Initiative Description:

• The focus on behavioral sciences will be facilitated by:
  • Hiring a psycologist to inject behavioral science subject matter into the core leadership courses and to teach elective behavioral science courses
  • Hiring a Professor of Leadership Education
  • Incorporating two permanent military professor billets into the departmental organization
  • Developing experimental elective courses in leadership and sociology
  • Increasing the percentage of officer instructors with post graduate degrees

Expected Outcome/Benefit:

• Expand the study of human behavior in the USNA curriculum
• Elevate the Naval Academy's behavioral science and leadership programs to a stature on par with peer institutions
• Enhance the Naval Academy's stature as a national resource for leadership development

Executive Sponsor:  Commandant