Aerospace Studies Department

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Department Head: Shealy

Professor: Shealy

Assistant Professors: Emanuel, Bratton, Melton, Murbarger, Hood, Uchimura, Alexander, Nuttall

Citadel Air Force ROTC courses feature a wide variety of instruction and training opportunities. During the freshman and sophomore years, the curriculum provides students with an understanding of air power's past, present, and future roles in world affairs, as well as its relation to national defense. These courses cover the doctrine, mission, and organization of the defense establishment of the United States and examine the development of air power during this century.

During the junior and senior years, the Air Force ROTC program draws upon many academic principles. Included are communicative skills, a comprehensive analysis of defense policy and the national defense structure, the meaning of professionalism and professional responsibility, the military justice system, functions and practices of leadership and management principles, and problem solving. After the sophomore year, a transfer into Air Force ROTC will be permitted only when the transferring student wishes to pursue an Air Force commission.