The <a href="https://www.uww.edu/coeps/college-resources/leadership-military-science-aerospace">Department of Leadership, Military Science and Aerospace Studies</a> houses the Reserve Officers’ Training Corp program at UW-Whitewater, which offers an opportunity for college students to take on additional courses and responsibilities in exchange for a minor in leadership and military science and a commission into the United States Army. The program is devoted to creating the leaders of tomorrow — today. As an ROTC student, you will not just learn about the military, you will become one of the people that will lead the future of the U.S. Army. For those students interested in the ROTC program, additional opportunities in the leadership department include: scholarships, Basic Course, Simultaneous Membership Program (SMP), and Guaranteed Reserve Forces Duty (GRFD). ROTC is set up so that the first two years expose a student to Army history, structure, values and attributes. There is no commitment to join the Army by participating in those first two years. They are designed to allow the student to decide if being an Army officer is right for them and allows the Cadre an opportunity to assess if the student has the attributes required to be an Army officer. If so, the student signs up to participate in the Advance Course between their junior and senior years. Once the student graduates with a degree in the major of their choice, they are commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Army, on either active duty or in the guard/reserve. If you want to find out about the program; we recommend you sign up for any of the following classes to see if it is right for you: <ul> <li>LDRSHP 110 (fall): Introduction to Leadership</li> <li>LDRSHP 111 (fall): Leadership Lab</li> <li>LDRSHP 120 (spring): Introduction to Leadership</li> <li>LDRSHP 121 (spring): Leadership Lab</li> <li>PEGNRL 187 (fall/spring): Military Conditioning</li> </ul>