Sergeants Major Course-Resident (SMC-R) Description
The Army’s culminating enlisted Professional Military
Education (PME) is the Sergeants Major Course taught at the Sergeants Major
Academy. This course provides tools to develop critical reasoning, creative
thinking and decision-making skills. Soldiers are provided an education that
teaches them to enhance their character, self-expression, and strengthen
teamwork abilities. The course assists in the development of logical, practical
and original reasoning abilities necessary for problem solving. Students
analyze problems based on available information, arrive at logical solutions
and decisions with reasonable speed, communicate reasoning and decisions orally
and in writing, and supervise to ensure proper execution. Intellectual honesty,
integrity, and professional values and standards are highly stressed. The Sergeants
Major Course is also offered as a nonresident course which culminates with two
weeks of resident instruction at the academy.