Program Options

 

Two-Year Program Overview

The Air Force ROTC two-year program is not typically offered to students. However, highly qualified applicants (I.e. prior service, inter-service transfers, etc.) should contact the Recruiting Officer to discuss this option.

Three-Year Program Overview

The three-year program is usually the quickest way to complete AFROTC at the University of Georgia. This option requires completion of the freshman and sophomore classes (AS100 & AS200 classes) at the same time. It essentially accelerates the first two years of the program and completes them within a single year. The last two years resume the traditional approach to completing the program, which is discussed below in the Professional Officer Course section of the Four-Year Program Overview.

Four-Year Program Overview

General Military Course (GMC)

The first two years of the Air Force ROTC four-year program, the General Military Course, consists of one hour of classroom work, two hours of physical training and two hours of Leadership Laboratory each week. These five hours are the only weekly mandatory requirements for freshman and sophomore cadets. The General Military Course is an opportunity for students not on an Air Force ROTC scholarship to try out the program with no obligation. After completing General Military Course requirements, if you wish to compete for entry into the last two years of the program, the Professional Officer Course (POC — ROTC course for juniors and seniors), you must do so under the requirements of the Professional Officer Course selection system. This system uses qualitative factors, such as grade point average, unit commander evaluation, physical fitness test scores and aptitude test scores to determine if you have officer potential. After selection, you must successfully complete a two-week Field Training encampment (length subject to change) during the summer between your sophomore and junior year to enter the Professional Officer Course.

 

Professional Officer Course (POC)

Once enrolled in the Professional Officer Course, you must attend class 2-1/2 hours a week, participate in two hours of physical training and two hours of Leadership Laboratory each week. In the Professional Officer Course, you apply what you have learned in the General Military Course and at Field Training. As a Professional Officer Course cadet, you actually conduct the Leadership Laboratories and manage the unit's cadet corps. As a member of the POC, you will hold leadership positions within the cadet corps and be responsible for teaching GMC cadets the necessary material to succeed at Field Training and as an Air Force officer. Each unit has a cadet corps based on the Air Force organizational pattern of flight, squadron, group, and wing.

Professional Officer Course classes (AS300 & AS400) are small. In class, a strong emphasis is placed on group discussions and cadet presentations. Classroom topics include leadership, management, communication skills, and national defense policy. Once enrolled in the Professional Officer Course, you are enlisted in the Air Force Reserve and assigned to the Obligated Reserve Section. This entitles you to a monthly $300-$500 non-taxable subsistence allowance during the academic year.