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2012-2013 CU Denver Catalog 
    
2012-2013 CU Denver Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

At A Glance: Military Science (Army ROTC)


Students (Cadets)

180

2011 Officer Commissions Awarded

14

Faculty

12

Additional Information

Army ROTC courses are college electives you can try out for up to two years with no obligation.

ROTC is a two- to four-year elective where leadership is the curriculum.

Student Organizations/Activities

Color Guard
Ranger Challenge team
Run Club
Bataan Death March in New Mexico
Bonfils Blood Drive
Tri-Military Competition
Military Ball
Spring Tri-Military Awards Ceremony
Summer Training Internships: Leadership Training Course (LTC), Leadership Development and Assessment Course (LDAC)
Ski Trip

Branches

Air Defense Artillery, Armor, Aviation, Corps of Engineers, Field Artillery, Infantry, Chemical Corps, Military Intelligence Corps, Military Police Corps, Signal Corps, Adjutant General Corps, Finance, Ordinance Corps, Personnel, Quartermaster Corps, Transportation, Medical Service Corps and Nurse Corps

Bragging Rights

Army ROTC program is the 11th largest ROTC program in the nation out of 272 programs.

Three of the top 10 teams in Ranger Challenge in 2011

Top 5 in country for LDAC scores

Additional Information

Military officers rank the highest for confidence in leaders of institutions (Harris Poll).

Commissioned officers serve our nation around the world: Alaska, Hawaii, Italy, Germany, Korea, Afghanistan, Iraq and in 132 other nations.

100% placement rate for officers commissioned through ROTC.

Commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Army; average starting salary is roughly $48,000. More information is available online at www.goarmy.com/rotc or www.colorado.edu/AROTC.

Class Locations

Metro State (Charley Company)
Colorado School of Mines (Bravo Company)
University of Colorado Boulder (Alpha Company)