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Show 200 ROTC 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 six 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, or 3 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 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 quaranteed 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 quarter 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 Training Cadets designated as potential pilots register for the AFROTC Flight Instruction Program (FIP) during their senior year. The cadet receives 13 hours of actual flight instruction plus ground instruction. This prepares the individual for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) written examination for a private pilot's license. The entire cost of this training for AFROTC members is paid by the Air Force. The detachment also operates a T-40 flight simulator at the University of Utah for use by all students pursuing an Air Force commission. 201 Military Science Aerospace Courses 100. Leadership Laboratory (0) 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 Course 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. 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. Professional Officer Courses 301. Communicative Skills and Management Fundamentals (3) Theoretical as well as practical application of cummunicative skills; defining the manager's job and the human processes that he must understand in his dealings with individuals. Prerequisite: Departmental approval. 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. 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) 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. Department of Military Science Chairman: Lieutenant Colonel Dennis A. DeFrain. Location: Promontory Towers Telephone: 626-6518 Professor: Lieutenant Colonel Dennis A. DeFrain; Assistant Professors: Major Donald O. Bills, Captain William F. Brown, Captain Irvin E. Allen, Captain Michael P. Conley; Instructors: Sergeant Major Wayne L. Bute, Sergeant First Class Clifford L. Broyles. 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 MS courses leading to an academic minor. Equivalent courses selected from other schools and departments on campus may be substituted for certain Military Science courses. Professional Outlook and Career Related Opportunities Many challenging managerial and leadership positions are available for Army Officers, both men and women, that are related to any of the degrees and majors offered at this College. Placement can be planned to begin immediately following graduation or may be delayed to pursue graduate degree completion. Management and leadership training and experience while serving on active duty provides the margin of difference to successfully compete for higher level military positions or higher level managerial positions in business and industry on your return to the private sector. Junior officer pay and benefits are comparable to or better than many non-military entry level management and professional positions. Program: Military Science Minor General Requirements: Be enrolled in a program leading to a bachelor degree. An overall G.P.A. of 2.00 or C average. Attend 6-week Advanced Leadership Camp during program. Maximum age for commission at graduation is 30. |