A minor in Military Science will help you increase your knowledge of military science, tactics and officership. You’ll receive leadership training and get hands-on experience planning and working with teams. You’ll also study the history of war and society.
The minor in Military Science is a great asset to any major who plans on serving in the military.
The following information comes from the official EWU catalog, which outlines all degree requirements and serves as the guide to earning a degree. Courses are designed to provide a well-rounded and versatile degree, covering a wide range of subject areas.
Military Science Minor
Note: students are required to be enrolled in the ROTC program.
| Required Courses | ||
| MLSC 301 | MILITARY SCIENCE & TACTICS I | 3 |
| MLSC 302 | MILITARY SCIENCE AND TACTICS II | 3 |
| MLSC 303 | MILITARY SCIENCE AND TACTICS III | 3 |
| MLSC 401 | MILITARY SCIENCE AND OFFICERSHIP I | 3 |
| MLSC 402 | MILITARY SCIENCE AND OFFICERSHIP II | 3 |
| MLSC 403 | MILITARY SCIENCE AND OFFICERSHIP III | 3 |
| Required Elective–choose one upper division history class | 4-5 | |
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN HISTORY | ||
| WORLD WARS | ||
| GENDER AND WAR IN THE 20TH CENTURY | ||
| THE U.S. CIVIL WAR | ||
| AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 1763-1824 | ||
| VIETNAM WARS, 1945-1975 | ||
| Total Credits | 22-23 | |
Notes: Students are required to be enrolled in the ROTC program. The required MLSC 101, MLSC 102, MLSC 103 and MLSC 201, MLSC 202, MLSC 203 series must be completed before enrolling in the 300- 400-level series.
Pre-requisites: permission from the department chair is required.
This course challenges students to study, practice and apply the fundamentals of Army leadership, officership, Army values and ethics, personal development and small unit tactics at the team and squad levels. Each student, by the end of the course, will be capable of planning, coordinating, navigating, motivating and leading a team or squad in the execution of a tactical in a field environment. In addition, MS III students rotate through a variety of leadership positions in ROTC activities.
Notes: required MLSC 301, MLSC 302, MLSC 303 series completed.
Pre-requisites: permission of instructor is required.
This course focuses on development of the Army Officer. It is an academically challenging course were you will develop knowledge, skills and abilities to plan, resource and assess training at the small unit level. They accomplish this through the use of the US Army’s 8 Step Training Model and Unit Training Management techniques. You will also learn about Army programs that support counseling subordinates and evaluating performance, values and ethics, career planning and legal responsibilities.
A series of specialized studies of different areas of history, such as conservation, urban history, science, and technology. The topics are announced each quarter and may or may not be offered each year.
Cross-listed: GWSS 351.
Pre-requisites: ENGL 201 or permission of instructor.
This course explores the relationship between social constructions of gender and the history of war in the 20th century. Topics include how gender is used to justify war and the use of gender ideologies in pacifist movements. The course also looks at ways that individual men and women experienced war and war’s effects on the social, sexual, psychological, political and economic aspects of individuals’ lives.