What ROTC Offers Equipment, ROTC textbooks, and uniforms are issued without cost to enrolled students. Regular ROTC classes for two semesters satisfy the mandatory Health and Wellness Liberal Studies requirement for graduation. Training is given in other practical skills such as self-defense, adventure training, rappelling, marksmanship, orienteering, first aid techniques, and water safety.
Opportunities are available to examine the military profession in detail.
This includes the Regular Army, National Guard, and Army Reserve. If students so desire and are accepted into the Advanced Course, they will receive commissions as second lieutenants upon graduation from the university and serve either three years' continuous active duty or two to three months' active duty for training, with the remaining obligation served in the Army Reserve or National Guard. The first two years of military science provide a background of the historical role of military forces as well as current national military objectives. In addition, basic leadership is developed and certain skills are taught, such as adventure training, survival training, map reading, self-defense, rappelling, and marksmanship. These courses are offered on the same basis as other academic courses at IUP with the privilege of withdrawing at any time.