Military Science Minor
Develop leadership skills and learn about military history, strategies, and institutions with the Military Science minor.
The program increases students' understanding of the military and prepares them to be leaders in the Army and civilian world.
This minor is open to all students at Pitt State seeking a Bachelor's degree. Graduate students may also participate after Military Science Department consultation to ensure academic alignment with ROTC.
Unique class topics in the Military Science minor:
- Military Science: Introduces basic military concepts and strategies through lectures, discussions, and outdoor activities.
- Military Science Lab: Provides hands-on experience in basic military skills to improve student/cadets' abilities to perform as officers.
- Military Science II: Studies customs and traditions of military service and Army's role in global conflict. Practical exercises include rifle marksmanship and care of combat casualties.
- Military Science II: Enhances leadership skills while covering general military subjects, with an emphasis on hands-on training, including land navigation exercises.
- Advanced Military Science III: Focuses on military writing, organizational effectiveness, operation orders, map reading, and general military subjects.
- Advanced Military Science III: Covers small unit tactics, communications, command and staff, branches of the army, map reading. Weapon systems, water survival test and pre-camp orientation.
- Advanced Military Science IV: Offers leadership development and organizational theory, and assumption of duties of cadet chain of command. Covers administration and logistics, mechanized team tactics, interpersonal skills and counseling.
- Advanced Military Science IV: Analyses military law, leadership problems, ethics and professionalism, general military subjects.
Additional information
Catalog – see catalog for the Military Science