Sergeants Major Course-Resident (SMC-R) Description
The SMC-R provides tools to develop critical reasoning, creative thinking, and decision-making skills. The course provides students 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 heavily stressed. The SMC-R contains a total of 1,485 instructional hours consisting of a foundations phase, followed by rotations through five core areas/departments, culminating with a 90-hour Adult Learning and Instruction Techniques:
- Department of Joint Interagency, Intergovernmental, and Multinational Operations (DJIIMO)
- Department of Force Management (DFM)
- Department of Army Operations (DAO)
- Department of Command Leadership (DCL)
- Department of Professional Studies (DPS)