• Concentration blocks are designed to provide scheduling stability (to make sure instructors are available) and flexibility (to help ensure courses are available to students in the required timeframe). The Advisory Board and Curriculum Committee review the block composition anually to ensure blocks are aligned with research directions and fulfill the MOVES degree requirements.
• All Concentration Blocks (except JPME) consist of two required courses and one elective chosen with assistance from your thesis advisor.  The JPME Concentration Block is an exception and has four required courses with no elective.
• An elective can be used for one block only; it may not count towards two or more blocks
• All students must take two Concentration Blocks from Group A and two Concentration Blocks from Group B
• All Navy students who have not previously achieved JPME must take the four JPME courses as one of their four blocks
• The fourth JPME course will take the place of one of the elective courses in the second year matrix
• The JPME "block" is only available to Navy students
• All Army students must take the SE block as one of their four blocks
• The SE block is available to other students as well
• Your thesis advisor should be your primary point of contact for selecting blocks and electives.

• Courses below are listed as: Course Number - Course Title - Quarter(s) historically offered
• Quarters are: 1 - Fall; 2 - Winter; 3 - Spring; 4 - Summer
• Check "Projected MOVES Course Offerings" for when MV courses are projected to be offered
• Check Python or the Academic Associate of the respective department to verify non-MV course offerings
• The projected offerings are a guide; specific course offerings may change from what is indicated below for a variety of reasons, including low enrollment, change in instructor availability, and changes to other degree programs which also utilize a course

MOVES Concentration Blocks

Group A

A1. Combat Modeling - Coordinator: Tom Lucas

MV4302 - Advanced Discrete Event Simulation - 1 and 3
OA4656 - Advanced Combat Models - 2 and 4

Recommended electives

MV4657 - Modeling and Simulation for Stability, Security, Transition, and Reconstruction (SSTR) Operations - 1
OA4602 - Joint Campaign Analysis - 2 and 4
OA4604 - Wargaming Anpplications - 1 and 3

A2. Visual Simulation - Coordinator: Mathias Kolsch

MV3500 - Internetwork Communications and Simulation - 1 and 3
MV4470 - Image Synthesis - 1 and 3

Recommended electives

CS4330 - Computer Vision - 1
MV4471 - Computer Animation - 2
MV4472 - Physics for Game Developers and Virtual Environments - 3
MV4474 - Virtual Environment Network and Software Architectures - 3

A3. Agents & Cognitive Modeling - Coordinator: John Hiles 

MV4025 - Cognitive and Behavioral Modeling for Simulations - 4
MV4100 - Cognitive Engineering - 2

Recommended electives

CS4330 - Computer Vision - 1
MV4015 - Agent-Based Autonomous Behavior for Simulations - 2

A4. Discrete Event Modeling & Analysis - Coordinator: Arnie Buss

MV4302 - Advanced Discrete Event Simulation Modeling - 1 and 3
OA4333 - Simulation Analysis - 2 and 4

Recommended electives

OA4108 - Data Mining - 2 and 4
OA4308 - Time Series Analysis - not yet decided

A5. Optimization - Coordinator: Kevin Wood

OA3201 - Linear Programming - 1 and 3
OA4201 - Nonlinear Programming - 2 and 4

Recommended electives

OA4202 - Network Flows and Graphs - 1 and 3

Group B

B1. Web-Based Simulation - Coordinator: Don Brutzman

MV3204 - Computer Graphics Modeling Using X3D/VRML - 2 and 4
MV4205 - Advanced 3D Modeling with X3D/VRML - 1 and 3

Recommended electives

MV3250 - Introduction to Extensible Markup Language (XML) - 3 (also quarter 1 starting AY2009)
MV4250 - Advanced Extensible Markup Language (XML) Authoring and Design - 1 (AY2008 only), 2 (starting AY2009) and 4 (starting AY2008)

B2. Training Systems - Coordinator: Mike McCauley

OA4401 - Individual Performance: Sensation, Perception and Cognition - 1
OA4408 - Team Performance and Decision Making - 2

Recommended electives

OA3402 - Research Methods for Performance Assessment - 2
OA4407 - Human Anthropometry and Biomechanics - 3

B3. Human Factors - Coordinator: Tony Ciavarelli

MV4001 - Human Factors of Virtual Environments - 2
OA3401 - Human Factors in System Design - 1 and 3

Recommended electives

MV4002 - Simulation and Training - 2 and 4
OA3402 - Research Methods for Performance Assessment - 2
OA4407 - Human Anthropometry and Biomechanics - 3

B4. Systems Engineering & Acquisition - Coordinator: Gene Paulo

Required of all US Army students - Available to others

SE3100 - Fundamentals of Systems Engineering - 1 and 3
SE3400 - Fundamentals of Engineering Project Management - 2 and 4

Recommended electives

OS4680 - Naval Systems Analysis - 2 and 4
SE3302 - System Suitability - 1 and 3