Annex F - The Core Curriculum Concept - Withers Report

Report of the RMC Board of Governors By the Withers' Study Group
Balanced Excellence Leading Canada's Armed Forces In The New Millenium
4500-240 (ADM (HR-Mil))
24 September 1998

The Three Elements of the Academic Program:

1. Common courses;
2. Common leadership and professional courses;
3. Academic major

The "Core" Curriculum is made up of a plus b. Below is a list of possible subjects for inclusion in a core curriculum. For illustrative purposes, they are displayed over four years.

1^st Year:

mathematics

-calculus

chemistry

-thermodynamics, atomic structure, biochemistry

civics

-Cdn government, policy framework and process

leadership

-fundamentals, psychology

military history

-technology and war, war and the modern state

english

-logic, learning to learn, intro to lit.

2^nd Year:

philosophy

-(ethics)-implications for leaders

general physics

-mechanics, E-M, waves, sound, light

information technology

-intro to computers, info mgt

history

-world, comparative cultures

3^rd Year:

leadership

-applied, communications, organisation theory

international affairs

-world political economy

philosophy of science

-scientific method, relativity, quantum mechanics

military theory

-relation to intellectual history, Clausewitz to Brodie

4^th Year:

international law, international org

- laws of war

strategy, operations tactics

-impact of tech, evolution of conflict

Cdn Mil. History

-civil/mil relations, CF in modern society

Advanced technology

and modern weapons systems