Star Fleet Academy\Academic Schedule

Academic Schedule

Academic Year

• First Quarter: August weeks 2-4, September weeks 1-4, October weeks 1-3
• Academic Break (1st Quarter): October weeks 4-5
• Second Quarter: November weeks 1-4, December weeks 1-4, January weeks 1-2
• Academic Break (2nd Quarter): January weeks 3-4
• Third Quarter: January week 5, February weeks 1-4, March weeks 1-4, April week 1
• Academic Break (3rd Quarter): April weeks 2-3
• Fourth Quarter: April weeks 4-5, May weeks 1-4, June weeks 1-4
• Academic Break (4th Quarter): July weeks 1-5 and August week 1

Year One

The first year at Star Fleet Academy actually starts during the previous year's 4th quarter Academic Break, in what is referred to as Plebe Quarter. This is the training program required of all incoming freshmen to the Academy. The program lasts 6 weeks and consists of rigorous physical and mental training. The stated purpose of Plebe Quarter is to turn civilians into midshipmen, in preparation for the forthcoming academic year. It is administered by 25% of the oncoming first class midshipmen, each of whom have volunteered to give up their final six-week academic break in order to welcome and prepare the newest class.

After each of the first three quarters, students who have satisfactorily completed each of their courses are granted two weeks of planetary liberty. Those seeking to leave the planet must be granted a waiver, as well as provide a plan to be present back on campus the first day of the next quarter. Students who have not satisfactorily completed one or two of their courses will have the academic break to do so. Those who are behind by more than two courses are dis-enrolled. Following the fourth quarter, all first-year students are granted six weeks of leave, with similar off-planet stipulations.

First Quarter

• MILC 111 Star Fleet Orientation
• MILC 112 UFP History
• PHEC 111 Physical Training I
• LAN 11x (Language I)
• ENGC 110 Computers I
• PHEC 112 Self Defense I

Second Quarter

• MILC 121 Military Science I
• PHEC 121 Physical Training II
• LAN 12x Language II
• ENGC 120 Computers II
• PHEC 122 Self Defense II
• Elective

Third Quarter

• MEDC 101 First Aid
• PHEC 131 Physical Training III
• PHEC 132 Self Defense III
• MILC 131 Military Science II
• Elective
• Elective

Fourth Quarter

• ENGC 130 Introduction to Communication Systems
• PHEC 141 Physical Training IV
• PHEC 142 Self Defense IV
• MILC 141 Away Team Operations
• Elective
• Elective

Year Two

During the second year, the third class midshipmen will spend the final quarter undergoing Fast Cruise and the Survival Experience. Fast Cruise involves living in the heavy cruiser mock-up USS Neversail (NCC-0000), located in the basement of the training simulation hall. For the first five weeks of the quarter, the students will stand watches, perform maintenance, and accomplish day-to-day duties in every area of the ship on a rotating basis, overseen by junior officers and enlisted staff (and commanded by one of the staff's senior officers). Random emergency situations will be interjected to familiarize students with operational, tactical, and strategic considerations.

Following one weekend's break, the students will then spend 5 weeks in the Survival Experience, a continuation of Survival Training III (SFA 232), building upon the foundation laid in that course. Each week, the students will be paired for one of the randomly selected environments (tropical rain forest, savanna, thorn forest, temperate forest, grassland, shrub land, desert, taiga and tundra), with minimal supplies for a period of 6 days, to demonstrate the ability to survive utilizing the skills and knowledge gained from completion of the survival course series. On the evening of the sixth day, all the students will be recovered, allowed two nights back in their academy quarters, with one day for medical exams and rest, before being deployed to the next environment.

First Quarter

• PHEC 211 Physical Training V
• MILC 211 Survival Training I
• ENGC 211 Introduction to Engineering
• ENGC 212 Introduction to Damage Control
• SOSC 210 Introduction to Political Science
• Elective

Second Quarter

• PHEC 221 Physical Training VI
• MILC 221 Survival Training II
• ENGC 221 Engineering II
• ENGC 222 Damage Control II
• Elective
• Elective

Third Quarter

• PHEC 231 Physical Training VII
• MILC 231 Survival Training III
• MILC 232 Star Fleet Vessel Characteristics
• MILC 233 Star Fleet Logistics
• MILC 234 Starbase Operations
• Elective

Fourth Quarter

• MILC 241 Fast Cruise
• MILC 242 Survival Experience

Year Three

The third year sees the second class midshipmen continuing their core requirements for all Star Fleet officers, but also beginning work on their chosen majors. In the final academic break, some of these midshipmen will volunteer their leave period to oversee Plebe Quarter for the newly arrived civilians hoping to become midshipmen themselves.

First Quarter

• PHEC 311 Physical Training VIII
• MILC 311 Commercial Vessels
• MILC 312 Basic Security Operations
• MILC 313 Bridge Systems
• MILC 314 Star Fleet History
• Major

Second Quarter

• PHEC 321 Physical Training IX
• MILC 321 Individual Ship Tactics
• MILC 322 Introduction to Strategy and Tactics
• SOSC 320 Decision Analysis
• Major
• Major

Third Quarter

• PHEC 332 Physical Training X
• MILC 331 Strategy and Tactics II
• MILC 332 Tactical Weapons
• ENGC 331 Life Support Systems
• MILC 333 Emergency Procedures
• Major

Fourth Quarter

• MILC 341 Current Topics
• Major
• Major
• Major
• Major
• Elective

Year Four

Along with completing major courses, the capstone of the Academy experience is the Training Cruise, with each First Class Midshipman rotating aboard the Academy's dedicated training vessel for about 10 weeks. The midshipmen is assigned a department commensurate with the individual's selected major, placed into a duty rotation with the regular crew, and fulfilling the watchstanding requirements of a Star Fleet officer.

The Training Cruise is conducted each quarter, with the ship picking up one fourth of the class (150 students) for each cruise. Several ports of call are scheduled during the cruise to allow midshipmen to avail themselves of recreational and cultural opportunities. When they return, they will pick up with the academic quarter following the one they previously completed. (The Training Cruise is listed as Fourth Quarter, but may fall as any one of an individual student's four quarters for the year.)

First Quarter

• PHEC 411 Physical Training XI
• MILC 411 War & War Prevention
• MILC 412 Shuttlecraft Operations
• SOSC 411 Intercultural Relations
• MILC 413 Federation Law
• SOSC 412 Diplomacy

Second Quarter

• PHEC 421 Physical Training XII
• Major
• Major
• Major
• Major
• Major

Third Quarter

• PHEC 431 Physical Training XIII
• SOSC 431 Ethics
• MILC 431 First Contacts
• MILC 432 Command and Control
• Major
• Major

Fourth Quarter

• MILC 440 Training Cruise