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Military Science Minor

Military Science Minor Requirements

Enrolled students may pursue a minor in military science by completing the following courses:

Required:

MS 301AAdvanced Leadership Laboratory

1
MS 302Leading Small Organizations II

2
MS 302AAdvanced Leadership Laboratory

1
MS 401Leadership Challenges and Goal Setting

2
MS 401AAdvanced Leadership Laboratory

1
MS 402Transition to Lieutenant

2
MS 402AAdvanced Leadership Laboratory

1
MS 339Cooperative Education in Military Leadership

4
Electives 300-level courses or above

6

Electives: these are of particular interest and value to military science as approved by military science advisor

MS 339: Requires prior approval/permission by the department chair. Also required to commission as a 2nd Lieutenant.

Six to eight credit hours from the following MS courses:

Placement credit for these courses may be given to veterans, graduates of the college level ROTC summer programs and participants in high school level ROTC programs.

MS 101Introduction to Military Science

2
MS 101ALeadership Laboratory

1
MS 102Introduction to Leadership

2
MS 102ALeadership Lab

1
MS 201Self-Team Development

2
MS 201ALeadership Laboratory

1
MS 202Individual/Team Military Tactics

2
MS 202ALeadership Laboratory

1
MS 301Leading Small Organizations I

2

Total Credit Hours: 24

The following criteria must be met by all students in order to minor in military science:

  1. Acceptance into the advanced course.
  2. A cumulative GPA of 2.0 or better.
  3. A GPA of 2.0 or better in the major field or area of concentration.
  4. A GPA of 3.0 or better in military science.

The above standards may be waived, providing the cadet has a cumulative GPA of 2.25 or better, with the approval of a board consisting of the Professor of Military Science, the Dean of the Caudill College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and a MS IV cadet who has the rank of cadet major or above.