United States Army Command and General Staff Officers Course Preparatory Curriculum Evaluation: Study of CGSOC Effectiveness Reveals Failure to Meet College Standards

This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. The U.S. Army Command and General Staff Officers Course (CGSOC) conducts several preparatory courses prior to the academic year. This thesis evaluates the effectiveness of the CGSOC curriculum in preparing the students for conduct of the academic year. This study reviewed professional articles from several industries as well as CGSOC history in order to gain appreciation for the concepts dealing with preparatory courses. This study also evaluated student and faculty responses to a survey regarding the preparatory curriculum's effectiveness in preparing students for the academic year, and the relative cost of conducting the preparatory curriculum. The analysis of the data showed that the preparatory curriculum did not meet the college standard based on the responses of the students and faculty.

ACRONYMS * CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND * Research Questions * Primary Research Question.. Secondary Research Questions * Hypothesis 1 * Hypothesis 2 * Hypothesis 3 * Hypothesis 4 * Assumptions. Definition of Terms * Limitations * Delimitations. Significance of Study * Summary and Conclusions * CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW * Journal and Master of Military Art and Science Review * Army CGSC Curriculum Overview * Sister Service Curriculum Overview * Navy * Air Force * Marine Corps * Summary * CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY * Introduction * Rationale * CGSC Research Review and Approval Research Design * Instruments and Forms Requirements * Data Collection and Analysis Plan * Data Collection * Analysis Plan * Additional Data Collection * Cost Analysis * Summary and Conclusions * CHAPTER 4 FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS * Data Analysis * Student Responses * Student Likert Scale Findings * Data Analysis * Trend Analysis * Student Open-Ended Responses * Faculty Responses * Faculty Likert Scale Responses * Preparedness * Relevancy * Redundancy * Faculty Open-Ended Responses * Student and Faculty Cost Analysis * Student Cost Analysis * Instructor Cost Analysis * Student Composition of Courses * Instructor Composition of Courses * Total Costs * Summary of Findings * CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS * Student and Faculty Responses Course Oversight * Recommendations for Updates to the Preparatory Curriculum * Recommendations for CGSC * Recommendations for Further Study * BIBLIOGRAPHY