MILS512 - Great Military Leaders

After successfully completing this course, you will be able to:

CO-1: Analyze the attributes of military leadership.

CO-2: Evaluate historical and contemporary military and strategic leadership decisions.

CO-3: Examine concepts as they relate to the contemporary leadership environment.

CO-4: Apply leadership methodologies to the study of leaders.

CO-5: Construct an assessment of a leader using a leadership methodology.

The course grade is based on the following assessments:

Discussion Forums – 20 percent

Each week, a discussion question is provided and posts should reflect an assimilation of the readings. Students are required to provide a substantive initial post by Thursday at 11:55 pm ET and respond to 2 or more classmates by Sunday 11:55 pm ET. Your initial post should be at least 250- 500 words. Please respond with original comments to at least 2 other students' initial posts. Responses should be a minimum of 250 words. Use sources in all three required posts and cite them in notes and bibliography. In addition, you need to monitor the postings and respond to my questions as well. Forum posts are graded on timeliness, relevance, knowledge of the weekly readings, and the quality of original ideas.

Research Question, Purpose Statement, and Literature Review Exercise – 15 percent

The components of this assignment include a research question, a purpose statement, and a literature view of at least 8 sources, two of which must be peer-reviewed. The specific research question should relate to a general topic in the course. 6-8 pages.

Research Paper – 35 percent

Adding to the 6-8 page assignment in Week Two, the research paper should be at least 10 additional pages of analysis of your topic, not including the cover page, the reference list, and any appendices.

Final Assignment – 30 percent

This assignment is a take-home essay assignment of 4 questions, 2-3 pages each, to test knowledge and assimilation of the course objectives. The exclusive use of required texts and readings from this course is mandatory

Required Course Textbooks

There are no required course textbooks for this class.

Required Readings

• External websites and other assigned readings are found in the Lessons area of the classroom.

• Weekly Lesson Notes and videos or audio files are found in the Lessons area of the classroom.