Swedish National Defence College

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 Articulation by pursuing one of the following programs (semester hour maximum):

  • Master of Arts in Military Studies - Joint Warfare Concentrations (12 SH)
  • Master of Arts in National Security Studies - General Concentration (15 SH)
  • Master of Arts in Management - Concentration in Public Administration (15 SH)
  • Master of Business Administration - General Concentration (12 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 Swedish National Defence College 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 Swedish National Defence College 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 Swedish National Defence College 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 a copy of their OFFICIAL transcript along with a Letter from Swedish National Defence College 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:

Swedish National Defence College
 
BUSN625 – Applied Decision Making
EDMG560 – Crisis Action Planning
INTL501 – Strategic Intelligence
INTL618 – Intelligence, Leadership and Coordination
IRLS502 – International Political Systems
MGMT600 – Organizational Management
MGMT605 – Leadership
MGMT615 – Strategic Planning
MILH521 – Strategy, Tactics, and the Operational Art
MILS561 – Joint Warfare Planning and Implementation
MILS620 – Studies in Future War
NSEC502 – Concepts of National Security
NSEC505 – Foreign Policy & Security Analysis
PADM530 – Public Policy
 

*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.

 

**Students do not need to prove they have completed a Bachelor's degree

**An international evaluation is NOT required for this program

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.