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Army ROTC
Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) is a two, three, or four year college elective program designed to produce commissioned officers for the Army Reserve, National Guard, and the active Army.
Penn State Harrisburg students train with cadets from Dickinson College, Millersville University, Gettysburg College, Lebanon Valley College, Franklin & Marshall College and Messiah College; for more information check out our website.
ROTC courses offered at Penn State Harrisburg
Fall Courses
- ARMY 101: U.S. Army Organization and Functions (2)
Introduction to U.S. Army and ROTC: their organization, missions and functions; customs and traditions; leadership laboratory. - ARMY 203: Army Operations: Tactics and the Principles of War (2)
Organization and operation of Army units; fundamentals of unit tactics; leadership laboratory. - ARMY 301: Advanced Principles of Leadership and Management (3)
Principles of military leadership; military skills development; land navigation; physical fitness; leadership laboratory. - ARMY 401: Organizational Behaviors: Interrelationships of Directing Staffs and Staff Functions (3)
Leadership; command and staff functions; ethics and professionalism; military writing; leadership laboratory.
Spring Courses
- ARMY 102: The Military Profession: Leadership and Management Theory (2)
Introduction to leadership techniques and basic management skills; leadership laboratory. - ARMY 204: Land Navigation: Topographic Maps and Orienteering (2)
Military and topographic maps; methods of orienteering and land navigation; leadership laboratory. - ARMY 302: Advanced Principles of Military Leadership and Combat Operations (3)
Leadership in the field; principles of offense, defense, and patrolling; physical fitness, leadership laboratory. - ARMY 402: Army Personnel Management and Logistics (3)
Leadership; army personnel management; logistics system; personnel counseling; military justice; Soviet military; personal affairs; training management; army life; leadership laboratory.
Contact
For information about enrolling in Army ROTC at Penn State Harrisburg or to apply for an Army ROTC scholarship, contact Major Craig Walker:
- Office: 102B Olmsted
- E-mail: lcw13@psu.edu
- Phone: (717) 871-5900
- Fax: (717) 871-5689
College News
Penn State Harrisburg News
Performance to feature a cappella Yiddish songs
Feb 9 2012
Internationally known vocalist and artist Susan Leviton will perform Yiddish women’s songs a cappella in the Olmsted Building Gallery Lounge, Thursday, Feb. 23, at 7:00 p.m. Free and open to the public, the concert, "Women’s Voices in Yiddish Song," will be followed by a kosher reception.
Summer schedule offers convenient options
Jan 31 2012
(updated February 2, 2012)
Students looking to take a course or two over the summer can choose from a full range of undergraduate and graduate courses offered at Penn State Harrisburg. The first summer session runs May 14 to June 25; the second session runs June 27 to August 10. Registration now open.
The summer schedule offers flexible options to meet students’ needs, including consecutive course bundles, online delivery, courses at the Hershey Medical Center and Penn State York, a study tour, and programs for educators.
University community mourns loss of Joe Paterno
Jan 23 2012
Source: Penn State Live; January 22, 2012
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania State University and college athletics mourns the passing of Joseph V. Paterno, the winningest coach in the history of major college football.
Paterno, who turned 85 last month, passed away today (Jan. 22) surrounded by his family at Mount Nittany Medical Center, near the University Park campus. The legendary teacher, mentor and humanitarian had been diagnosed with lung cancer last November and recently had been hospitalized.
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