• Apply to Auburn online here.  Application instructions can be found here.
•  If you have already applied to Auburn, the admissions department is reasonably quick about approving/denying new student applications once they receive all of the required paperwork (HS transcripts, previous college transcripts (as applicable), SAT/ACT scores, etc.); responses are generally given approximately two weeks afterward.  If you haven't received an acceptance letter and feel as though you should, you can check the status of your application here to ensure Admissions has everything they need.
• Application Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).

• Once your application is complete, the next thing you will need to send to NSTC is an approved Degree Completion Plan (DCP).  Your DCP must be approved by the University Advisor for your major and the STA-21 Advisor at Auburn NROTC.
• To build your DCP, you will need this template to begin.  
• Next, you will need to fill in your DCP with the courses required for your chosen major.  Those courses can be found in the AU Bulletin. 
• Regardless of major, your DCP must include the following courses to meet STA-21 requirements:
  
  
• MATH 1610 (Calculus I)
• MATH 1620 (Calculus II)
• PHYS 1600 (Engineering Physics I)
• PHYS 1610 (Engineering Physics II)
• ENGL 1100 (English Composition I)
• ENGL 1120 (English Composition II)
• NAVS 2010 (Leadership and Management) - Fall Semester Only
• NAVS 4020 (Leadership and Ethics) - Spring Semester Only
  
  
• Many of these courses will be covered by most majors and/or Auburn University academic requirements.  However, other majors will have to add these courses either in the place of other required courses or electives as applicable to your major. 
• If you are (or think you are) a member of the Honors College, some honors courses may be substituted for these courses (example, MATH 1617 can be taken in place of MATH 1610, etc), this is not common and will be handled on a case-by-case basis. 
• More on required STA-21 courses can be found here.
  
• Next, you will need to contact an academic advisor for your particular college to have the DCP approved by the university.  You can find your academic advisor by visiting the website for your college; go here.
• When you find out who your University advisor is (this may take some phone calls to the appropriate college for your major), you will need to contact that individual and explain what you're asking them to do for you.  In short, you are a future Auburn student who is transferring from military service with the US Navy under the STA-21 program and need their approval of your proposed Degree Completion Plan.  Most of the academic Colleges on campus are familiar with approving STA-21 degree plans; however, if they are not familiar with what you are asking, provide them with the STA-21 Advisor's contact information (below) for clarification. 
  
• Once your University academic advisor approves and returns your DCP, the STA-21 Advisor will also need to approve it.  Some of the advisors know this and will forward it directly to the STA-21 Advisor.  Others are not aware of additional requirements for the STA-21 program and will not; at which point, you will need to forward your DCP to the STA-21 Advisor who will ensure it is a reasonable plan and that all of the STA-21 requirements have been met. 
• Lastly, after you have a DCP approved by both the University and the STA-21 Advisor, it is ready for you to send it, along with your Auburn University acceptance letter, to OD2 at NSTC in Pensacola, FL.  Visit the STA-21 Website to contact them as needed.  

*NOTE: All of the highlighted portions in the template are fields that will need to edited by you for your particular situation.  Make sure this is done prior to forwarding the DCP to your University academic advisor, it is not their job to make the DCP for you.  Your University advisor is merely ensuring you should meet all of your major and Auburn University requirements to graduate within the allotted time.  For an example of what a completed DCP looks like, please see the examples below. 

• Maintain a copy of your DCP for your own records.
  
• STA-21 Advisor contact info:
• Phone: 1-334-844-3440
• Email
• Standard mail:

Commanding Officer
ATTN: STA-21 Advisor
Naval ROTC Unit
W. F. Nichols Center
Auburn University
Auburn, AL 36849-5512

*NOTE: These examples may not be used and submitted as a draft DCP to your University Advisor or STA-21 Advisor; they do not take into account many curriculum changes which have taken place over the years.  These have been provided as a convenience to show you what your DCP should look like when completed, prior to forwarding to your University Academic Advisor for approval. 

Aerospace Engineering **
Civil Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Computer Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Materials Engineering
Mechanical Engineering (Updated 1/23/2011)
Wireless Software Engineering
Physics

** Currently, STA-21 students may not register for an Aerospace Engineering degree without special permission from the College of Engineering (COE).  Summer classes are not offered for this degree, and it is therefore impossible to complete the degree in the time limit given to STA-21 students.  If you have already completed a large enough portion of this curriculum and can prove that you are capable of graduating on time, special permission my be obtained by a request submitted on your behalf by a COE advisor.