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47W USMA, Professor of Army War College

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Overview

An Army War College professor provides senior level education in strategic thinking, leadership, organizational change, war, national security, campaign planning, force development, and defense management. The professor designs curricula, teaches graduate courses, develops faculty, conducts scholarship, provides service, and performs professional outreach.

Core Skills

  • Graduate instruction in national security strategy
  • Curriculum design for senior strategic education
  • Scholarship in war and defense strategy
  • Faculty development in graduate military education

Civilian Career Paths

Career associations are editorial assessments of the cited evidence, not an official crosswalk unless the evidence explicitly says so. O*NET supplies civilian occupation information, not proof of a military match. Related experience does not confer civilian qualifications. Tasks and tools below describe civilian work, not military training.

Postsecondary National Security or Strategic Studies Faculty

Graduate-level teaching, curriculum design, and scholarship in national security policy and strategy directly support faculty work in those subjects.

How to prepare: Build an application portfolio with a strategic-studies syllabus, teaching evidence, and scholarship matched to the appointment's subject area. Four-year institutions typically require a relevant doctorate; some part-time, specialty, and community-college appointments accept a master's degree with institution- and subject-specific experience expectations.

What the civilian work involves
  • Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
  • Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
  • Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Word

Postsecondary Academic Administration in Security Studies

Faculty development, graduate curriculum design, and academic service provide a foundation for coordinating security-studies academic programs.

How to prepare: Prepare a case study documenting a curriculum improvement or faculty-development initiative for academic-program administration applications. Entry typically requires a master's degree, though some small institutions accept a bachelor's; employers generally prefer related college-administration experience, and dean or provost appointments often require a Ph.D.

What the civilian work involves
  • Design or use assessments to monitor student learning outcomes.
  • Direct, coordinate, and evaluate the activities of personnel, including support staff engaged in administering academic institutions, departments, or alumni organizations.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (5 documents)
  1. Army COOL MOC feed: 47W USMA, Professor of Army War College

    [1] data/authority/army-codes.json entry 47W (OSD COOL feed, fetched 2026-07-25); DB rank officer, authority codeType officer

    Supports: Graduate instruction in national security strategy, Curriculum design for senior strategic education, Scholarship in war and defense strategy, Faculty development in graduate military education, Postsecondary National Security or Strategic Studies Faculty (O*NET 25-1065.00), Postsecondary Academic Administration in Security Studies (O*NET 11-9033.00)

  2. O*NET: Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Postsecondary National Security or Strategic Studies Faculty (O*NET 25-1065.00)

  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Postsecondary Teachers

    [3] Duties and How to Become; updated August 27, 2026

    Supports: Postsecondary National Security or Strategic Studies Faculty (O*NET 25-1065.00)

  4. O*NET: Education Administrators, Postsecondary

    [4] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Postsecondary Academic Administration in Security Studies (O*NET 11-9033.00)

  5. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Postsecondary Education Administrators

    [5] What They Do and How to Become; updated August 27, 2026

    Supports: Postsecondary Academic Administration in Security Studies (O*NET 11-9033.00)

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