Air Force Civil Engineer school?
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i have a bachelors of arts in psychology, so i can go in as an officer, which is what i plan to do. while i am working as an officer, i would like to take classes to become a civil ...show more
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1. having a BS degree, does NOT mean you can be an officer. it is just one of many requirements 2. and right now, a psychology degree, is pretty much worthless to the air force. most likely you would not even be allowed to apply for OTS 3. the air force doesn't have a civil engineering school you want to earn a degree while in the air force -- you go to a regular university off base in your off duty hors and take class's to earn a 2nd degree in civil engineering - would take you about 3 years - because you most likely did not take calculus, calculus based physics and calculus based chemistry while getting your Psy degree -- and just those 3 class's are 13 semester hours each semester doing it while on active duty -- would probably take 6 or 7 years, if it was possible at all 4. the school that civil engineer degree holders go to in the Air Force - to be af civil engineer officers is about 7 months long it is NOT designed to train people to be civil engineers - is designed to train civil enginers with BS degrees, what they need to know to be CE officers in the air force
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a BA in psychology is not even going to get considered without laughter for an air force selection board for OCS. well, no. let me rephrase that. it is VERY HIGHLY UNLIKELY it will make a ripple in the pond. why? the AF looks for TECHNICAL degrees. BA's in psychology are not that tough or challenging to get. they don't have the math & science requirement, and the AF is big into both. "Arts" degrees are typically frowned upon by AF selection boards. you aren't going to impress too many people with a BA, regardless of your GPA. My boyfriend (retired AF) has been on several selection boards. he said they will take a physics major that busted rear to get a 3.5 before anyone with an arts degree in criminal justice, psychology, history, etc with a 4.0" in any even, the AF (nor any other branch) has a 'military civil engineering program'. if you want to look at OCS and your BA has a minim of a 3.5 GPA (to be competitive), call the Army
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There are only 3 ways to become an Officer, just having a degree does not make you one. You either go to an Academy, attend ROTC, or last OTS after graduating. The Officer slots go in that order as well, Academy gets everything they want, ROTC gets what Academy didn't use, and OTS gets basically all the crappy boring positions. So, most likely you won't be considered competitive enough to ATTEND OTS unless you had a 4.0 GPA throughout your four years. The Air Force won't accept you into a mechanical branch with a non mechanical major. So becoming a civil engineer officer by OTS with a psychology degree, isn't going to happen. You can enlist normally into any other AFSC, and get your civil engineer degree but it takes around 4 years to get your associates degree and 4 - 6 years to get your bachelors degree when you are on Active Duty. You will not even be able to consider college until a year or two at your first duty station. P.S Here are the official educational requirements for becoming a Civil Engineer Officer ( 32E1X ) in USAF since you said Jeepers was wrong when he isn't. The following education is required for entry into AFSCs 32E1X as indicated: 32E1A/B/C/E/F/G/H. Undergraduate academic specialization is mandatory in architecture or civil, electrical, general, environmental, construction, architectural, or mechanical engineering in a school that has at least one program accredited by a nationally recognized body in engineering; or in architecture in a school that is accredited by a nationally recognized body in architecture; or graduation from a service academy with a major in an engineering discipline. For entry into suffixes A, C, E, or F, undergraduate academic specialization in the area specified by the suffix is mandatory. Architects may fill A or G suffixes. (Currently, the national accrediting bodies are the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology and the National Architectural Accreditation Board.) Training. The following training is mandatory for award of the AFSC indicated: 32E3A/B/C/E/F/G/H/J. Completion of Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) course WMGT 101, Introduction to Base Civil Engineering Organization. NOTE: For Air Reserve Component officers, AFIT courses WMGT 102, Introduction to Base Civil Engineer Organizations for Reserve Forces, and WMGT 484, Reserve Forces Air Base Combat Engineering, may be substituted for AFIT course WMGT 10 32E3B. Completion of AFIT course WMGT 410, CE Readiness Management Applications and the AETC Readiness Flight Officer (RFO) course. 32E3H. Completion of the initial skills training course for EOD.
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