MILITARY STUDIES EMPHASIS
Students pursuing the BIS degree with an emphasis in Military Studies can choose courses from numerous fields
that are applicable to military related topics. Academic credits earned via primary military duty or CLEP examination can be included as well. Upon completion of the BIS, students who are currently enlisted or seeking entry into
the military may qualify for advanced rank or officer candidate opportunities.
Any courses in the following categories may be used in the area of emphasis. Some courses have prerequisites.
Aerospace Studies (AERO)
Arabic (ARBC)
Chinese (CHIN)
French (FREN)
German (GERM)
Italian (ITAL)
Japanese (JAPN)
Leadership Studies (LEAD)
Military Science (MIL)
Military Credit (MIL)
Political Science (PS)
Religious Studies (RELS)
Russian (RUSS)
Spanish (SPAN)
Swahili (SWAH)
Following are additional accepted courses. Other courses may be considered on a course-by-course basis.
AGRI 108 Rural Sociology
450 Rural Health & Safety
AMS 430 Tech. Mgmt./Supervision/Tm. Build
BIOL 131 Human Anatomy & Physiology
231 Adv. Human Anatomy & Physiology
302 Human Biology
BUS 210C Organization & Management
248C Supervisory Management
CE
160 Principles of Surveying
161 Principles of Surveying I Lab
CFS 111 Human Nutrition
364 Sports Nutrition
395 Child & Family Stress
COMM 145 Fund. of Public Speaking & Comm.
148 Interpersonal Communication
161 Business & Professional Speaking
240 Critical Listening
263 Fund. of Comm. & Culture
340 Parliamentary Procedure
345 Advanced Public Speaking
346 Persuasion
349 Group Decision Making
463 Intercultural Communication
ECON 202 Principles of Economics (Micro)
203 Principles of Economics (Macro)
380 International Economics
385 Economic Development
390 Economics, Law & Public Choice
430 Env. & Resource Economics
467 American Economic History
EXS
223 Health Related Fitness-Exs.
311 Exercise Physiology
325 Applied Exercise Physiology
425 Exercise Bioenergetics
446 Biomechanics
GEOG 100 Physical Geography
101 Principles of Human Geography
209 Natural Disasters
310 General Hydrology
316 Fundamentals of GIS
317 Geographic Information Systems
417 GIS Analysis and Modeling
425 Political Geography
427 Water Resources
471 Natural Resource Management
HIST 299 Intro. to Military History
240 The United States to 1865
241 The United States Since 1865
320 American Studies I
321 American Studies II
449 Korea and Vietnam
462 History of the Middle East
471 Modern China
494 U.S. Military History
ICSR 300 Public Problem Solving
JOUR 354 International Public Relations
355 Fundamentals of Public Relations
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REC
MGMT 210 Organization & Management
303 International Business
305 Ethics and Critical Thinking
316 International Management
361 Business Communications Fundamentals
417 Organizational Behavior
419 Management of Organizational Conflict SFTY
473 Training in Business and Industry
OST 255C Office Administration
SOCL
PE
100 Fundamentals of Physical Activity
101 First Activity Course
102 Second Activity Course
300 Outdoor Educational Activities
311 Exercise Physiology
312 Basic Athletic Training
313 Motor Development
PHIL 320 Ethics
323 Social Ethics
324 War and Peace
PH
100 Personal Health
111 Human Nutrition
450 Rural Health and Safety
PLS 190C Introduction to the Paralegal Profession
PSY 100 Introduction to Psychology
350 Social Psychology
370 Industrial/Organizational Psychology
405 Cognitive Psychology
412 Psychology of Motivation and Emotion
435 Moral Development and Education
442 Beginning Skills in Psychological Interviewing
450 Psychology of Personality
470 Psychology and Law
483 Evolutionary Psychology
235 Outdoor Recreation Activities
302 Recreation Leadership
335 Outdoor Skills-Land
337 Outdoor Skills-Water
435 Outdoor Expedition Planning
437 Outdoor Leadership Expedition
171 Safety and First Aid
270 General Safety
271 Emergency Care & Transportation
100 Introductory Sociology
210 Interaction: Self in Society
230 Deviant Behavior
232 Introduction to Law Enforcement
240 Contemporary Social Problems
260 Race and Ethnic Relations
310 Behavior in Small Groups
312 Collective Behav. & Social Movement
363 Population and Society
375 Diversity in American Society
420 Political Sociology
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