Naval Science

Naval Science courses

Program chair: Commander James Godwin, USN, james.godwin@yale.edu; program adviser: Lieutenant Molly Crabbe, USN, molly.crabbe@yale.edu; program adviser: Captain Christopher Reinke, USMC, christopher.reinke@yale.edu; Rm. 430, 55 Whitney Ave., 432-8223

The Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) program educates and trains young men and women for service as commissioned officers in the United States Navy or Marine Corps. Candidates may apply for either the Scholarship Program or the nonscholarship College Program (see below) and choose either the Navy or the Marine option. Upon conferral of a degree, graduates of the NROTC Scholarship Program are commissioned into the Navy or Marine Corps for a minimum of five years of active duty service. Graduates of the College Program are commissioned for a minimum of three years of active duty service.

Academic requirements   The Naval Science curriculum includes courses on topics such as Navy and Marine Corps organization, at-sea navigation, leadership, naval history, amphibious warfare, engineering, and weapons systems. Courses emphasize development of professional knowledge and leadership skills, which are placed in the context of military service immediately following graduation from Yale College.

Students in the NROTC program enroll in one Naval Science course per term. Some courses are required for both Navy and Marine option students, while others are specific to the branch of service. All NROTC students must also enroll in the Naval Science Laboratory each term. Most Naval Science courses count for enrollment credit; none count toward the thirty-six course credits required for the bachelor's degree.

Prior to graduation, Navy option students must also complete eight core curriculum courses through Yale College in fields such as mathematics, physical science, history, and English. These courses count toward the bachelor's degree, and many can be used to fulfill distributional requirements. For more information, see the Yale NROTC program Web site.

For the Navy option, the usual sequence of Naval Science courses is:

For the Marine Corps option, the usual sequence of Naval Science courses is:

Application   Students in the Class of 2015 and subsequent classes are eligible for enrollment in the NROTC program. Students who matriculate at Yale without a four-year NROTC scholarship may apply for enrollment in the nonscholarship College Program and compete for scholarships during their first two years. If selected for the Scholarship Program, students receive full tuition, academic fees, a stipend for textbooks, and a monthly subsistence allowance that increases annually. Scholarship students also have the opportunity to attend a training cruise with a U.S. Navy or Marine Corps operational unit for approximately four weeks each summer.

Candidates apply for the national Naval ROTC scholarship on line via the NROTC Web site. Applications are due by January 31 for activation the following fall. For enrollment in the nonscholarship College Program, students apply directly to the Yale NROTC unit.

Yale's Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps program is a member of a consortium of universities centered at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. For additional information about Yale's NROTC program, visit the program's Web site or send questions to nrotc@yale.edu.