USNA Core Curriculum *
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Academic Division / Course Designator
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Course Title | Year in which course is typically taken | |||||
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| 4/C | 3/C | 2/C | 1/C | ||||
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Engineering & Weapons
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EA400/EN400/EN401 | Principles of Ship Performance OR Engineering in the Littoral Zone OR Introduction to Aeronautics | Fall or Spring | ||||
| EC310/EC312 | Applications of Cyber Engineering | Fall or Spring | |||||
| EM300 | Principles of Propulsion | Fall or Spring | |||||
| EW300 | Naval Weapons Systems | Fall or Spring | |||||
| EW370/410/412 | Control Systems Laboratory | Fall or Spring | |||||
| EE301/EE331 | Electrical Fund./Elec Eng I | Fall or Spring | |||||
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Mathematics & Science
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SC111 | Foundations of Chemistry I | Fall | ||||
| SC112/151 | Foundations of Chemistry II OR Modern Chemistry | Fall or Spring | |||||
| SM121 | Calculus I | Fall | |||||
| SM122 | Calculus II | Spring | |||||
| SM221/223 | Calculus III | Fall | |||||
| SM2XY | Math IV (Determined by Major) | Spring | |||||
| SP211/221 | General Physics I | Fall | |||||
| SP212 | General Physics II | Spring | |||||
| SY110 | Introduction to Cyber Security | Fall or Spring | |||||
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Humanities & Social Sciences
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HE111 | Rhetoric and Intro to Literature I | Fall | ||||
| HE112 | Rhetoric and Intro to Literature II | Spring | |||||
| HH104 | American Naval History | Fall or Spring | |||||
| HH215 | The Premodern World | Fall or Spring | |||||
| HH216 | The West in the Modern World | Fall or Spring | |||||
| FP130 | US Government and Constitutional Development | Fall or Spring | |||||
| HUM/SS Elective 1 | A HUM/SS elective at or above the 200-level** | Fall or Spring | |||||
| HUM/SS Elective 2 | HUM/SS elective at or above the 300-level** | Fall or Spring | |||||
| Language Courses*** | Four (4) semesters of a language*** | Fall or Spring | |||||
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Leadership Education & Development
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NL110 | Preparing to Lead | Fall or Spring | ||||
| NE203 | Ethics and Moral Reasoning | Fall or Spring | |||||
| NL310 | Leadership Theory and Applications | Fall or Spring | |||||
| NL400 | Law for the Junior Officer | Fall | |||||
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Seamanship & Navigation
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NS101 | Fundamentals of Seamanship | Fall or Spring | ||||
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NN210 |
Basic Navigation | Fall or Spring | |||||
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NN220 |
Navigation and Piloting | Fall or Spring | |||||
| NN310 | Advanced Navigation | Fall or Spring | |||||
| NS384/NS300 | Maritime Warfare | Fall or Spring**** | |||||
| NS43X | Junior Officer Practicum | Spring | |||||
* Selection of major may result in some core courses being replaced by courses required for the major and may shift the schedule.
** Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and Russian language courses taken at the 100-level may fulfill HUM/SS requirements for STEM majors.
*** Non-language, non-STEM humanities or social science majors are required to take or validate four semesters of a foreign language.
****Replacing NN310
The USNA Course Validation Policy is available at: https://www.usna.edu/Academics/Candidate-Information/Course-Validation-Policy.php
