Military Leadership
10 courses · Palomar College · 2026-2027 Catalog
MIL 100 Foundations of Military Leadership
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3.00 hours lecture
- Transfers to
- CSU
A comprehensive introduction to the principles, values, and traditions essential to effective military leadership. Students learn to apply values, heritage, and traditions through close-order drill, ceremony, and effective communication while developing skills necessary to effectively lead small unit teams and uphold organizational standards.
MIL 101 Military Warfighting Philosophy
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3.00 hours lecture
- Transfers to
- CSU
Comprehensive introduction to the principles and doctrine of Marine Corps Warfighting Philosophy and their application to small-unit leadership. Students analyze battle studies, assess the effects of uncertainty and decentralized operations, and examine emerging technologies and adversary tactics to develop adaptive decision-making and leadership skills in complex operational environments.
MIL 102 Military Leadership: Sustaining the Transformation
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3.00 hours lecture
- Transfers to
- CSU
Prepares students to enhance unit readiness through integrated training and physical fitness programs. Students learn to develop and implement training schedules, apply the Marine Corps Physical Fitness Program, and design initiatives that improve performance, resilience, and mission readiness.
MIL 103 Military Leadership: The Small Unit Leader
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3.00 hours lecture
- Transfers to
- CSU
Prepares students to lead and make decisions in small-unit operations. Students learn to guide career progression, apply planning processes, analyze terrain and enemy information, issue combat orders, and use Tactical Decision Games to enhance decision-making and unit effectiveness.
MIL 110 Military Training & Development: Facilitate Learning Experience
- Units
- 4
- Hours
- 4.00 hours lecture
- Transfers to
- CSU
A comprehensive introduction to the study of military pedagogy for active duty and civilian personnel assigned as instructors/facilitators at Marine Corps Formal Schools. Students receive training and education in: the preparation of a facilitated period of instruction, effective communication, facilitating methods of instruction, instructional strategies, after-lesson management, performance feedback and assessment, adaptable lesson planning, emerging educational trends, and the Marine Corps Instructor Mastery Model.
MIL 111 Military Training & Development: Develop Learning Experience
- Units
- 4
- Hours
- 4.00 hours lecture
- Transfers to
- CSU
A comprehensive introduction to the skills and knowledge required for active duty and civilian personnel assigned as curriculum developers and instructors/facilitators at Marine Corps Formal Schools. Students receive training and education on the principles of adult learning, writing target population descriptions, conducting learning analyses, developing learning objectives, learning outcomes, developing test items, selecting instructional delivery systems, sequencing learning objectives, developing course structure, developing concept cards, conducting in-depth risk assessments, constructing tests, developing lesson materials and media, emerging instructional trends, and instructional technologies. Students will also gain knowledge and skills on how to validate a Program of Instruction utilizing the Marine Corps Training Information Management System, audit a Master Lesson File, and upload materials into a training resource module repository system.
MIL 112 Military Training & Development Work Experience
- Units
- 0.5-6
- Hours
- 1.50-18.00 hours lab
- Transfers to
- CSU
Supervised on-the-job training (OJT) for active duty and civilian employees in the Military Training and Development Registered Apprenticeship Program. Students reflect on their work experience in relation to their roles as instructors, facilitators, and curriculum developers while assigned at a Formal Learning Center within the United States Marine Corps Training Command. This work experience course of supervised employment is designed to assist students to acquire desirable work habits, attitudes and skills in a field related to the students’ major so as to enable them to become productive employees. This course also provides students with career awareness for jobs. Fifty-four hours of work equals one unit of course credit. Student repetition is allowed per Title 5, section 55253. Students may earn a maximum of 14 units of credit for work experience.
MIL 195 Military Leadership: The Professional Warfighter
- Units
- 0.5-6
- Hours
- 1.50-18.00 hours lab
- Transfers to
- CSU
Supervised on-the-job training (OJT) for active duty Marines in the Military Leadership Registered Apprenticeship Program. Students reflect on their own work experience in relation to the nature and theory of war, the Marine Corps' warfighting philosophy, and the impact of their personal leadership on military operations.
MIL 198 Military Leadership: The Sound Decision Maker
- Units
- 0.5-6
- Hours
- 1.50-18.00 hours lab
- Transfers to
- CSU
Supervised on-the-job training (OJT) for active duty Marines in the Military Leadership Registered Apprenticeship Program. Students reflect on their own work experience in relation to the decision-making processes established by Marine Corps doctrine, and the impact of their personal leadership on military organizations and operations.
MIL 199 Military Leadership: The Ethical Leader
- Units
- 0.5-6
- Hours
- 1.50-18.00 hours lab
- Transfers to
- CSU
Supervised on-the-job training (OJT) for active duty Marines in the Military Leadership Registered Apprenticeship Program. Students reflect on their own work experience in relation to Marine Corps values and ethics, and the impact of their personal leadership on unit morale and organizational climate.