In manual contact tracing, "somebody would be contacting you and saying, 'Hey, do you remember all the interactions you have had in the last X days? West Point officials are "very, very grateful" to be part of the test and plan to use the information to bolster the school's contact-tracing effort, said Col.
Ed Teague, the chief information officer at West Point. And the only way to be sure it will work is to use the technology as part of the school's COVID response effort. We can then use that as a guide to augment the contact tracing that we have already been doing since about March.
Cadets are being asked to wear the devices whenever possible, but they won't have to wear them when they leave the campus for winter break, Teague said, adding that the test is limited strictly to West Point. The effort is part of a "rising tide of the idea of using wearables in the Army for all sorts of things," Cohen said. The Army is also working with the Navy on a similar study on two of its ships to see how close-quarters contact on a vessel is different from the West Point environment, said Cohen, who would not name the ships involved in that test.
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Cadet Hannah Blakey, a native of Detroit, Michigan, is a Persian and French major with an interest in marginalized and at-risk communities. Dedicated to serving others, Blakey is one of three Cadets-in-Charge of the Elevation initiative mentorship club and is a preschool and kindergarten Sunday school teacher. Blakey has conducted several formal interviews and conversations with Persian-speaking refugees to better understand the cultural and economic factors that impact forced migration and refugees in Persian-speaking regions.
The catalyst for this interest was a three-week cultural immersion experience in Uzbekistan in the summer A course of instruction then is the purposeful arrangement of experiences designed to facilitate intended change in students' capabilities or dispositions which we represent by course objectives. A valid, comprehensive method of evaluating student mastery of course objectives. Student evaluation is a critical component of the learning process and must be present in a course of instruction.
If a course of instruction meets the preceding two guidelines, then the awarding of credit hours should be based on a calculation of planned time 40 hours of planned time associated with 1. The minimum load that all cadets must carry under normal circumstances is five academic courses which are equal to or greater than 15 semester hours of credit.
Cadets may elect to take six academic courses in the pursuit of certain academic majors. In addition, cadets will meet established requirements for physical education courses and military science core curriculum during a regular academic semester. Cadets are considered overloading when they are carrying seven academic courses in a term. During the Third, Second and First Class years, cadets may wish to enroll in one overload course for each term.
Approval will depend upon demonstrated ability and motivation. The designated overload course must be a course that can be dropped without jeopardizing any academic graduation requirements e. A cadet who enrolls in an overload course and finds it unsuited to his or her needs may request withdrawal from the overload course through the Academic Affairs and Registrar Services AARS , Office of the Dean, any time after the first month of the term and up until the beginning of Term End Examinations TEE.
Cadets are required to designate which of their courses is the designated overload course. No change in this designation will be permitted after the term begins. The Dean may remove a cadet from an overload course for poor performance in that course or in any other courses.
Part 4 of the Redbook describes each academic major in detail. The integrative experience is designed to synthesize knowledge and skills nurtured in the core and major programs. Situated within the major, but drawing upon all goals, integrative experiences present cadets with professionally relevant situations that include political, social, economic, and technological issues and challenge cadets to anticipate and respond appropriately to opportunities and challenges in a changing world.
The listing of each academic major in Part 4 of the Redbook also includes entries for the select core requirements. Choosing an area of academic specialization deserves special mention. Without exaggeration, it is the most important academic decision a cadet will make at the Military Academy.
Much of the rationale for the presentation of core topics before the selection of a major is to ensure that cadets have the best information available upon which to make that decision. Currently a major requires the commitment of a minimum of 13 courses.
Once a cadet starts taking courses to support a major, it is very difficult and, in many cases, impossible to change to another major. Cadets are encouraged to seek guidance in arriving at this decision and to take the necessary time and effort to make that decision a good one.
Once a Fourth Class cadet designates a major, the cadet is passed from the company academic counselor to a counselor in the department that sponsors the chosen discipline. Departmental counselors then help the cadet plan the remaining six terms of his or her academic program, providing guidance on the sequencing of courses best designed to facilitate study of the discipline. A minimum of 13 courses must be designated to fill the course requirements for the baseline area of academic specialization, arranged in semesters of five academic courses each.
Cadets who choose an area requiring more than thirteen courses may need to complete additional academic courses six or more in future terms. The Military Academy provides opportunities to pursue Academic Individual Advanced Development AIAD during the summer which, under some circumstances, may be used to reduce a course load during the academic year to five courses per term.
Through validation, advanced placement, or overload, it is possible for a cadet to meet the requirements for more than a single major. Each cadet must officially pursue and gain credit for one major. Beyond that requirement a cadet is free to pursue and gain transcript credit for additional majors provided he or she meets the following guidelines:.
In pursuing two majors, a cadet must meet all curricular requirements including student learning outcomes for each major, and double-count no more than seven total courses, with no more than four being study-in-depth courses. Integrative experience courses are considered study-in-depth courses. Department counselors in both fields must grant approval. The graduation transcript will reflect academic majors that have been satisfied.
Cadets are warned that USMA will not guarantee the completion of additional majors, even though that cadet may have already completed courses towards that goal. Scheduling and resource constraints may prohibit the completion of additional majors.
Academic minors are designed to encourage and reward intellectual curiosity by allowing cadets to pursue an area of interest beyond their chosen major. Academic minors are not a USMA graduation requirement. USMA offers a variety of academic minors that focus on: 1 depth-of-study that is not quite as intensive as a major in the discipline, 2 depth-of-study in a field that is not offered as a major, or 3 interdisciplinary knowledge and skills in a field of study that warrants this approach.
The foundation of our grading is a commitment to evaluate cadets based on their achievement of announced course objectives. Satisfactory performance on graded course requirements must therefore reflect satisfactory progress toward meeting course objectives. We will establish reasonable academic standards of achievement in advance of cadets taking a course and taking tests. Our goal is not to rank order cadets against each other based on any preconceived concept of an appropriate grade distribution curving.
Instead we challenge cadets to meet announced standards of performance and assign grades based on their success in doing so. The principal responsibility for academic performance rests with each individual cadet. In general, the academic departments describe the relative weight of their graded course requirements in terms of marks points. Graded course requirements include, but are not limited to, daily writs, WPR, research papers, computer exercises, and TEE. Early in each course, each instructor should provide a list of the course requirements and their weights.
Because there is no standard scale used by all departments for converting marks to grades, cadets should ascertain from their instructors during the first few lessons of each term how the various departments assign grades. Cadets can view a report of their grades online at least four times during each term. The first three reports are interim or progress reports. They are provided after the sixth, tenth, and fifteenth weeks of the term.
The fourth report reflects final grades, average for the term, and cumulative average. These final course grades are assigned quality points in accordance with the following table:. Should a cadet resign or be separated during the term before the first TEE, his or her transcript for all courses will reflect a grade of W Withdrawn with no credit awarded. Once the TEE cycle begins, cadets will receive a grade in every course in which they are enrolled.
Written Partial Review WPR : This examination is designed to test knowledge of course material covering specified lessons. Each department will determine the material to be covered the time of the exam and the weight of the exam. Cadets who have more than one more than two in the case of First or Second Class cadets major graded requirements WPR, themes, etc. Responsibility for seeking relief rests with the cadet while the faculty role is one of cooperation in granting permission when reasonably feasible.
Relief must be sought 48 hours in advance of the scheduled examination. Regulations for the United States Military Academy state that cadets of the First Class who have been found by the Academic Board successfully to have completed the course of instruction including academic, military, and physical education; to have maintained the standards of conduct; and to possess the moral qualities, traits of character and leadership essential for a graduated cadet; shall receive a diploma signed by the Superintendent, the Commandant of Cadets, and the Dean of the Academic Board; and shall thereupon become a graduate of the United States Military Academy with a degree of Bachelor of Science.
Complete successfully or validate each course in the core curriculum including the common core courses and a core engineering sequence. Successfully complete 40 academic courses of at least 3. Validated and remedial courses cannot count towards this requirement. Achieve a 2. The CQPA is an index of cumulative performance in all academic, military science and physical education courses. The APS is based on performance in courses within the Academic Program and does not include military science and physical education courses.
Cadets who are deficient in one or more of the three developmental programs for failure to maintain minimum program performance standards may be considered by the Academic Board for separation.
Graduation requirements for all three programs -- academic, military, and physical -- and institutional non-program requirements by class year are available through the following link: Graduation Class of , Class of , Class of , and Classes
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