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Back Aerospace Studies (Air Force ROTC)

  

Colonel Maurice L. Stocks, Chair
380 ROTC, PO Box 23012, (801) 378-2671

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, three-year, or two-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 $150 per month (about $3,000 for two years) furnished to those in the Professional Officer Course (POC) program.

Air Force ROTC Scholarship Program. Full tuition assistance is available to students in the two-year, three-year, or four-year program based on merit. By law, scholarship recipients must be under age twenty-five as of June 30 of the calendar year during which commissioning is scheduled. Applicants with prior military service can have the age limit extended one year for each year of service, up to a maximum of four years. The scholarship includes tuition, fees, textbook allowance, and $150 per month. Contact the department for application procedures.

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. Airborne training (parachute jumping instruction) is available as an extracurricular activity to selected volunteer cadets.

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 $750 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.

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.

Period of Nonattendance. Four-year program students in Air Force ROTC who are in a five-year university program are allowed a year of nonattendance 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.

Supplemental Courses Program (SCP). The SCP exists to enhance the career utility and officer performance of persons commissioned through AFROTC. All contract cadets must successfully complete or demonstrate proficiency in the required supplemental courses in addition to all AFROTC courses. Normally, this requirement is satisfied by completing the BYU general education requirements in mathematics and English composition. Contact the department for details.

Physical Education Requirements for Graduation. Students successfully completing eight semesters of AFROTC leadership laboratory satisfy physical education fitness and activity requirements as described in the graduation section of this catalog. Students successfully completing four semesters of AFROTC leadership laboratory satisfy the physical education activity requirement only.

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 $150 each academic month.

Three-Year Program

Students entering the program as sophmores can “dual enroll” in both the Aeros 100 and 200 cluster simultaneously. It is not necessary to sign up for more than one lab per semester. If accepted, students will attend a four-week camp the next summer.

Two-Year Program

The Air Force ROTC Two-Year Program is primarily available to junior college transfers, veterans, and those who did not take the first two years of Air Force ROTC. To be eligible, students must have at least two academic years remaining either at the undergraduate or graduate level or a combination of the two. If accepted, students will attend a six-week summer field training encampment. Two-year students normally apply early in their sophomore year, attend field training the next summer, and enter the program at the beginning of their junior year.

Qualifications

  1. Be a United States citizen.
  2. Be a full-time student.
  3. Be eighteen years of age, or seventeen years of age with parent's or legal guardian's consent.
  4. Be physically qualified.
  5. Be of good moral character.
  6. Be in good academic standing.
  7. Successfully pass the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test.
  8. Have at least two academic years remaining.
  9. Be interviewed and selected by a board of Air Force officers.
  10. Complete a six-week field training course if a two-year cadet, a four-week course if a four-year cadet.
  11. Complete all commissioning requirements as follows:
    • Pilot or navigator candidate: Before age 26.5.
    • Scholarship recipient: Before age 25 as of June 30 in eligible year of commissioning.
    • Non-scholarship recipient: Before age 30.

Required Courses

  1. General Military Courses: complete the following:
    Aeros 100, 101, 110, 111, 200, 201, 210, 211.
  2. Professional Officer Courses: complete the following:
    Aeros 300, 301, 310, 311, 400R, 401R, 410, 411.

Note: Two-year students should complete only the 300- and 400-level courses.


Minor Aerospace Studies (14 hours)


Students desiring aerospace studies as a minor must complete the 14 hours of POC course work and the Air Force ROTC requirements, as well as qualify for a commission in the United States Air Force.

Aerospace Studies (Aeros)

Class Schedule Major Academic Plan (MAP)

Undergraduate Courses

100, 101. Leadership Laboratory—Freshmen. (0.5:0:2 ea.)

Basic fundamentals of military leadership—drill, courtesy, planning, and organizing at various levels of responsibility.

110. The Air Force Today. (1:1:0) Prerequisite: concurrent registration in Aeros 100.

Development, organization, and doctrine of the U.S. Air Force, emphasizing Strategic Force Requirements.

111. Aerospace Defense, General Purpose, and Support Forces. (1:1:0) Prerequisite: concurrent registration in Aeros 101.

U.S. Air Force Defensive Forces, General Purpose Forces, and Tactical Air Forces.

200, 201. Leadership Laboratory—Sophomores. (0.5:0:2 ea.)

As listed for Aeros 100/101. Increased emphasis on performance level.

210. The Developmental Growth of Air Power. (1:1:0) Prerequisite: concurrent registration in Aeros 200.

Development of various concepts of air power employment, emphasizing factors that have prompted research and technological change.

211. The Developmental Growth of Air Power. (1:1:0) Prerequisite: concurrent registration in Aeros 201.

Development of various concepts of air power employment, emphasizing factors that have prompted research and technological change.

300, 301. Leadership Laboratory—Juniors. (0.5:0:2 ea.)

As listed for Aeros 100/101. Students perform as cadet officers. Emphasis on leadership development.

305R. Leadership Laboratory—Honor Guard. (1:0:3 ea.) Prerequisite: approval of instructor.

Fundamentals of military leadership and drill with the M-1 rifle; emphasizes need for response to vested authority, with opportunity to develop confidence, military bearing, and other interpersonal skills; students perform as cadet leaders.

310. Management and Leadership. (3:3:0)

Writing, speaking, and listening as communication skills; management concepts; responsibilities and ethics for an Air Force junior officer.

311. Management and Leadership. (3:3:0)

Principles of leadership, problem solving, decisions, discipline, and human relations. Emphasis on career planning as an Air Force junior officer.

320R. Jet Pilot Introduction. (2:2:0 ea.)

400R, 401R. Leadership Laboratory— Seniors. (0.5:0:2 ea.) As listed for Aeros 100/101. Senior cadets perform in leadership positions in planning and conducting all activities of the cadet corps.

410. National Security Forces in Contemporary America. (3:3:0)

Military profession, civil-military interaction, and the forming of defense strategy.

411. National Security Forces in Contemporary America. (3:3:0)

Strategy and management of conflict and the forming and implementing of U.S. defense policy.

Aerospace Studies Faculty

Professor

Stocks, Maurice L. (1994) BA, U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1969; MS, U. of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1987; National War College, 1986.

Assistant Professors

Brewerton, Cortney S. (1995) BA, Brigham Young U., 1984; MA, Webster U., 1994.

Clites, Willard E. (1995) BS, Brigham Young U., 1983; MS, Troy State U., 1995.

Gandy, Max L. (1997) BS, Brigham Young U., 1983; MA, Webster U., 1986.




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