Security Cooperation Organization/Officer
SC Workforce Certification Level
Required for Intermediate Level Certification for SCO Operations and Management
This course is designed to meet the educational requirements of U.S. security cooperation office (SCO) personnel and geographic combatant command (CCMD) staff personnel directly supporting SCOs. The course includes lectures, seminars, and practical exercises with instruction provided by DSCU faculty members and guest lecturers including senior DoD officials, representatives of other USG agencies, university professors, and members of private organizations. Students will attain a working knowledge of SCO-relevant security cooperation (SC) policies and procedures, and graduates will have the skills needed to implement effectively SC aspects of U.S. foreign policy.
This course is designed to educate SCO personnel and CCMD staff members to develop solutions to complex SC issues at the field level, given legislative and policy restrictions, stakeholder interests, and resource challenges. An important related objective is to communicate professionally, diplomatically, and influentially with foreign partners and defense industry contractors as well as within CCMDs, U.S. embassy country teams, and the broader DoD and U.S. government (USG) interagency communities. Also, students gain the knowledge to prepare effective responses to emergent political, diplomatic, economic, environmental, health, and national security issues/crises which affect SC. To do this well, students must learn to plan, program, and assist in the execution and assessment of SC using applicable automation tools and procedures. Specific focus areas include 1) preparing letters of request (LORs)/memoranda of request (MORs), 2) facilitating end-use monitoring (EUM) and third party transfers, and 3) managing effectively SCO resources. This course prepares students to critically analyze, align, and evaluate U.S. SC interests and partner nation requirements.
U.S. security cooperation office (SCO) personnel and geographic combatant command (CCMD) staff personnel directly supporting SCOs.
SC-101 Introduction to Security Cooperation (12 hours)
Security Cooperation Management - OCONUS Course (SCM-O), Oct 1 2011 and Later
Additional Course Information
Virtual Instructor Led Training (vILT)
SC Continuous Learning Hours
DAU Continuous Learning Points
College Credit Recommended
Transfer Credit Available
Constructive Credit Available
This registration button will take you to an equivalent course page on our Learning Management System (LMS), hosted by the Defense Acquisition University (DAU). If sessions are scheduled, you will be able to select one from its Upcoming Sessions drop down list.
In addition to the SC-101 prerequisite course, the online courses SC-111 Introduction to Technology Transfer (8 hours) and SC-121 Introduction to End Use Monitoring (2 hours) must be completed in order to graduate from SCO-201.
DSCU has a separate virtual instructor-led course for SCO spouses, the SCO-299 Security Cooperation Organization/Officer Spouse Course.