What is Air University?Īir University (AU) is authorized by the US Congress to award degrees appropriate to its mission. The Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) is regionally accredited and therefore issues its own transcripts (see below). The Joint Services Transcript (JST) includes consolidated information for the Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Coast Guard. If an applicant has served in more than one branch of the Armed Services, can all the information be consolidated into one transcript? Lower-level courses often aren’t acceptable because they are basic or introductory in nature. If your degree requires a 300-level course and the credit recommendation for the course you completed was for a lower level, those credits cannot be applied to your area of concentration. For example, ACE credit recommendations have four categories for the level of credit: vocational certificate, lower-division baccalaureate/associate degree (courses numbered 100-200, freshman and sophomore level), upper-division baccalaureate (courses numbered 300-400, junior and senior level), and graduate (courses numbered 500 and above). In other cases, the level of the course may be too low. In some cases, academic institutions will not accept any credit from your ACE occupation credit recommendations. I’ve been working in the same military occupational specialty (MOS) for years and it has current ACE credit recommendations, so why did the college apply those credits to the electives area and not to my major?Įach institution establishes policies on accepting occupational credit recommendations. If there is no credit recommendation, MCI has not submitted the course for review. The Marine Corps Institute (MCI) selects and submits courses to be evaluated by ACE Military Programs.
The correspondence courses offered by the Army currently do not meet the criteria of having a firm identification of the student and a rigid control of test conditions. Why didn’t I get any credit for my military correspondence courses?Īrmy correspondence courses are not being evaluated by ACE Military Programs at this time. Some colleges and universities will not make an official decision on transfer credit until after you are enrolled and some may even wait until you have completed a minimum number of courses.
Many colleges will give you an unofficial evaluation of your transfer credits before formal admission. These policies are usually available in the current college catalog, which can often be found on the college’s website. You should research transfer policies and explore degree requirements before you enroll. How do I find out how much credit I will receive for my military experience? A university will evaluate all of your military training and experience for consideration of possible transfer credit whether you are on active duty, inactive, retired, or separated from any branch of service, including the National Guard and Reserves.Ģ. Do I need to be on active duty to have my military training and experience applied toward transfer credit?