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COURSES

 

Air Science Division (Air Sc)

1A. Leadership Laboratory (1)
Introduction and orientation to ROTC and the Air Force; systematic instruction and education in principles in leadership principles providing the cadet with guided learning experiences. Designated institutional courses in lieu of academic air science phase (see division head for designated courses).

1B. Foundations of Aerospace Power (2)
Constituent elements of aerospace power; basic aeronautical science; organization and operation of the military arm of the federal government. (2 lecture, 1 lab hour)

2A. Fundamentals of Aerospace Weapon Systems (2)
Prerequisite: Air Sc 1A-B or equivalent. Introduction to aerospace missiles and aircraft, propulsion systems; aerospace defense; targeting and electronic warfare; conventional, nuclear, shemical and biological warfare; strategic and tactical organizations; operations with Air Force weapon systems; future space operations and contemporary aerospace military thought. (2 lecture, 1 lab hour)

2B. Leadership Laboratory (1)
Prerequisite: Air Sc 2A or equivalent. Sysematic instruction and education in the application of leadership principles providing the cadet with guided learning experiences. Designated institutional courses in lieu of the academic air science phase (see division for designated courses.)

103A. Air Force Officer Development (3) (Former Air Science 101A)
Prerequisite: Air Sc 2A-B, or equivalent military training. Staff organization and functions; skills required for effective staff work, including oral and written communication, observing, individual and group problem solving. (4 lecture, 1 lab hour)

103B. Air Force Officer Development (3) (Former Air Science 101B)
Prerequisite; Air Sc 103A. Basic psychologicaland sociological principles of leadership, application to leadership practices and problems; introduction to military justice; briefing for Summer Training Unit. (4 lecture, 1 lab hour)

103C. Air Force ROTC Summer Training Unit (3) (Former Air Science 101C)
Prerequisite: Air Sc 103A-B or 104A-B. One month's military training required for advanced cadets at designated Air Force installations to qualify for reserve commission. Physical training, drill, weapon familiarization, flying, field exercises, orientation in United States Air Force base activities, equipment and problems.

104A Global Relations (3) (Former Air Science 102A)
Prerequisite: Air Sc 103A-B or equivalent. International relations; major factors underlying international tensions; nationalism, imperialism, and communism; attempts to alleviate these tensions; balance of power concepts; rise of the superpowers, United States and the USSR. (4 lecture, 1 lab hour)

104B. Global Relations (3) (Former Air Science 102B)
Prerequisite: AS 104 or equivalent Military aspects of world political geography, concepts, maps and charts, factors of power; geographic influences upon political problems with a geopolitical analysis of strategic areas. Briefing for commissioned service; the Air Force Officer. (4 lecture, 1 lab hour)



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