Star Fleet Academy

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 Starfleet 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 Starfleet 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 Starfleet Vessel Characteristics
• MILC 233 Starfleet 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 Starfleet 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 Starfleet 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 Starfleet 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

Academic Catalog

Coarse codes that have four letters, with the last as C, are core classes and are required for each student to pass prior to graduation. The number code can be interpreted thusly: is the first number is 1 thru 4, that indicates which year the course is to be taken; a 5 indicates the course is an elective and a 6 indicates a course for major study. The second numeral indicates which quarter the course is usually offered; a zero indicates it is not set in any specific quarter. The last numeral is simply an identifier for the specific course.

Engineering (major)

• ENGC 110 Computers I
• ENGC 120 Computers II
• ENGC 130 Introduction to Communication Systems
• ENGC 211 Introduction to Engineering
• ENGC 212 Introduction to Damage Control
• ENGC 221 Engineering II
• ENGC 222 Damage Control II
• ENGC 331 Life Support Systems
• ENG 501 Technical Communications
• ENG 520 Programming Models
• ENG 530 Computers III
• ENG 540 Computers IV

• ENG 601 Replicator Systems
• ENG 602 Transporter Systems
• ENG 603 Environmental Systems
• ENG 604 Deflector Shields
• ENG 605 Shipboard Phasers
• ENG 606 Photon Torpedoes
• ENG 607 Reaction Control Systems
• ENG 608 Engineering Operations & Safety
• ENG 609 Remote Sensing Packages
• ENG 610 Impulse Propulsion System
• ENG 611 Warp Propulsion System I
• ENG 612 Warp Propulsion System II
• ENG 613 Utilities Networks
• ENG 614 Auxiliary Systems
• ENG 615 Selected Topics In Engineering

Language

• LAN 110 Introduction to Standard Andorian
• LAN 111 Introduction to Standard Tellarite
• LAN 112 Introduction to Standard Vulcan
• LAN 120 Standard Andorian II
• LAN 121 Standard Tellarite II
• LAN 122 Standard Vulcan II
• LAN 500 Standard Andorian III
• LAN 501 Standard Tellarite III
• LAN 502 Standard Vulcan III
• LAN 503 Classical Vulcan
• LAN 504 Elementary Latin

Life Sciences (major)

• LFS 501 Peoples and Cultures of the Federation
• LFS 502 Introduction to World Ethnography
• LFS 503 Examinations of Exoanthropological Field Research
• LFS 504 Principles of Biology
• LFS 505 Perspectives on Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering
• LFS 506 Microbiology
• LFS 507 Principles of Genetics
• LFS 508 Principles of Exobiology
• LFS 509 Investigations Into Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
• LFS 601 Principles of Systematic Biology
• LFS 602 Herpetology
• LFS 603 Biological Oceanography
• LFS 604 Bioenergetics
• LFS 605 Introduction to Botany
• LFS 606 Analysis of Development
• LFS 607 Icthyology
• LFS 608 Ornithology
• LFS 609 Ecology
• LFS 610 Mammalogy
• LFS 611 Anthropology
• LFS 612 Biological Chemistry
• LFS 613 Selected Topics In Life Sciences
• LFS 614 Biology
• LFS 615 Hexapodology

Mathematics (major)

• MAT 511 Complexity Theory
• MAT 521 Time-Series Analysis
• MAT 531 Diophantine Geometry
• MAT 532 Lie Groups

Medicine (major)

Completion of this major confers the status of Starfleet Nurse. The midshipman may then choose to pursue the immediate follow-on training leading to become a doctor.

• MEDC 101 First Aid
• MED 601 Physiological Psychology I
• MED 602 Physiological Psychology II
• MED 603 Medicolegal Investigation
• MED 604 Infectious Diseases
• MED 605 Emergency Medicine
• MED 606 Psychotherapy
• MED 607 Pharmacology
• MED 608 Clinical Laboratory Methods
• MED 609 Care Procedures
• MED 610 Anatomy I
• MED 611 Anatomy II
• MED 612 Adolescent Health Care
• MED 613 Geriatric Medicine
• MED 614 Nutrition
• MED 615 Physical Examinations

Military Science

• MILC 111 Starfleet Orientation
• MILC 112 UFP History
• MILC 121 Military Science I
• MILC 131 Military Science II
• MILC 141 Away Team Operations
• MILC 211 Survival Training I
• MILC 221 Survival Training II
• MILC 231 Survival Training III
• MILC 232 Starfleet Vessel Characteristics
• MILC 233 Starfleet Logistics
• MILC 234 Starbase Operations
• MILC 241 Fast Cruise
• MILC 242 Survival Experience
• MILC 311 Commercial Vessels
• MILC 312 Basic Security Operations
• MILC 313 Bridge Systems
• MILC 314 Starfleet History
• MILC 321 Individual Ship Tactics
• MILC 322 Introduction to Strategy and Tactics
• MILC 331 Strategy and Tactics II
• MILC 332 Tactical Weapons
• MILC 333 Emergency Procedures
• MILC 341 Current Topics
• MILC 411 War & War Prevention
• MILC 412 Shuttlecraft Operations
• MILC 413 Federation Law
• MILC 431 First Contacts
• MILC 432 Command and Control
• MILC 440 Training Cruise
• MIL 530 Advanced Security Operations

Physical Education

• PHEC 111 Physical Training I
• PHEC 112 Self Defense I
• PHEC 121 Physical Training II
• PHEC 122 Self Defense II
• PHEC 131 Physical Training III
• PHEC 132 Self Defense III
• PHEC 141 Physical Training IV
• PHEC 142 Self Defense IV
• PHEC 211 Physical Training V
• PHEC 221 Physical Training VI
• PHEC 231 Physical Training VII
• PHEC 311 Physical Training VIII
• PHEC 321 Physical Training IX
• PHEC 332 Physical Training X
• PHEC 411 Physical Training XI
• PHEC 421 Physical Training XII
• PHEC 431 Physical Training XIII

Physical Sciences (major)

• PHS 501 Nonlinear Dynamics & Chaos
• PHS 502 Introduction to Chemistry
• PHS 503 Seminar In Environmental Chemistry
• PHS 504 Exochemistry
• PHS 505 Quantum Chemistry
• PHS 601 Introduction to Solid-State Chemistry
• PHS 602 Pattern Recognition & Analysis
• PHS 603 Ocean Circulation
• PHS 604 Introduction to Geology
• PHS 605 Principles of Axiomatic Design
• PHS 606 Topics In Nonlinear Dynamics of Dissipative Systems
• PHS 607 Relativistic Quantum Field Theory
• PHS 608 Fundamentals of Ecology
• PHS 609 Landsurface-Atmosphere Interactions
• PHS 610 Structural Mechanics
• PHS 611 Selected Topics in Physical Sciences
• PHS 612 Biogeography
• PHS 613 Physical Methods In Inorganic Chemistry
• PHS 614 Systematic Climatology
• PHS 615 Defects In Crystals

Social Sciences (major)

A student completing this degree will have a broad knowledge of interactions between individuals and groups of similar and differing cultures. Upon graduation, the student may elect to continue on to earn the MS degree in Counseling and even the PhD in Psychology.

• SOSC 210 Introduction to Political Science
• SOSC 320 Decision Analysis
• SOSC 411 Intercultural Relations
• SOSC 412 Diplomacy
• SOSC 431 Ethics
• SOS 501 Selected Topics In Classical Literature
• SOS 502 Ancient Literature and the Formation of Culture
• SOS 503 Advanced Topics In Classics
• SOS 510 Introduction to Artistic Expression
• SOS 520 Artistic Expression: Introduction to Ceramics
• SOS 521 Artistic Expression: Introduction to Dance
• SOS 522 Artistic Expression: Introduction to Music
• SOS 523 Artistic Expression: Introduction to Painting
• SOS 524 Artistic Expression: Introduction to Photography
• SOS 525 Artistic Expression: Introduction to Theater
• SOS 526 Artistic Expression: Introduction to Writing
• SOS 527 Political Science II
• SOS 530 Artistic Expression: Ceramics II
• SOS 531 Artistic Expression: Dance II
• SOS 532 Artistic Expression: Music II
• SOS 533 Artistic Expression: Painting II
• SOS 534 Artistic Expression: Photography II
• SOS 535 Artistic Expression: Theater II
• SOS 536 Artistic Expression: Writing II
• SOS 537 Introduction to Logic
• SOS 601 Law, Technology, & Public Policy
• SOS 602 Urban Design
• SOS 603 Selected Topics in Social Sciences
• SOS 604 Individuals, Groups, & Organizations
• SOS 605 Political Development
• SOS 606 Federation Political Economy
• SOS 607 The Society of Mind
• SOS 608 Art As Meaning and Technique
• SOS 609 Modernism & Mass Culture
• SOS 610 Dimensions In Space
• SOS 611 Projects In Knowledge Representations
• SOS 612 Introduction to Psychology
• SOS 613 Interstellar Shipping
• SOS 614 Comparative Value Systems
• SOS 615 Economics of Uncertainty

Space Sciences (major)

• SPS 601 Physics of the Galaxy
• SPS 602 Shipboard Sensor Systems
• SPS 603 Cosmology
• SPS 604 Stellar System Dynamics
• SPS 605 Selected Topics in Space Sciences
• SPS 606 Essentials of Planetary Sciences
• SPS 607 Chaos and Complexity
• SPS 608 Plasmas
• SPS 609 Planetary Systems
• SPS 610 High-Energy Astrophysics
• SPS 611 Stellar Structure & Evolution
• SPS 612 Asteroids & Small Bodies
• SPS 613 Particle Physics
• SPS 614 Continuum Mechanics
• SPS 615 Astrophysics