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General Information
Textbooks, Uniforms, and Allowances. All textbooks, uniforms,
and training materials are furnished by the U.S. Army. Those in
the advanced course receive a $300 to $350 monthly allowance and
approximately $700 for the camp period, plus travel to
and from the camp.
Army ROTC Scholarship Program. Tuition assistance is available
on a competitive basis. Senior students in high school may qualify
for a four-year scholarship. College students may also qualify for
a four-, three-, or two-year scholarship. The scholarship provides
for tuition, fees, a textbook allowance, and from $250 to $350 per month (up to
ten months per year) for the period of the scholarship. Students
who qualify must complete their degree program prior to their
twenty-seventh birthday. Contact the Military Science Department
for application procedures and specifics.
SMP Program. A program allowing for simultaneous
membership in the U.S. Army Reserve or National Guard that
provides over $500 per month in additional pay as an officer
trainee is available.
Extracurricular Activities. Army ROTC cadets extend academic
and laboratory associations into a variety of extracurricular ROTC
activities. Among these are the Ranger Challenge, Army Color
Guard, Cannon Crew, annual Patriot Ball, and many school
service projects performed by the cadet battalion.
LDS Missions. Students, including scholarship recipients, who
wish to serve a two-year LDS mission can do so most
conveniently between their freshman and sophomore years. This
allows students to be on campus during the spring of their
sophomore year to facilitate their selection for the advanced
course. Interruptions of the program at other times for a mission,
however, can be arranged by obtaining individual approval from
the professor of military science.
Leadership Laboratory and Course Fee. Each course requires a
corresponding leadership lab, which meets on Thursdays from
2:00 to 5:00 p.m. The labs require physical activity, including but
not inclusive to the following: land navigation, mountaineering,
rope bridging, marksmanship, the leadership reaction course,
physical fitness training, and field training exercises. Students are
also required to participate in one weekend leadership lab per
semester. A course fee is required of each participating student to
cover cadet activity expenses.
Graduation Requirements in Wellness. Students in the Army
ROTC Program can complete the Wellness requirements listed in
the General Education section of this catalog by participating in
the leadership laboratory for eight semesters. Additionally, the
student is expected to pass the Army Physical Fitness Test.
Physical education credit can be received for participation in the
ROTC Physical Training Program. An Army ROTC instructor has
complete details.
Program of Instruction. The ROTC Leadership Excellence
Program is designed to complement the civilian goal of acquiring
a baccalaureate degree in a personal course of study while
enabling students to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes
for transition into one of the Army's seventeen branches upon
commissioning. The program also enables those who plan a
civilian career to fulfill military obligations while serving as an
officer. Following the completion of active service, ROTC
graduates reflect leadership training as leaders in business, civic,
and community affairs.
Program Requirements
- The traditional Army ROTC Leadership Excellence Program
extends over a four-year period compatible with normal
progression through four years of college. It consists of two
phases: a two-year basic course during the freshman and
sophomore years and an advanced course designed for
completion during the normal junior and senior years. Also
included is a five-week advanced camp normally attended in
the summer before the senior year. (Under some circumstances
it can be attended in the summer at the end of the senior year.)
Students may receive academic credit for the first two years of
ROTC by attending the basic camp in the summer before the
start of their junior year. Such actions must be approved in
advance by the professor of military science.
- A two-year program is also offered that enables qualified
students (prior service or placement credit for basic course)
with 60 semester hours (academic junior) to complete all
requirements for a U.S. Army commission in two years of
college. Applicants for the two-year program may be upper-division
or graduate students, provided a minimum of four
semesters remain at BYU at the time of entry into the program.
Students must complete a physical examination and other
associated requirements during the year before contracting.
Two-year students normally process for admission during the
first month of the winter semester of the sophomore year and
enter the program at the beginning of the junior year.
- Entering either the four-year or three-year program incurs no
military obligation whatever until such time as students sign
their advanced course contract at the beginning of the junior
year, unless they are an Army ROTC scholarship student. At
that time they agree to enlist in the U.S. Army Reserve Control
Group for a period of eight years; they are then sworn into the
reserve and begin to receive the monthly $250 to $350
subsistence allowance.
- Veterans who have had one or more years of active duty
may qualify for direct entry into the advanced course by
receiving placement credit for the basic course from the
professor of military science.
- Students must be or have applied to be citizens of the United
States. Non-U.S. citizens may apply for enrollment on a
case-by-case basis but cannot be commissioned until they are U.S.
citizens.
- To receive a commission as a second lieutenant in the U.S.
Army, students must earn a baccalaureate degree and be
commissioned before their thirtieth birthday. Waivers of age
may be approved by the Department of the Army under
special circumstances. Those who are in a five-year academic
program, such as engineering, may complete their Army
ROTC courses at any point before graduation.
- Upon commissioning, the new second lieutenant incurs an
eight-year obligation to the U.S. Army, which may be filled by
serving on Active Duty, in the U.S. Army Reserve, National
Guard, Individual Ready Reserve (IRR), or various
combinations of the above.
- Complete the following basic courses:
- MilS 120, 121, 220, 221.
- Complete the following advanced courses:
- MilS 320, 321, 420, 421.
Note 1: Two-year students should complete the 300- and 400-level
courses.
Note 2: Credit for the 100- and 200-level courses may be granted
by registering for MilS 120, 121, 220, and 221 during spring and summer
terms and then completing the six-week "Leaders Training Course" at Fort Knox,
Kentucky, beginning the June following the sophomore year. Students may
receive placement without credit for prior service.
Note 3: Each course listed must have a concurrent leadership
laboratory.
- Professional Military Education (PME): Before being
commissioned, each senior cadet must complete one course in
each of the following three categories:
- Military history:
- Hist 220, 221, 375, 377.
- PlSc 322, 376, 377.
- Writing and reading:
- Engl 115, 216, 218R, 252, 316.
- Computer literacy:
- CS 103, 142, 143, 235, 236, 240, 252.
Note: Courses not specified above may satisfy the requirement
but must be approved by the professor of military science.
Minor Requirements
Complete the following:
MilS 320, 321, 420, 421.
Undergraduate Courses
120. Introduction to Leadership Excellence. (2:1:2) F, Sp, Su
Historical overview and evolvement of value systems and
philosophies. Individual leadership styles; organization and time
management; writing skills; ethics and code of an officer; role of
LDS officer in the military; drill and ceremonies; fire team tactics;
rappelling, mountaineering. Lab required. Fee.
121. Individual Leadership Skills. (2:1:2) W, Sp, Su
Comparison and analysis of leadership styles in U.S. Army.
Army organization, active and reserve forces; winter operations,
cross-country skiing, and survival; advanced fire-team and
aggressor tactics. Lab required. Fee.
220. Advanced Individual Leadership. (3:2:2) F, W, Sp, Su
Building on skills and fundamentals learned in MilS 120, 121;
personal leadership and military skills relative to land navigation,
military first aid, and preventive medical care and exercises
involving tactical training, mountaineering, and other adventure
training. Lab required. Fee.
221. Small-Unit Leadership. (3:2:2) F, W, Sp, Su
Organization and leadership of military fire teams and rifle
squads, land navigation, squad and platoon tactics, radio/wire
communications, and basic first aid. Lab required. Fee.
320. Organizational Leadership. (4:3:2) F
Theory, practical experience, and diagnostic evaluation in
organizational leadership, emphasizing communication, human
relations, organizational structures, management, and applied
leadership. Lab required. Fee.
321. Battlefield Leadership. (4:3:2) W
Prerequisite to attendance at summer advanced camp, preparing
for its successful completion: land navigation, squad and platoon
tactics, combat operations, physical fitness, and battlefield
leadership. Lab required. Fee.
325R. Staff Organization and Operations. (1–2:0:Arr. ea.) F, W, Sp
Prerequisite: enrollment in military science.
Special project staff work for joint Army/Air Force campus
ceremonies, leadership labs, field training exercises, and training
camps.
420. The Military Profession and Ethics. (4:3:2) F
Preparing the prospective officer for successful completion of
first and subsequent assignments in the Army. U.S. Army training
management, military writing, administration, logistics,
professionalism, and ethics. Lab required. Fee.
421. The Profession of Arms. (4:3:2) W
Preparing the prospective officer for successful completion of
Army assignments. U.S. advanced Army training management,
military justice and law, precommissioning orientation, military
briefing skills, and junior officer leadership. Lab included. Fee.
425R. Ranger Preparation. (2:1:5) F
Participation in Army ROTC Ranger Challenge program.
Advanced military training with practical application of skills
taught in MilS 120–421.
Military Science Faculty
Professor of Military Science
Grawe, Reid E., LTC (1999) BS, Brigham Young U., 1981; MBA,
Syracuse U., 1990.
Assistant Professors of Military Science
Namauu, Noel M. B., CPT (2001) BS, U. of Utah, 1992; MS, Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical U., 1999.
Verhoef, Erik H., CPT (2000) BS, Utah State U., 1994.
Weisler, Gregory A., MAJ (2001) BBA, Prairie View A&M U., 1987; MA, Baylor
U., 1994.
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