Doctrine Networked Education & Training (DOCNET) - Joint Doctrine Courses

It is the student's responsibility to alert APUS that s/he may fall under a current Internal Recommendation Policy by emailing his/her Student ID and the name of the Internal Recommendation to articulations@apus.edu.

Eligibility:

Undergraduate students must be pursuing the following program at the University (maximum semester hours of transfer credit from this internal policy):

  • Any Undergraduate level degree program (15 SH)

Guidelines:

  • A student has met the terms of the agreement and is eligible for possible Transfer Credit Evaluation (TCE) review if they completed the specific course(s) through DOCNET and they have not yet had an initial TCE completed.
  • If an initial evaluation has already been prepared and the student completed the specific course(s) through DOCNET after the initial TCE was completed, they can send in the updated paperwork.  A TCE Update Request Form must also be submitted to initiate the review process.
  • If a student changes their degree program, they are eligible for a review of their DOCNET certificate(s) for possible transfer credit.
  • If a student has already had an initial TCE completed, their documentation has already been reviewed, and no additional paperwork is to be submitted, they are NOT eligible for the agreement terms.

Students must send in a copy of their DOCNET certificate(s) along with a TCE Application.  Transfer credit can be applied as follows, depending on the student's undergraduate degree program requirements:

  • Each DOCNET - Joint Doctrine Course has an associated number of contact hours which will be mathematically converted to semester hours (SH) before being applied as transfer credit toward an APUS degree program.
     
  • To convert the contact hours to SH, the contact hours will first be converted to Continuing Education Units (CEUs) using the equation: Contact Hours/10 = CEUs.  The CEUs will then be converted to SH using the equation: CEUs/1.5 = SH.
     
  • The number of calculated SH, not to exceed a total of 15 SH, may be awarded toward the Elective requirements of a student's APUS degree program as applicable.

Please Note:

This Internal Recommendation Policy is valid for listed programs which may be reviewed each catalog year and credit recommendations may change if the programs or internal recommendation policies are altered and/or re-evaluated.