For those students who are transferring into the University, graduate students, and currently enrolled students who have not taken military science classes, but desire to be commissioned as a second lieutenant, a two year program is available. Students enter this program by applying for attendance to a four-week Leaders Training Course at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Attendance and successful completion of the Leaders Training Course meets Basic Course requirements. This course is offered at no expense to the student and includes stipend for attendance. Contact the Department of Military Science for details.

Students with prior military service may, with the approval of the chair of the department, have all or part of the Basic Course waived. Normally, they are required to only complete the Advanced Course requirements while finishing their degree requirements in order to be eligible for a commission. 

Contracted students in the two-year program receive uniforms and a non-taxable subsistence allowance of $450 per month during the junior year and $500 per month during the senior year.