Advanced Course

For students who wish to pursue a career as a US Army officer.
Study advanced leadership, military tactics, and organizational management.
Receive $450/$500 tax free per month.
Attend a paid 35 day summer training event at Fort Lewis, Washington.
Eligible to compete for a 3 to 5 week internship with a Regular Army unit.
Three credit hours per semester.

ADVANCED COURSE CLASS DESCRIPTION

MIL 301-302 Intermediate Military Leadership and Management

Prerequisite: completion of the basic course MIL 101, 102, 201, and 202 or prior military experience or JROTC or attendance at the leader’s training course at Fort Knox, Ky.)

The student will gain an understanding of the role of the small unit leader. The focus is on the knowledge required of a leader when dealing with subordinates at the small-unit level. The student will learn basic infantry tactics, communication skills, land navigation, basic rifle marksmanship, and physical training. All students are required to take the Army physical fitness test monthly, and attend the five-week National Advanced Leadership Camp at Fort Lewis, Wash., during the summer.

-six semester hours (MIL 301– three hours, MIL 302 – three hours)

MIL 401-402 Advanced Military Leadership and Management

Instruction is designed to transition senior cadets into lieutenants. Focus will be oriented toward gaining proficiency in training management, military justice, military ethics, staff work, advanced management and administrative techniques and oral communication skills. Senior cadets will be assigned leadership and staff positions in order to plan and execute leadership lab, training and other cadet activities.

-six semester hours (MIL 401 – three hours, MIL 402 – three hours)

Military Science Basic Military Skills (Lab) Section:

MIL 101L/102L Freshman

MIL 201L/202L Sophomore

MIL 301L/302L Junior

MIL 401L/402L Senior

Major emphasis of this noncredit course will focus upon application of leadership skills directed toward drill and ceremony and basic soldier skills. In addition, students will be given the opportunity to participate in Army specialty training to include rappelling and physical conditioning.

Military Science Special Notes:

(1) Physical training is conducted MWF 0650-0800 at the Kiernan center. This training is mandatory for scholarship and contracted cadets. Leadership

lab is also mandatory for scholarship and contracted cadets.

(2) Leadership Development Assessment Course (LDAC) – four weeks of summer training at Fort Lewis, Washington, for all contracted cadets after the junior

year. Students receive pay while attending the course. Travel, lodging, meals,uniforms and equipment are provided.

(3) Special Schools – Students may attend any special school if they qualify during the summer. Airborne (parachute) School – three weeks, Air Assault

(rappelling) School – ten days, Mountain Warfare, Northern Warfare both three weeks, CPDT (Cadet Professional Development Training) three to six week paid

internships with an active Army unit (juniors only).

(4) MIL 101, 102, 201 and 202 credits may be obtained by academic sophomores that attend the Leader’s Training Course (LTC) for four weeks during the

following summer at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Students receive pay while attending the course. Travel, lodging, meals, uniforms and equipment are also provided.

(5) To be commissioned, all ROTC cadets must be recommended by the Professor of Military Science after having satisfactorily completed a Niagara University

program that awards a baccalaureate or master’s degree and includes a collegiate level course in computer science and history. Successful completion of LDAC,

Advanced Course, and Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) is required. Commissionee must also meet Army height and weight standards referenced in Army Regulation 600-9.