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Academics

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

  • SFA 111 Starfleet Orientation
  • SFA 112 UFP History
  • SFA 113 Physical Training I
  • SFA 114 Language I
  • SFA 115 Computers I
  • SFA 116 Personal Combat I
  • SFA 117 Artistic Expression I
  • Elective

Second Quarter

  • SFA 122 Military Science I
  • SFA 123 Physical Training II
  • SFA 124 Language II
  • SFA 125 Computers II
  • SFA 126 Personal Combat II
  • SFA 127 Artistic Expression II
  • Elective
  • Elective

Third Quarter

  • SFA 131 First Aid
  • SFA 132 Physical Training III
  • SFA 133 Nonlinear Dynamics & Chaos
  • SFA 134 Physical Combat III
  • SFA 135 Military Science II
  • SFA 136 Computers III
  • Elective
  • Elective

Fourth Quarter

  • SFA 141 Communications
  • SFA 142 Physical Training IV
  • SFA 143 Complexity Theory
  • SFA 144 Personal Combat IV
  • SFA 145 Away Team Operations
  • SFA 146 Computers IV
  • 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

  • SFA 211 Physical Training V
  • SFA 212 Survival Training I
  • SFA 213 Engineering I
  • SFA 214 Damage Control I
  • SFA 215 Remote Sensing Packages
  • SFA 216 Political Science I
  • SFA 217 Artistic Expression III
  • Elective

Second Quarter

  • SFA 221 Physical Training VI
  • SFA 222 Survival Training II
  • SFA 223 Engineering II
  • SFA 224 Damage Control II
  • SFA 225 Time-Series Analysis
  • SFA 226 Political Science II
  • SFA 227 Artistic Expression IV
  • Elective

Third Quarter

  • SFA 231 Physical Training VII
  • SFA 232 Survival Training III
  • SFA 233 Diophantine Geometry
  • SFA 234 Lie Groups
  • SFA 235 Starfleet Vessel Characteristics
  • SFA 236 Starfleet Logistics
  • SFA 237 Starbase Operations
  • Elective

Fourth Quarter

  • SFA 241 Fast Cruise
  • SFA 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

  • SFA 311 Physical Training VIII
  • SFA 312 Commercial Vessels
  • SFA 314 Basic Security Operations
  • SFA 315 Bridge Systems
  • SFA 316 Starfleet History
  • Elective
  • Elective
  • Elective

Second Quarter

  • SFA 321 Physical Training IX
  • SFA 322 Programming Models
  • SFA 323 Science II
  • SFA 324 Individual Ship Tactics
  • SFA 325 Strategy and Tactics I
  • SFA 326 Decision Analysis
  • Elective
  • Elective

Third Quarter

  • SFA 331 Physical Training X
  • SFA 332 Strategy and Tactics II
  • SFA 333 Tactical Weapons
  • SFA 334 Advanced Security Operations
  • SFA 335 Life Support Systems
  • SFA 336 Emergency Procedures
  • Elective
  • Elective

Fourth Quarter

  • SFA 342 Current Topics
  • Elective
  • Elective
  • Elective
  • Elective
  • Elective
  • Elective
  • 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

  • SFA 411 Physical Training XI
  • SFA 412 War & War Prevention
  • SFA 413 Shuttlecraft Operations I
  • SFA 414 Intercultural Relations
  • SFA 415 Federation Law
  • SFA 416 Diplomacy
  • Elective
  • Elective

Second Quarter

  • SFA 421 Physical Training XII
  • SFA 422 Technical Communications
  • Elective
  • Elective
  • Elective
  • Elective
  • Elective
  • Elective

Third Quarter

  • SFA 431 Physical Training XIII
  • SFA 432 Ethics
  • SFA 433 First Contacts
  • SFA 435 Logic
  • SFA 436 Command and Control
  • Elective
  • Elective
  • Elective

Fourth Quarter

  • SFA 441 Training Cruise
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