HELM Courses

Helm and Navigation personnel provide the ship with pilots and co-pilots. They also provide the ship with experienced Shuttlecraft and Runabout pilots and co-pilots.

Generally, Cadets who Major in Helm/Navigation are Cadets who eventually wish to become Commanders themselves. Those cadets will also wish to attend Command School.

Appropriate Minors include Communications, Operations, and Engineering.

Courses include:

Year 1 Term 1 

Year 1 Term 2 

Administration *
Unarmed Combat (or specialised unarmed combat type) *
Computer Operation *
Pilot: Shuttlecraft *
Astronomy
Elective
History: Federation *
Language: (Federation Standard) *
Mathematics *
Physics *
Elective
Elective
Year 2 Term 1   Year 2 Term 2
Weapons: Phasers *
First Aid *
Electronics Operations: Sensors *
Electronics Operations: Communications
Electronics Operations: Photon Torpedoes 
Elective
Computer Programming *
Law: Federation *
Astrophysics
Astrogation: Warp Drive
Electronics Operations: Starship Phasers
Electronics: Computers 
Year 3 Term 1   Year 3 Term 2 
Vacc Suit Operations *
Xenobiology: General *
Gunner: Photon Torpedoes
Electronics Operations: Deflector Shields 
Electronics: Deflector Shields 
Elective
Xenology: General *
Electronics Operations: Transporters *
Strategy: Space 
Pilot: Runabout
Gunner: Phase Cannon
Leadership
Year 4 Term 1   Year 4 Term 2
Starfleet Protocol *
Zero-G Operations *
Pilot: Starship 
Subspace Mechanics 
Tactics: Space
Elective
Language: (any non-native) *
Vehicle Driving
Gunner: Starship Phasers
Elective
Elective
Elective

* Denotes core course