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3.00 Credits
A course examining the foundations of officership, the character, responsibilities, and status of being a commissioned officer. Emphasis on the warrior ethos. The course covers a wide spectrum of subjects, from training in common military skills to fostering a value system that emphasizes service to the nation, readiness to persevere in the face of obstacles, and willingness to make personal sacrifices in pursuit of the greater good. The course includes lectures, advanced leadership laboratory, physical training, and practical field training exercises. Prerequisites: Completion of basic military science (or constructive credit) and status of a contracted Army ROTC cadet. This course is taught at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
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3.00 Credits
A continuing development of the processes that distinguish commissioned military service from other professional endeavors. The main emphasis of this class is the preparation of cadets for the six-week advanced camp they normally attend at the end of the junior year. Here their capability to conceptualize, innovate, synthesize information, and make sound decisions while under stress is evaluated. Includes advanced leadership laboratory, enhanced physical training, and practical field training exercises. Prerequisite: MSL301. Taught at ERAU.
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3.00 Credits
A study of military professionalism and emphasis on command and staff relationships, organizational functions and duties of various staff officers that assist in the leadership of the organization. A study of personnel and logistical systems and the role they play in helping the organization optimize operations and improve life in the Army community. Training in staff briefings is used as an introduction to military procedures. The course includes lecture, laboratory, and physical readiness training. Prerequisites: MSL301 and 302. Taught at ERAU.
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3.00 Credits
A study of ethics and professionalism in the military and the role they play in carrying out the defense policy of the United States. The fundamentals of military law, its impact on the American military society. A study of the law, its impact on the American military society, and its place in the jurisdictional process of American society. A study of the law and warfare and its relationship to the conduct of soldiers in combat. The course includes lectures, laboratory, and physical readiness training. Prerequisite: MSL401. Taught at ERAU.
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1.00 Credits
An optional add-on component to PE102 to provide laboratory experience in a local city, county or regional governmental unit. Requirement of a minimum of three hours a week devoted to observation and hands-on activity. Students will submit a journal and 5-7 page paper analyzing a major issue on the policy agenda of the government being studied.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on tools for understanding and evaluating the major policy choices in the American political system. Specific topics treated include principles of American democracy and the United States Constitution; political culture; interest groups, parties, and elections; and the major policy-making institutions (Congress, the President, the Bureaucracy, and the Courts).
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3.00 Credits
Study of the federal system and the role of the states and communities in the American political system. Contemporary politics and public policies in the state of Florida are examined and discussed.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the differing value bases for major ideological/philosophical streams of political thought and orientations such as classical liberalism and socialism. The concepts of "rights" and "rule of law" are stressed, including the debate over "grrights."
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3.00 Credits
Looks at the interactions between the pursuit of economic development and the social and political systems of Third World nations since 1945. After reviewing basic notions and theories of development, it deals with central development issues and broader development-related problems associated with social disorder, corruption, poverty, and violence. Issues of democratization and institutional change are also prominently featured.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the study of comparative politics. Political institutions and behavior in selected European, Communist, and developing countries are examined in their cultural contexts and in relation to the general theories of comparative politics. The course is designed to expose the student to the tools of comparative political analysis as well as to the varied structures and functions of modern political systems.
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