~EGULAR SESSION - University of Oregon

Department of Military
and Air Science
EMBERT A. FOSSUM, B.A., Colonel, U.S. Army; Head of Department; In Charge
of Army R.O.T.e. Program.
JOHN W KOCHER, M.Crim., Lt. Colonel, U.S. Air Force; In Charge of Air
Forc2 R.O.T.e. Program
THE DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND AIR SCIENCE is organized
as a regular instructional division of the University. The department consists
of a U. S. Army Instructor Group, Senior Division Reserve Officers' Training
Corps, offering instruction in military science, and a unit of the Air Force Reserve
Officers' Training Corps, offering instruction in air science.
The mission of the Department of Military and Air Science is to select and
prepare students, through a program of instruction at the University of Oregon,
to serve as commissioned officers in the United States Army or the United States
Air Force, and to promote a better understanding of problems and policies of
national security. The program includes a two-year Basic Course and a two-year
Advanced Course.
Basic Course. The two-year Basic Course is a lower-division (freshman
and sophomore) elective for men students who are under 23 years of age 011 first
enrollment in the University and who are citizens of the United States. Students
who are members of any of the reserve forces of the armed services or who have
served on active duty in any of the armed services should check with the Department
of rdilitary and Air Science concerning their eligibility to take the Basic
and Advanced Courses. Applicants who wish to take the Basic and Advanced
Courses must meet prescribed physical standards. A student accepted for enrollment
in the Basic Course may be deferred from the draft; acceptance for enrollment
in the Advanced Course c8.rl-ies automatic deferment.
Advanced Course. The third and fourth years of miltary instruction, plus
a summer training period, consitute the Advanced Course. Completion of the
Advanced Course and academic requirements for graduation qualifies the student
for appointment as a commissioned reserve officer.
The summer training period is conducted at one of the regular installations
of the Army or Air Force, and provides application of theory and familiarization
with weapons, operations, organizational methods, and installational activities.
The training is normally taken in the summer between the junior and senior
years.
Students enrolled in the Advanced Course are paid commutation in lieu of
subsistence for a total period not to exceed 595 days (the current rate is 90 cents
a day). All payments are in addition to benefits received by veterans under the
G.!. Bill of Rights. Advanced Course students are issued all required textbooks
and uniforms. Students attending summer camp are rationed and quartered, are
paid at the rate for enlisted men and airmen of the first grade, and receive a travel
allowance of 5 cents a mile to and from camp.
Admission to Advanced Course. Selection for enrollment in the Advanced
Course is made from among applicants who meet certain minimum requirements.
For eligibility, the student must:
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