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Social Transformation: Change, Advocacy, & Revolution (GE512) |
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American Public University |
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Social movements and social change take center stage in this course. This course examines the forces that shape social movements and the theories that help explain those dynamics. The course considers how political grievance is given voice through (developed) advocacy mechanisms and how, when those mechanisms do not exist, revolution may result. |
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Somalia Country Analysis (IN548) |
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American Public University |
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This course is designed to give the student practical research and analysis experience as it relates to the study of Somalia. Course topics include contemporary U.S. involvement in the country. |
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Space Policy (SP574) |
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American Public University |
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Since the beginning of the Space Age, U.S. Civil Space Policy has been a cornerstone in determining space organizational structures, mission objectives, and resource distribution. From the launch of Explorer 1 through the Apollo Program Moon landings and continuing on to the Space Shuttle and International Space Station operations, the U.S. Government has been heavily involved in establishing space exploration and exploitation. A study of the various players in the space community, the various government interfaces, and an emphasis on budget development is important to study the roles that policy has played in our nation?s space program. Individuals who plan to work in a governmental space agency, either in NASA or DoD, and those who wish to seek employment with a commercial space company must take this course to understand governmental interfaces with the space program. |
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Space Warfare (AW523) |
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American Public University |
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The purpose of this course is to develop the student?s understanding of the growing role of space in national military strategy, particularly for the U.S., as it progresses into the 21st century. The course begins with an overview of the political history of space exploration, followed by an examination of how space fits into the overall picture of military operations. The course then moves into the more speculative arena, looking at how space is evolving into a separate sphere of military operations, and how future conflicts might well have their first decisive engagements in earth orbital space, if not beyond. Students will be making extensive use of the Internet websites that are dedicated to reporting the latest developments and trends in space warfare. The climax of the course is the space wargame exercise, in which the students will be grouped into various national actors and organizations. |
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Special Forces Officer Course Exam: Special Forces in Society (LC610) |
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American Public University |
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LC610 is part of the University System Graduate Examination Program. The purpose of the examination is to assess the student?s mastery, at the graduate level, of the concepts and subject matter of the Army?s Special Forces Detachment Officer Qualification Course for its military officers. The scope of this examination covers material in the area of Special Forces in Society. The student will be required to display, analyze, and apply the knowledge learned from the US Army courses during a comprehensive three hour written essay and identification examination. Students will receive a study guide in order to help them prepare for the examination. Successful completion of the examination with a grade of C or above will result in the award of three semester credit hours of graduate credit towards the degree. |
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Special Forces Officer Course Exam: Special Forces Tactics (LC611) |
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LC611 is part of the University System Graduate Examination Program. The purpose of the examination is to assess the student?s mastery, at the graduate level, of the concepts and subject matter of the Special Forces curriculum for its military officers. The scope of this examination covers Special Forces Detachment Officer Qualification Course material in the area of Special Forces Tactics. The student will be required to display, analyze, and apply the knowledge learned from the US Army courses during a comprehensive three hour written essay and identification examination. Students will receive a study guide in order to help them prepare for the examination. Successful completion of the examination with a grade of C or above will result in the award of three semester credit hours of graduate credit towards the degree. |
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Special Operations and National Policy (NS515) |
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American Public University |
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As the 21st Century unfolds and as Afghanistan has demonstrated, special operations forces are often advertised as being at the cutting edge of U.S. strategic engagement in the post-Cold War security environment. Yet little serious work has been done to explore the "theory" of special operations. Nor has much work been done to critically examine the utility of special operations in national strategy. Thus, this course seeks to explore the distinct advantages and limitations of special operations as an instrument of national policy by examining the insights offered by various authorities in the field. |
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Special Operations: Air (LC540) |
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American Public University |
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This course examines the origins, development, and nature of special air operations beginning in World War II and tracing the evolution of this mission through the Korean War, Vietnam, the Gulf War, as well as some lesser known conflicts during the Cold War, and concluding with an examination of its continuing viability. |
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Special Operations: Naval/Shore (LC541) |
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American Public University |
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The History of Special Operations: Naval/Shore, LC541, examines the critical importance of special operations in the 20th and 21st Centuries. The course will introduce many of the myriad aspects of special operations in both peace and war with an understandable emphasis on sea power in nation-state conflict. The overall objective of LC541 is to develop a basic knowledge of special operations and the uses of special operations that lead the student to personally develop the intellectual foundation necessary to begin and/or continue the process of becoming a professional in the art of special operations: naval/shore. As special operations is a highly dynamic and changing concept, the student will learn from history the context in which nation-states use it. LC541 examines the historical development of special operations from the first use in World War II through its role in Korea, Vietnam, and other conflicts. The student will read, analyze, and synthesize an extensive history of special operations by historians and complete a major writing assignment. |
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Stalingrad to Kursk (LW582) |
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American Public University |
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This course is an analysis of the second major period of the German-Soviet war, from Stalingrad's urban warfare beginning in the fall of 1942 to history's largest tank battle in the summer of 1943. Students will develop an alternative history to include an optional, interactive, online war game simulating tactics and strategy on the Russian Front. |
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Statistics (DM537) |
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An examination of statistical theory and a practicum in the application of statistical techniques to management. |
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Strategic Air Power Theory (AW514) |
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The effectiveness of strategic air power in World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam War and the Gulf conflict are evaluated. The strengths and limitations of strategic air power are analyzed in depth. |
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Strategic Geography and Geopolitics (MS674) |
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This course of study examines the history of political, tactical and strategic developments and concepts regarding geopolitical concerns regarding political and military planning and execution from the mid-20th Century through the modern era. The comparative analysis of these concepts from the applicable secondary literature will provide a stepping stone to understanding the nature of modern combined arms and joint forces warfare. |
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Strategic Intelligence (IN500) |
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American Public University |
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A study of the means used to gather high-level information about an adversary and the application of those principles to the military in war and peace. |
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Strategic Intermodal Transportation (DM564) |
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American Public University |
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This course examines the United States and worldwide commercial freight transportation systems, with an emphasis on international intermodal surface transportation. Modal/intermodal economic and operating characteristics will be surveyed, along with cost, pricing, and regulation of transportation services. In addition, students will be introduced to electronic data interchange (EDI) in commercial transportation and the use of computer software applications in transportation management--all with the goal of providing students with an in-depth understanding of the principles of intermodal transportation systems, a grasp of transportation terminology, and the interrelationship between the Defense Transportation System (DTS) and the global commercial transportation infrastructure. |
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Strategic Nuclear Warfare (AW521) |
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American Public University |
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This course examines strategic nuclear warfare as an element of national security strategy. The course focuses on three areas as they developed from post-WWII to the present: (a) the theories and often divergent perspectives of strategic nuclear warfare; (b) strategic nuclear targeting concepts as they matured in response to advances in technology and policy; and (c) the command and control by national political and military leadership over nuclear weapons development, deployment and employment. The course addresses the land, sea, space, and air weapons as integrated, integral parts of the nation's nuclear strategy. |
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Strategic Planning (DM526) |
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This course outlines successful Strategic Management and Planning techniques. Students taking this course will gain an understanding of Strategic Planning techniques that have been successful in the industrial base companies. This course has been designed and developed to provide management teams and leaders with state of the art practices and theories, strategies and techniques relative to the Strategic Management and Planning Process. |
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Strategy, Tactics, & the Operational Art (MS607) |
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American Public University |
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A study of the three levels of thinking associated with the art of war with emphasis on the historical development and use of each by the world's great commanders and their enemies. |
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Studies in Early American Military History (LW543) |
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American Public University |
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A study of antecedents of the American military institution; the Colonial period; the development of American military traditions from the Revolution to the end of the 19th Century, with emphasis on the use of militia. |
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Studies in Later American Military History (LW544) |
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This course examines the military heritage of the United States from the Spanish-American War to the present. As a prerequisite to the course, a student should have general knowledge in military affairs and the military heritage of America especially in the 20th century. This course studies the military policies, postures, organizations, strategies, campaigns, tactics, and battles that have defined later American history. The course examines the military leadership and command decisions of leaders whose actions have influenced the outcome of wars. The growth of military professionalism, joint operations, military planning and education are also studied. The course covers the two World Wars, the Cold War, and operations other than war in the period since the end of the Cold War. The modernization of weaponry and communications and the extension of military activities in air and space are examined. The course requires extensive reading and research. |
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