UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG 1999–2000
Brigham Young University

Aerospace Studies (Air Force ROTC)

  

Colonel Frank W. Clawson, 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-seven 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.

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 field training 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 a six-week 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 twenty-six and a half.
    • Scholarship recipient: Before age twenty-seven as of June 30 in eligible year of commissioning.
    • Non–scholarship recipient: Before age thirty-one.

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

Undergraduate Courses

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

Africa, Middle East, and Latin American regional studies; military operation other than war; military justice system; officer professional development.

Aerospace Studies Faculty

Professor

Clawson, Frank W. (1998) BS, MS, Utah State U., 1973, 1974.

Assistant Professors

Barker, Cody W. (1998) BA, U. of New Mexico, 1994; MA, Bellevue U., 1997.

Ness, Stanley J. (1998) BS, United States Air Force Academy, 1995.

Unice, Charles J. (1995) BS, Brigham Young U., 1974; MBA, Golden Gate U., 1985.

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