Aerospace Studies Program Requirements

Four-Year Program

This program enables students to take advantage of four years of aerospace studies courses. Each semester, for the first two years, cadets take a one-credit hour academic class and a one-credit hour Pass/No-Credit Leadership Laboratory (LLab). The first two years collectively are referred to as the General Military Course (GMC). Upon successful completion of the GMC and an ensuing four-week Air Force paid field training course, qualified and selected students may elect to enroll in the final two years, referred to as the Professional Officer Course (POC). Each semester in the POC, students take a three-credit hour academic class and a one-credit hour Pass/No-Credit LLab. AFROTC uniforms and textbooks are issued by the unit.

Two-Year Program

This program is commonly known as the Professional Officer Course (POC) and enables eligible graduate and undergraduate students to obtain a commission in the U.S. Air Force. Formal selection for entering the POC requires completion of a summer field training course.

Students electing this option must apply to the professor of aerospace studies early in their sophomore year or before entering a graduate degree program and pass the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test, a physical examination and a physical fitness test prior to attending the field training course. Two-year students enrolled in the POC receive similar benefits and advantages to those enrolled in the four-year program, including the opportunity to apply for various Air Force ROTC college scholarships. Students selected for the POC receive a monthly subsistence allowance.

More detailed information about the Air Force ROTC Program is available through the Department of Aerospace Studies. The department is located at 2800 W. Lowden Street. The telephone number is 817.257.7461, or call 1-800-TCU-FROG and ask for Air Force ROTC.





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