 students also administer fitness tests to underclassmen which measure the cardiovascular endurance and upper and lower body strengths. MSL 403 students are required to successfully pass the Army Physical Fitness Test prior to the end of the semester. Limited to ROTC cadets who executed an enlistment contract with the U.S. Army.
- Prerequisites:
- MSL 210
- Areas of Interest:
- Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security
- Programs:
- Military Science Minor
Students will develop cultural awareness and foreign language proficiency skills through a one-month summer overseas immersion experience to one of 42 different countries. Internship will expose the student to culture and will intensify language study, which helps produce commissioned officers who possess the right blend of language and cultural skills required to support global operations in the 21st Century. Internship will focus on one of three immersion opportunities: military-to-military exchange, governmental or English Instruction. (MUST ME A REGISTERED ROTC CADET TO PARTICIPATE)
- Graduation Requirements:
- Diverse Cultures - Gold
- Areas of Interest:
- Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security
Department chair approval required. Limited to ROTC cadets who executed an enlistment contract with the U.S. Army.
- Areas of Interest:
- Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security
Modeling and Simulation
Survey of core concepts and methods of modeling and simulation. This course includes a broad array of computer laboratory based exercises, and a student-designed project by the end of the course.
- Areas of Interest:
- Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
- Programs:
- Modeling and Simulation (GC)
Survey of core concepts, methods, and applications of data-driven modeling and big data analysis. Each topic is designed as a weekly module and the course includes a broad array of computer laboratory based exercises, real world problems based case studies, and a student-designed term project.
- Areas of Interest:
- Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
- Programs:
- Modeling and Simulation (GC)
Seminar course in which students present and defend the modeling and simulation work undertaken in the required discipline-based capstone/individual study course.
- Areas of Interest:
- Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
- Programs:
- Modeling and Simulation (GC)
Museum Studies
Introduces history of museums and philosophical nature of museums, covering types and definitions of museums, discusses contemporary practice in museums, and examines current issues in the profession as we face the future of museums in the twenty-first century.
- Graduation Requirements:
- Goal Area 5 - History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences | Goal Area 8 - Global Perspective | Writing Intensive
- Areas of Interest:
- People and Cultures
A brief, intensive or hands on experience based in museum best practices, theories, and methods. Variable topics.
- Areas of Interest:
- People and Cultures
Arranged internship allows students to have a hands on experience applying theories and methodology from course work in the field to area of interest. Requires coordination with a faculty member.
- Areas of Interest:
- People and Cultures
- Programs:
- Museum Studies (CERT)
This course allows pursuit of individual avenues of study that may not be offered in the curriculum and for advanced level pursuit of special projects of research on an independent basis. Requires coordination with a faculty member.
- Areas of Interest:
- People and Cultures
- Programs:
- Museum Studies (CERT)
A brief, intensive or hands on experience based in museum best practices, theories, and methods. Variable topics.
Arranged internship allows students to have a hands on experience applying theories and methodology from course work in the field to area of interest. Requires coordination with a faculty member.
- Programs:
- Museum Studies (GC)
This course allows a pursuit of individual avenues of study that may not be offered in the curriculum and for advanced level pursuit of special projects of research on an independent basis. Requires coordination with a faculty member.
- Programs:
- Museum Studies (GC)
Music General
Required for all music majors each semester in residence. May be repeated. P/N only.
- Areas of Interest:
- Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications
A general course in music appreciation. This course includes a study of styles at different periods, musical forms, and information about composers with emphasis on the elements of music and how these elements have evolved through history.
- Graduation Requirements:
- Goal Area 6 - Humanities and the Arts
- Areas of Interest:
- Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications
- Programs:
- Music Minor
Popular music is a multi-billion dollar industry today. What is it, and where did it come from? Learn about the origins of jazz in the music of African-Americans, its growth from Dixieland through the Big Band era (with the contributions of performers like Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington) to its influences on musical styles in the present day.
- Graduation Requirements:
- Goal Area 6 - Humanities and the Arts | Goal Area 7 - Human Diversity | Diverse Cultures - Purple
- Areas of Interest:
- Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications
- Programs:
- Ethnic Studies (BS) Business/Corporate | Ethnic Studies (BS) International Community and Human Services | Ethnic Studies (BS) Local Community and Human Services | Ethnic Studies (BS) Public/Government | Music Minor
Rock music has fans in every country and in every culture. It really is a universal language, but it didn't start that way. It began as black Rhythm and Blues in the 40's, and through to the present, minority groups have had a major influence on the music.
- Graduation Requirements:
- Goal Area 6 - Humanities and the Arts | Goal Area 7 - Human Diversity | Diverse Cultures - Purple
- Areas of Interest:
- Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications
- Programs:
- Ethnic Studies (BS) Business/Corporate | Ethnic Studies (BS) International Community and Human Services | Ethnic Studies (BS) Local Community and Human Services | Ethnic Studies (BS) Public/Government | Music Minor
This course is a survey of music education in the United States, and it will introduce the field of music education to prospective music teachers. Students will explore the development of music in schools, skills needed for successful careers in education, as well as trends and issues in the field.
- Areas of Interest:
- Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications
- Programs:
- Music Education (BS) Instrumental/General Music (K-12) | Music Education (BS) Vocal/General Music (K-12)
Notation, basic keyboard skills.
- Areas of Interest:
- Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications
Part I of a four semester sequence in Music Theory focusing on written music notation skills including scales, tonality, key modes, intervals, transposition, chords, cadences, non-harmonic tones and melodic organization.
- Areas of Interest:
- Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications