Except for scholarship recipients, students are under no obligation to the Air Force until after field training. The semester of graduation and commissioning, cadets are assigned a job specialty category identifying their future job in the Air Force. The Military Science Department offers hands-on training in management and leadership. Also stressed are current events, national and international politics, military affairs, ethics training, and human relations with emphasis on eliminating racial and gender discrimination. Management and leadership are taught using the U.S. Army as a model.
Students learn by doing.
The program assists students in all academic fields to prepare for positions of leadership in military or civilian careers. The academic track entails no obligation to the military and is open to all students. Students pursuing the academic track do not wear a uniform or otherwise participate in extracurricular activities designed as part of the precommissioning process. Students who desire a commission in the U.S. Army participate in both the academic portion of the program and in the leadership laboratories and extracurricular activities designed to enhance their leadership and technical skills. They wear uniforms to leadership laboratories and selected classes and become ROTC cadets.