USC Schedule of Classes

Analysis of U.S. Navy development and campaigns; evolution of strategic, tactical, and maritime doctrines; interaction of naval affairs with national security and domestic policies.

Purposes, methods, and instruments of navigation; terrestrial and celestial navigation and nautical astronomy; time diagrams; lines of position by observation of celestial bodies. Lecture, 3 hours; laboratory, 2 hours.

Systems approach to naval weapons; linear analysis of ballistics; weapons control systems configurations and dynamics. Field trips. Lecture, 3 hours; laboratory, 2 hours.

Concepts of seaborne military operations; relationship of factors involved; characteristic operations of World War II; amphibious operation planning. Lecture, 3 hrs; lab, 2 hrs.

Characteristics, requirements and problems of maneuver warfare; modern tactical principles and current military developments; other aspects of warfare and impact on maneuver warfare doctrine; historical perspectives for present and future decision-making.

Principles of human relationships; principles of decision making and management at the junior officer level; theory and techniques of leadership.

Introduction to primary duties of junior naval officers; counseling and interviewing techniques; review of basic administrative responsibilities at the division officer level.