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Indiana Wesleyan University’s Army ROTC program will give you valuable real-world tools and leadership skills that will benefit not only your professional career but your personal life as well.

Army ROTC is an elective curriculum you take along with your required college classes. It prepares you with tools, training, and experiences that will help you succeed in any competitive environment. Along with great leadership training, Army ROTC can pay for your college tuition, too. You will have a normal college student experience like everyone else on campus, but when you graduate, you will be an officer in the Army.

Being an officer in the U.S. Army means you’re a leader, a counselor, a strategist, and a motivator. It’s similar to being a vital manager in a corporation. As an officer, you will lead other soldiers in environments and situations that are always changing. You’ll be driven to achieve success with your team on every mission.

The IWU Army ROTC program is a one-of-a-kind experience—one of the nation’s top leadership programs. The challenges you’ll face and the obstacles you’ll overcome will prepare you for future success.

Courses are as follows:

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MSC-101 Introduction to Military Science1 Hours
- Studies the organization, history, and traditions of the United States Army and the characteristics and skills that future leaders will need to develop. Covers military skills such as first aid, rifle marksmanship, and land navigation.
MSC-102 Introduction to Leadership1 Hours
- Incorporates small group exercises with various military and communication skills to introduce the real world situations that future leaders may face. Includes active participation in discussions and activities. Builds on topics discussed in MSC-101.
MSC-201 Leadership/Military Tactics2 Hours
- Examines light infantry tactics. Introduction to squad movement techniques, ambushes, reconnaissance, movement to contact, advanced land navigation, drill and ceremony, first aid, and weapons.
MSC-202 Leadership/Team Development2 Hours
- Continued study of tactical leadership development. Focuses on operations orders, communication skills, weapons, map reading, and drill and ceremony.
MSC-301 Military Leadership and Operations 13 Hours
- Introduction to military planning methodology. Develop oral and written communication skills through introduction to small unit tactics and operations. Prerequisite: MSC-202; permission of the department.
MSC-302 Military Leadership and Operations 23 Hours
- Continues the methodology of MSC-301. Analysis of leadership and management problems using military tactics at the squad level. Train on individual skills. Prerequisite: MSC-301; permission of the department.
MSC-401 Leadership Challenges and Goal Setting3 Hours
- Plan, conduct, and evaluate activities of the ROTC cadet organization. Develop confidence in skills to lead people and manage resources. Develop counseling and motivating techniques. Prerequisite: MSC-302; permission of the department.
MSC-402 Transition to Lieutenant3 Hours
- Continues the methodology from MSC-401. Refine counseling and motivating techniques and prepare for a future as a successful Army lieutenant. Prerequisite: MSC-401; permission of department.

LDAC: Leadership Development and Assessment Course. All cadets will go to Fort Lewis, Washington the summer between their junior and senior years of college. In order to be commissioned, you have to successfully complete this training.

FTX: Field Training Exercise. All cadets will go to Camp Atterbury, Indiana to participate in this training which allows them to apply what they have been learning in the classroom and labs.

STX: Situational Training Exercise. Same concept as FTX but only one day in duration.

PT: Physical Training. Our workouts focus on stretching, pushups, situps/crunches, and cardiovascular development.

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