Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST)

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 one of the following programs at the University (maximum semester hours of transfer credit from this internal policy):

• Any undergraduate level degree program (27 SH)

Students may maximize transfer credit from this internal policy by pursuing the following program:

• Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice with a General concentration

Guidelines:

• A student has met the terms of the agreement and is eligible for possible Transfer Credit Evaluation (TCE) review if they completed a Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) course and they have not yet had an Initial TCE completed.
• If an Initial TCE has already been prepared and the student completed a POST course on or after February 12, 2009, after the official evaluation 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 POST course 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 this internal policy.

Students must send in a copy of their POST course certificate of completion along with a TCE Application. The certificate must include the course completion date(s) and must indicate "POST" or "Peace Officer Standards and Training" directly on the certificate. If it does not, students must also submit a letter from the training facility stating that the student completed their POST certified course, including the date(s) of completion. The dates on the certificate and the letter must match for the student to be eligible for TCE review under this internal policy.

Students may only receive transfer credit for ONE POST course or Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) course. Any additional POST or BLET course is considered duplicate - even if completed through a different organization or in a different state - and will NOT be awarded any additional transfer credit.

Documentation of successful completion may make a student eligible for the following transfer credit recommendations depending on their specific undergraduate degree program requirements: 

 
Please note:

This Internal Recommendation Policy is valid for the programs listed 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.

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