Enrollment Criteria
Course Material Fees and Expenses
Scholarships
Summer Adventure Training and Internships
Army Schools
Service Obligation
Program Requirements and Curriculum
Course Descriptions

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U.S. Army ROTC Program

Army ROTC, in conjunction with Marymount University, prepares students for careers as United States Army officers focusing on all fields of military specialization. These areas include, but are not limited to, Nursing, Military Intelligence, Engineering, Infantry, and Military Police. Marymount’s Army ROTC is taught at nearby Georgetown University as a part of the consortium of local universities. Registration must be completed through Marymount’s Registrar’s Office.

ROTC’s purpose is to instill leadership techniques and principles. For more information regarding ROTC at Marymount, please contact the Office of Admissions or Army ROTC at (202) 687-7056 or
www.georgetown.edu/organizations/rotc.

Enrollment Criteria

To be eligible for enrollment as a scholarship recipient, each student must be of good character, in good health, 31 or younger on the scheduled date of commissioning, and a U.S. citizen. Nonscholarship students must be 33 or younger on the scheduled date of commissioning in addition to other criteria noted above. Enrollment does not obligate students to military service.

Course Material Fees and Expenses

All uniforms, textbooks, and required course reference material for the core curriculum courses are furnished at no expense to the student. Scholarship students and advanced phase cadets receive a tax-free stipend of $250-400 (based on year) per month for up to ten months of each school year. Additionally, cadets are paid for attending the Advanced Leadership Camp.

Scholarships

The Army awards scholarships on a competitive basis to outstanding young men and women who are interested in serving in the Army. These scholarships cover full tuition at Marymount and can be awarded to students who plan to serve in the Army National Guard, Reserves, or Active Duty. Furthermore, Marymount offers partial housing scholarships on a space-available basis to students chosen as ROTC scholarship winners, and partial tuition scholarships to students who enroll in the ROTC program but do not win an ROTC scholarship.

Marymount partial housing and partial tuition scholarships are restricted to full-time, degree-seeking, undergraduate students.

Summer Adventure Training and Internships

Army Schools

Contracted students are afforded the opportunity to participate in the following schools:

• Airborne School (aircraft parachuting)
• Air Assault School (helicopter repelling and sling loading)
• Northern Warfare School (Arctic survival training)
• Mountain Warfare School (rock climbing)

Cadet Troop Leader Training (CTLT)

CTLT is offered to ROTC Advanced Course-qualified students at no cost to the student. The internship is approximately four weeks in duration at selected military installations around the world. The CTLT provides the student with hands-on leadership and management experience. Company grade officers mentor the officer-candidate students for the entire duration of the internship.

Army ROTC Nursing Summer Training Program (NSTP)

NSTPis offered to ROTC Advanced Course-qualified Nursing students at no cost to the student. The internship is approximately four weeks in duration at selected military hospitals around the world. The NSTP provides the student with hands-on clinical and hospital administration experience. Senior nursing officers mentor the Nursing students for the entire duration of the internship. Students may receive academic credit for this internship.

University Officer Training Corps-United Kingdom (UOTC-UK)

This opportunity is only open to scholarship-enrolled cadets in their sophomore year, and involves an exchange program with cadets from the United Kingdom. Cadets selected for this program will get the opportunity to train in either London or Cambridge with the Royal Army for approximately one month during the summer after their sophomore year.

Service Obligation

The active duty and/or reserve service obligation for nonscholarship students varies from three months to three years; for ROTC scholarship students it is eight years. Educational delays may be granted for the pursuit of advanced studies leading to a graduate degree.

Program Requirements and Curriculum

The program consists of two components: military skills/knowledge and Professional Military Education. Military skills and knowledge are the core curriculum of ROTC classes. Professional Military Education is comprised of three elective courses, one in each of the following categories: military history, computer literacy, and communications, in conjunction with the completion of an academic curriculum leading to a baccalaureate degree.

The core curriculum is comprised of education in general military skills. It is conducted in two phases: the Basic Course and the Advanced Course.

The Basic Course is normally taken during the freshman and sophomore years. No military commitment is incurred during this time, and students may withdraw at any time through the end of the second year. The curriculum for the Basic Course stresses fundamentals in the areas of military discipline, courtesy, customs and traditions, weapons familiarization, marksmanship theory and application, land navigation and map reading, individual skills and tactics, communications, and leadership development. The following courses comprise the basic phase:

MLSC 111 Leadership Skills I

MLSC 112 Leadership Skills II

MLSC 113 Leadership Skills III

MLSC 114 Leadership Skills IV

As an alternative, credit for the Basic Course may be attained through attendance at a five-week Leadership Training Camp, conducted during the summer between the sophomore and junior years. Either the Basic Course or Leadership Training Camp must be successfully completed as a prerequisite for acceptance into the Advanced Course. Finally, placement in Advanced Courses can be granted for prior military service, enlisted members of the National Guard or Army Reserve, or attendance at a service academy.

The Advanced Course is taken in the final two years of college or in a two-year graduate program. The core curriculum for the Advanced Course concentrates on the application of fundamentals acquired during the Basic Course as an integral part of study in applied leadership development, unit tactics, organizational administration and management, military justice, and the interrelationships of the various branches of the Army and supporting uniformed services.

A five-week Advanced Camp, conducted during the summer between the junior and senior years, is an integral part of the Advanced Course. This camp permits cadets to put into practice the principles and theories acquired in the classroom, and exposes the cadets to the rigors of Army life in a tactical, field environment. The following courses comprise the advanced phase:

MLSC 211 Applied Leadership I

MLSC 212 Applied Leadership II

MLSC 251 Military Management

MLSC 252 Ethics and Military Law

Course Descriptions

MLSC 111 Leadership Skills I

Introduces the student to the organizations, missions, customs, and traditions of the U.S. Army and the Department of Defense. The course includes a laboratory in applied leadership, common military tasks, and physical fitness. (fall)

MLSC 112 Leadership Skills II

Introduces the student to principles, dimensions, styles, and assessment of leadership. The course includes a laboratory in applied leadership, common military tasks, and physical fitness. (spring)

MLSC 113 Leadership Skills III

Covers multiple topics to include communications, briefing techniques, leadership, tactical communication, and officer/NCO roles. The course includes a laboratory in applied leadership, common military tasks, and physical fitness. (fall)

MLSC 114 Leadership Skills IV

Familiarizes students in troop-leading procedures, operations orders, briefings, basic first aid, and in other varied areas. The course includes a laboratory in applied leadership, common military tasks, and physical fitness. (spring)

MLSC 210 Leadership Skills V

Primary focus of this course is on the tactics of the infantry squad and platoon to include map reading, land navigation, marksmanship, and leadership. Some field training on weekend days is required. The course includes a laboratory in applied leadership, common military tasks, and physical fitness. Prerequisite: MLSC 111-114, veteran status, or permission of instructor. (fall)

MLSC 212 Applied Leadership II

Prepares cadets to successfully complete a five-week Army ROTC Advanced Camp the following summer. Topics include leadership application in the use of tactics, squad and platoon drills, marksmanship, land navigation, health, and physical fitness. Some field training on weekend days is required. The course includes a laboratory in applied leadership, common military tasks, and physical fitness. Prerequisite: MLSC 211 or permission of instructor. (spring)

MLSC 251 Military Management

This course is considered the “Transition to Lieutenant” phase where managerial theories are applied to personnel, training, and logistics management situations. Students have command and staff responsibilities for the Georgetown University Cadet Corps and receive hands-on experience operating as a management team. They also have several briefing and writing requirements. The course includes a laboratory in applied leadership, common military tasks, and physical fitness. Prerequisites: MLSC 211 and MLSC 212, or permission of instructor. (fall)

MLSC 252 Ethics and Military Law

Continuing the “Transition to Lieutenant” phase of ROTC, this course examines the ethics of the military environment to include customs, ethical codes and decision making, constraints, and appeals to moral principles. The American judicial system is also examined, with emphasis on the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Command and staff responsibilities are assigned to students for hands-on experience operating as a management team on behalf of the Georgetown University Cadet Corps. The course includes a laboratory in applied leadership, common military tasks, and physical fitness. Prerequisite: MLSC 211, MLSC 212, MLSC 251, or permission of instructor. (spring)

Leadership Laboratory (Lab)