Applied Wargaming Certificate - Curriculum 110
The Applied Wargaming Certificate integrates academic study and real-world practical experience to advance the theory and application of wargaming as a method of inquiry, experience, and education. Comprised of classes from the Defense Analysis and Operations Research Departments, this certificate purposefully integrates operational analysts and operators through wargaming-focused studies, preparing them for operationally supportive assignments in the future. This certificate allows students to develop a deeper understanding of the foundations and principles of wargaming in an applied environment of analysis, experience, and education. The Applied Wargaming Certificate consists of a mixture of wargaming-focused courses that leverage interactive seminar discussions, asynchronous opportunities, and practical exercises to provide the principles and design mechanics of wargame design, allowing students to critically examine sponsored operational problems and issues, then design, develop, and execute wargames to address the sponsor’s issues. Earning this certificate allows the student to experience the craft of wargaming fully and places them on a solid foundation for future wargaming activities.
Outcomes
- Critically examine and understand the full requirements of complex real-world problems and issues.
- Understand the foundational principles of wargaming and its various forms and methods, the strengths and weaknesses of each variation and method, and how these methods support their sponsored problem.
- Design, develop, execute, and analyze a wargame to directly support a sponsored problem.
- Utilize wargaming to analyze key dynamics of operational conflict situations.
- Utilize wargaming to support imparting key learning objectives in an educational or experiential environment.
Students will be required to take four courses that are methodologically and theoretically related to wargaming.
Applied Wargaming Certificate Required Courses
| OA4604 | Wargaming Applications | | 3 | 2 |
| OA4614 | Advanced Wargaming Applications | | 3 | 2 |
| DA4470 | Designing Operationally Oriented Research Studies | | 4 | 0 |
| DA3460 | Wargaming the Great Campaigns of History | | 4 | 0 |