Colonel Lawrence S. Kingsley, Chair
380 ROTC, (801) 422-2671
Admission to Program
Students must be accepted by the department into the program.
The Discipline
The Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) is an
educational program designed to provide students the
opportunity to become Air Force officers while completing
requirements for an undergraduate or graduate degree. Four-year
and three-year programs are available for both men and women.
Career Opportunities
Officer in the United States Air Force.
General Information
Textbooks, Uniforms, and Allowance. All textbooks, uniforms,
and uniform accessories are furnished by the Air Force, in
addition to the tax-free allowance of $350 to $400 per month
furnished to those in the Professional Officer Course (POC)
program.
Air Force ROTC Scholarship Program. Full tuition assistance is
available to students in the three-year or four-year program based
on merit. By law, scholarship recipients must be under age
thirty-one as of December 31 of the calendar year during which
commissioning is scheduled. The scholarship includes tuition,
fees, textbook allowance, and $250 per month for freshmen, $300
per month for sophomores, $350 per month for juniors, and $400
per month for seniors. Contact the department for application
procedures.
Foreign Language Express Scholarships. In order to meet critical Air
Force officer accession goals, the Air Force is now offering Foreign
Language Express Scholarships. The program is currently open to
students who will graduate December 2007 through August 2009 who
are majoring in or have an emphasis in one of twenty-three critically needed languages.
Please contact the department for more details.
Field Training. All cadets wishing to enter the Professional Office
Corps (last two years) must attend a field training camp during
the summer prior to their junior year. This training gives an
increased understanding of the Air Force mission and operation.
Students receive practical experience in leadership and
management while residing on an Air Force base. At field training
students receive career orientation, junior officer training, aircraft
and aircrew indoctrination, survival skills, physical training, and
weapons experience and learn about the function of an Air Force
base.
Medical care, housing, food, and uniforms, as well as
transportation to and from the training base, are provided.
Approximately $500 in pay is received for four-week training and
$625 for six-week training.
Extracurricular Activities. Each Air Force ROTC student will be
able to participate in a variety of extracurricular activities,
including the Arnold Air Society, the color guard, and the honor
guard. Selected cadets may also participate in summer programs
such as the career-field shadow program or airborne training
(parachute jump school).
LDS Missions. Students who desire to serve a Church mission
should do so between their freshman and sophomore years. This
will facilitate entrance into the advanced course. Scholarship
students may have their scholarship held while they fulfill a
mission as long as they do so before entering the advanced
program.
Fifth-Year Cadets. Four-year program students in Air Force
ROTC who are in a five-year university program are allowed a
year of completed status after their senior AFROTC courses.
Out-of-phase students and those who will be student teaching should
consult with the department chair.
Discipline. Disciplinary training in the cadet corps is formulated
and administered by the student officers. Air Force ROTC
students are civilians and are not subject to military law.
Veterans. A veteran seeking a commission through Air Force
ROTC may have part or all of the freshman and sophomore
program waived. Allowances are paid in addition to G.I. Bill
benefits.
Program Requirements
Four-Year Program
The more popular and preferred program is the traditional Four-
Year Program. Interested freshmen register for aerospace studies
in the fall term, enrolling in aerospace studies courses in the same
manner as for other college courses. There is no military obligation
for the first two years of Air Force ROTC unless on an Air Force
ROTC scholarship. During this time students learn more about
the Air Force and the historical development of air power. After
completing the first two years, known as the General Military
Course (GMC), students may compete for entry into the last two
years, the Professional Officer Course (POC). If accepted, students
will attend a four-week summer field training encampment
between their sophomore and junior years before entering the
POC. Cadets in the POC study leadership, management, and
national defense policy while receiving a nontaxable subsistence
allowance of $350 for juniors and $400 for seniors each month.
Three-Year Program
Students entering the program as sophmores can "dual enroll" in
both the Aeros 100 and 200 academics simultaneously. These
students only enroll in the 200-series labs. If accepted, students
will attend a four-week field training the next summer.
Qualifications
- Be a United States citizen.
- Be a full-time student.
- Be eighteen years of age, or seventeen years of age with
parent's or legal guardian's consent.
- Be physically qualified.
- Be of good moral character.
- Be in good academic standing.
- Successfully pass the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test.
- Be interviewed and selected by a board of Air Force officers.
- Complete all commissioning requirements as follows:
- Pilot or navigator candidate: Complete before age twenty-nine
so as to enter undergraduate pilot/navigator training
before age thirty.
- Scholarship recipient: Complete before age thirty-one in
eligible year of commissioning.
- Nonscholarship recipient: Complete before age thirty-five.
Required Courses
- General Military Courses: complete the following:
- Aeros 100, 101, 110, 111, 200, 201, 210, 211.
- Professional Officer Courses: complete the following:
- Aeros 300, 301, 310, 311, 400R, 401R, 410, 411.
