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Courses Descriptions for Air Force ROTC

AFR 1010-1 The Air Force Today 1 (1 + 0)

One 1-hour lecture and one 1 1/2-hour lab per week. This course deals with the Air Force in the contemporary world through a study of the total force structure, strategic offensive and defensive forces, general purpose forces, aerospace support forces, and the development of communicative skills.
AFR 1020-1 The Air Force Today 2 (1 + 0)

A continuation of AFR 1010. One 1-hour lecture and one 1 1/2-hour lab per week.

AFR 2010-1 The Air Force Way 1 (1 + 0)

One 1-hour lecture and one 1 1/2 hour lab per week. This course is a study of air power from balloons and dirigibles through the jet age; a historical review of air power employment in military and nonmilitary operations in
support of national objectives; a look at the evolution of air power concepts and doctrine; and an introduction to the development of communicative skills.

AFR 2020-1 The Air Force Way 2 (1 + 0)

A continuation of AFR 2010. One 1-hour lecture and one 1 1/2-hour lab per week.

AFR 3010-3 Air Force Management and Leadership 1 (3 + 0)

Two 1 1/2-hour seminars plus one 1 1/2 hour lab per week. An integrated management course emphasizing concepts and skills required by the successful manager and leader. The curriculum includes individual motivational and behavioral processes, leadership, communication, and the group dynamics, providing the foundation for the development of the junior officer's professional skills (officership). Course material on the fundamentals of management emphasizes decision making and the use of analytic aids in planning, organizing, and controlling in a changing environment. Organizational and personal values (ethics), management of change, organizational power, politics, managerial strategy, and tactics are discussed within the context of miliary organization. Actual Air Force case studies are used throughout the course to enhance the learning and communication process.

AFR 3020-3 Air Force Management and Leadership 2 (3 + 0)

Two 1 1/2-hour seminars and 1 1/2-hour lab per week. A continuation of AFR 3010. Basic managerial processes are emphasized, while group discussion, case studies and role playing as learning devices are employed. Emphasis on communicative skills development is continued.

AFR 4010-3 National Security Forces in Contemporary American Society 1 (3 + 0)
Two 1 1/2-hour seminars and one 1 1/2-hour lab per week.This course is a study of U.S. National Security Policy which examines the formulation, organization, and implementation of national security policy; context of national security; evolution of strategy; management of conflict; and civil-miliary interaction. It also includes blocks of instruction on the miliary profession/officership, the miliary justice system and communicative skills. This course is designed to provide future Air Force officers with the background of U.S. National Security Policy so they can effectively function in today's Air Force.

AFR 4020-3 National Security Forces in Contemporary American Society 2 (3 + 0)

Two 1 1/2-hour seminars and one 1 1/2 hour lab per week. A continuation of AFR 4010. Special themes include defense strategy and conflict management, formulation/implementation of U.S. defense policy, and organizational factors and case studies in policy making, military law, uniform code of military justice, and communicative skills.


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