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MS-4005: Military Science IV, Army Reserve Officer Training Corps

Description: Fourth year of military science. 4005: The Army Officer focuses on development of the Army officer. It is an academically challenging course where students develop knowledge, skills, and abilities to plan, resource, and assess training at the small unit level. Students learn about Army programs that support counseling subordinates and evaluating performance, applying values and ethics to organizational problems, career planning, and legal responsibilities. Required participation: leadership lab, physical training and field training exercises. 4006: Company Grade Leadership focuses on preparing students to fulfill key leadership roles at the company level. This is an academically challenging course where students study, practice, develop, and apply critical thinking skills pertaining to Army leadership, officer skills, Army values and ethics, personal development, small unit tactics, platoon level leadership. Required participation: leadership lab, physical training and weekend field training exercises.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 4 credits

Prerequisites: MS-3006

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 21

Average GPA: 3.90 (rounds to A)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 84.26%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Mark R Jackson202491.6%7.2%0.5%0.7%0.0%0.0%3.896
Herrick D Johnson202092.5%6.1%1.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.918
Jonathan Miller202198.3%0.0%1.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.944
Thomas B Sears202291.7%8.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.863

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Fall 2019Fall 2020Fall 2021Fall 2022Fall 2023Fall 2024Term050% W