The Naval Operations and Seamanship curriculum guide is designed to be a primary resource to the instructor in preparing lesson plans to ensure a broad yet thorough education in basic surface ship navigation and operations. Regardless of the extent to which the lessons in this curriculum guide are implemented or the number of credit hours offered by the host university for this course, it is the responsibility of the individual NROTC instructor to ensure all Professional Core Competencies related to this topic are adequately attained.