The overall objective is to provide officers and DoD civilian equivalents, through graduate education, with a comprehensive operational and technical understanding of the field of C4I systems as applied to joint and combined military operations at the national and unified command levels. The program is designed with the following goals: enable individuals to develop an understanding of the role C4I systems play in the use of military power and the ability to interpret the impact of C4I on operating philosophy; provide adequate background knowledge in basic technology, human capabilities, and joint military operations and how these factors are exploited in current C4I systems; and provide the framework whereby students can perform requirement and planning studies of new C4I systems and contribute to crisis management. This curriculum is sponsored by the Headquarters USMC, Director of Command, Control, Communications, and Computers (C4).

These officers should be able to undertake a wide range of assignments in C4I (both joint and intra-service) over the full span of their careers.?

Master of Science in Systems Technology (Command, Control, and Communications)

The Master of Science in Systems Technology (Joint C3) degree will be awarded at the completion of the appropriate interdisciplinary program carried out in accordance with the following degree requirements:

• Completion of a minimum of 45 quarter-hours of graduate-level work in four different academic disciplines, of which at least 15 hours must represent courses at the 4000 level in at least two of the disciplines.
• Within the course program there must be a specialization sequence consisting of at least three courses.
• In addition to the 45 hours of course credit, an acceptable thesis must be completed.
• The program must be approved by the Chairman, Information Sciences Department.