The Reserved Officer Training Corps (ROTC) is a joint program with CSU that graduates
students into Commissioned Officer positions in the Air Force and Army. Contracted
students have opportunities for leadership training and financial aid while completing
their degree programs.
Action Items
- Advisors will need to sign the Academic Degree Plan that certifies their graduation
timelines and degree requirements. These forms will typically come up in the first
month of a semester and when a major change happens.
- Contact the Cadre for questions and support
Savana Griego in NHS sits on the ROTC Advisory Board and can contacted for basic questions
too!
Highlights to Know about ROTC
The ROTC program is a pathway to active military service that trains cadets to be
Officers and management positions. Students in the program receive Self-Development
and Leadership training, scholarships and stipends (once contracted), and job placement
after graduation.
The Army and the Air Force have several differences in process, so check which ROTC
branch your student is in and contact the Cadre with questions.
- Program Overview
ROTC Participation is a military service obligation once the contract is signed. These
contracts are different from direct recruiters because the cadets are trained and
placed into service as Commissioned Officers.
An officer will lead the teams, plan missions, give orders, and assign tasks to their
units.
- General Requirements
Air Force and Army have some program specific requirements that your advisee should
be aware of when they speak to the coordinators.
- Full Time Status each semester (12 cr)
- Maintain a Degree Plan including major & ROTC requirements. They will ask you to Certify
the Degree Plan because of the commission timelines. They will need to re-certify
when the plan changes substantially.
- Major changes need to be approved by the ROTC (if under contract) because scholarships
might be tied to major/degree and the graduation timeline.
- Students can participate in athletics and other opportunities. They will work around
certain time conflicts for athletics, clinicals, and other required academic activities
- Students can transfer between schools and ROTC programs (move from Army to Air Force
or from CSU to UNC, etc.)
- Air Force
- 150-180 Active Cadets
- Top Majors: Nursing, Criminal Justice, Business. They need more meteorology majors
- Students need to join by end of sophomore year because of summer training that happens
- They have “express scholarships” based on in demanded majors and programs
- AFROTIC Form 48 (Degree Certs)
- Sign off that all the degree requirements are included on the plans.
- Academics are the priority. IF a major course is required and ONLY available during
their service hours, they should prioritize the course. ROTC has some independent
study and distance alternatives for time conflicts.
- Must be certified every Fall and again with changes. Usually within the first on the
fall semester.
- Army
- 130-160 cadets
- Top Majors: Business Admin, Psychology, Health & Exercise Science
- Can join later (transfer students) because they have a later summer training option
- 4-year, 3-year, and 2-year scholarships are offered but they are tied to a contract/commitment.
If they break the contract they will need to pay back any scholarship funds.
- Contracts require a 2.0 GPA, code of conduct, and medical standing. Medical contracts
do not typically require repayment
- CC Form 104-R
- Focus more on getting them to graduation with all the requirements. They review the
plans with cadets every semester to review small path adjustments.
- Must certify every semester, usually within the first 4-6 weeks if on scholarships.
