Advanced Joint Professional Military Education (AJPME)

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 Articulation Agreement to articulations@apus.edu.

Eligibility:

Graduate students must be pursuing the following program at the University (semester hour maximum):

  • Any Graduate level degree (15 SH)

Students may maximize transfer credit from this internal policy by pursuing one of the following programs (semester hour maximum):

  • Master of Arts in National Security Studies - General Concentration (15 SH)
  • Master of Arts in Military Studies - Concentration in Joint Warfare (15 SH)

Guidelines:

  • A student has met the terms of the agreement and is eligible for possible Transfer Credit  Evaluation review if they completed the specific course through the U.S. National Defense University 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 through the U.S. National Defense University after the initial transfer credit 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 U.S. National  Defense University transcript for possible transfer credit.
  • If a student has already had an Initial TCE completed and 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 an OFFICIAL transcript from U.S. National Defense University along with a Transfer Credit Evaluation (TCE) Application.  Transfer credit can be applied towards the following APUS courses depending on graduate degree program requirements only:

Advanced Joint Professional Military Education

  
For the Core/Major requirements, choose up to 9 semester hours from the following that may apply:
 
NSEC501 - Institutions of National Security
NSEC503 - US National Security
INTL642 - Information Warfare
MILS561 - Joint Warfare Planning and Implementation OR MILS521 Strategy, Tactics, & the Operational Art
OMNI599 - Omnibus Credit (3 SH)
 
The above credits may also be used towards the elective requirements if they do not apply to the
Core/Major requirements.
 
*No more than 15 semester hours of total Transfer Credit
 
*Transfer Credit must not exceed the amount of credit indicated on the Official National Defense
University Joint Forces Staff College Transcript.
 

Please Note: 

For those students who are not pursuing one of these programs or have taken a course outside the dates, we are required to follow the American Council on Education (ACE) recommendations for awarding transfer credit.  Credit must be evaluated by ACE and recommended for Graduate level credit in order to possibly apply towards a Graduate degree program at APUS.

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