What is it like to be a student at NPS?
There’s no duty, and you wear your uniform once per week (Tuesdays). On other days, business casual is required. The course of study is quite challenging. Expect to spend most of your weekdays, Monday through Friday on campus attending classes and studying. Normally you will be taking four courses a quarter and each course usually meets three to four times a week for about an hour. Additional hours of study time outside of class is required to be successful but this is done at a time and location of your choosing which makes things more flexible than when at a regular military duty station. There is no underway time other than during a couple of the Oceanography courses, and then it is only a couple of days. Your weekends are free unless you need to use them to study or complete projects, and students get two weeks off during the summer (late June through 4th of July) and two weeks off during the Winter (Week before Christmas through a couple days after New Years). Leave is expected to
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