• Aerospace Studies Military Science General Information • Commissioning Requirements: • Successful completion of the Professional Officer Course and Field Training. • Be awarded a baccalaureate or higher degree. • Accept a commission in the United States Air Force. ♦Credit for portions of the GMC may be given for completion of two or more years of high school junior ROTC, participation in Civil Air Patrol, military school or academy training, or prior service in any branch of the U.S. Armed Forces. ♦♦Recipients of AFROTC scholarships must be able to complete all commissioning requirements prior to age 25. Veterans are authorized an age waiver equal to the number of years of active duty. This waiver may not exceed four years, and all commissioning requirements must be completed prior to age 29. Service Obligation There is no commitment for military service for students in the General Military Course unless the student has an AFROTC scholarship. Those entering the Professional Officer Course incur an active duty service commitment of not less than four years after receiving a reserve commission. POC graduates who are navigator candidates agree to serve five years active duty after graduation from navigator training. POC graduates who are pilot candidates accept eight years active duty service after graduation from pilot training. Financial Aid Allowance—All AFROTC cadets are entitled to receive $100 per academic month allowance during their last two years of AFROTC. During the Summer Field Training sessions, Cadets are paid approximately $450 per month and are provided free room, board, and transportation. Uniforms and Texts—All Air Force texts and uniforms are furnished at no expense to the student. Instructors may require the student to purchase additional texts. Scholarships—Air Force ROTC college scholarships are available to qualified applicants in both four- and two-year AFROTC programs. Each scholarship provides full tuition, laboratory and incidental fees, and full reimbursement for curriculum required textbooks. In addition, scholarship cadets receive a non-taxable $100 allowance each month during the school year while on scholarship status. Scholarships are available on a competitive basis for 2, 2-1/2, 3, or 3-1/2 years. Applications for these scholarships should be made directly to the Professor of Aerospace Studies, 2009 Annex Building, University of Utah 84112-1107. Air Force ROTC pre-Health Professions Program scholarships in selected medical areas (2 and 3 years only) are offered to encourage students to earn commissions through AFROTC and go on to acquire doctorates in health career fields. Additional tuition assistance for medical schooling expenses is guaranteed under the auspices of the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program for AFROTC pre-Health Professions Program graduates upon acceptance to medical school. This scholarship sponsors the remaining medical schooling. Those accepted into medical school are commissioned into the Medical Service Corps. Air Force ROTC also offers competitive two and three-year scholarships to qualified nursing applicants. All scholarship recipients must satisfactorily complete at least one year of instruction in a major Indo-European or Asian language before commissioning. All GMC students on scholarship must demonstrate proficiency or succssfully complete a course in English composition (English 101 or 102). Flight Screening—All cadets who have been awarded a pilot allocation will attend a Flight Screening program in the summer between their sophomore and junior year. Cadets with a private pilot license may be excused from this requirement. The purpose of the Flight Screening program is to measure an applicant's ability to handle the highly demanding flight training program of the U.S. Air Force. All pilot applicants must successfully complete the Flight Screening Program. AEROSPACE COURSE-AEROSP u 100. Leadership Laboratory (no credit) Experiences and studies in Air Force customs and courtesies, drill and ceremonies career opportunities in the Air Force, the life and work of an Air Force junior officer. Average of one hour per week throughout the student's enrollment in AFROTC. GENERAL MILITARY COURSES u 101. The Air Force Today (1) Introduces the development of early air power Air Force doctrine and strategy, functions and organization of the Air Force and roles and missions of the various commands. 102. The Air Force Today (1) Function of Air Force strategic offensive and defensive forces and general purpose forces and command control of these forces. 103. The Air Force Today (1) Functions and operations of Air Force support commands. 201. The Development of Air Power (1) Development of air power and related doctrines through 1940. 202. The Development of Air Power (1) Air doctrine and strategies from World War II through the Korean conflict. 203. The Development of Air Power (1) Defense strategies as they relate to air power from the 1950's through the Vietnam conflict. PROFESSIONAL OFFICER COURSES IB 301. Communicative Skills and Management Fundamentals (3) Theoretical as well as practical application of communicative skills; defining the manager's job and the human processes that he must understand in his dealings with individuals. Prerequisite: Departmental approval. 198 302. Leadership Concepts (3) Leadership research, styles and traits as they apply to the Air Force officer; relating leadership characteristics to planning, organizing, and policy making techniques. Prerequisite: Departmental approval. 303. Management Concepts (3) The changing role of managers as they relate to organizational and personal value conflicts; the Air Force officer as a manager, coordinating and directing airmen, civilians and other officers. Prerequisite: Departmental approval. 380R. Topics in Flight Instruction (3) One of three sequential topics is covered, depending on class needs: private, instrument or commercial pilot. The purpose of each is to prepare the student to pass the associated FFA written exam. Simulator training can be arranged. 401. National Security Forces I (3) The societal attitudes toward the military, the role of the professional military leader-manager in a democratic society. Prerequisite: Departmental approval. 402. National Security Forces II (3) The requisites for maintaining adequate national security forces, nature and strategy of war, political, economic and social constraints on the national defense structure. Prerequisite: Departmental approval. 403. National Security Forces III (3) The manifold variables involved in the formulation and implementation of national security policy; factors involved in the organizational unification and centralized management of the U.S. Armed Forces. Prerequisite: Departmental approval. Non-ROTC Class-Open To All Students. (Taught at the University of Utah) DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY SCIENCE Chair: James V. Lots Location: Promontory Towers Telephone Contact: Veda Nass 626-6518 Professors: Lieutenant Colonel James V. Lots; Assistant Professors: Major John W. Barton, Captain Jeffrey L. Stuart; Instructors: Master Sergeant Bruce N. Kimball, Sergeant First Class Charles Rollins. The Department of Military Science provides a program of instruction and training for college men and women leading to a commission as an officer in the Active Army, Army Reserves, or Army National Guard. This course of study includes selected Military Science courses leading to an academic minor. Equivalent courses selected from other schools and departments on campus may be substituted for certain Military Science courses. PROGRAM: MILITARY SCIENCE-MINOR General Requirements: • Be enrolled in a program leading to a bachelor degree. • An overall GPA of 2.00 or C average. • Attend 6-week Advanced Leadership Camp during program. • Maximum age for commission at graduation is 30. Specific Requirements: • Complete 30 credit hours of Military Science courses or equivalent specific placement credits. • Military Science courses required: Lower Division: Milsci 101 (2), 102 (2), 103 (2) 201 (2), 202 (2), 203 (2); Leadership Laboratory each quarter. Upper Division: 301 (3), 302 (3), 303 (3), 401 (3), 402 (3), 403 (3); Leadership Laboratory each quarter. • Support courses required: Hist 422 (3); Psych SS101 (5). Entry Requirements Military Science Courses are open to all students who meet College prerequisites. Courses may be taken to earn a Commission, fulfill requirements for a minor, BIS concentration, or for personal enrichment. Lower Division: 1. A freshman fully matriculated at Weber State College. 2. A sophomore with placement credit for junior ROTC, or willing to compress freshman and sophomore Military Science. 3. A sophomore pursuing a course requiring four more years to earn a bachelor's degree. Upper Division: 1. Complete the lower division, basic camp, or elective equivalent program. Must have completed 45 hours of undergraduate course work. Veterans and member of the USAR or National Guard who have completed active duty for training receive placement credit for the basic course and may enter directly into the advanced course if otherwise qualified. 2. Successfully pass qualifying medical and evaluation examinations. Additional Requirements for Commissioning In order to receive a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the US Army, students are required to complete all upper division requirements and History 422, Psychology 101, English 101 and 102, Computer Information Systems PD170 or Computer Science PD101, and College Algebra or Calculus or Trigonometry or Statistics. These class requirements are subject to change at the discretion of the Department of the Army. Special Program For Non-Veterans Special programs exist that meet the needs of transfer students or others who missed taking ROTC basic course offerings in their first two or three years of college. Contact Major John Barton, 626-6932/6518 for these options. Student Services Interdisc. Programs Allied Health Sciences Arts& Humanities Business & Economics Education Natural Sciences Social Sciences Technology 199 Continuing Education