Cooperative & Articulation Transfer Agreements

What are cooperative, articulation, or transfer agreements?

Institutions of higher education often enter into agreements with other colleges and universities or organizations in order to facilitate ease of transfer of credit and academic planning. These agreements can be designed several different ways. A cooperative agreement—this might also be called an Articulation Agreement or Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)—indicates some level of partnership between the organizations and details the obligations and responsibilities of each party. An articulation agreement specifies exactly how transfer credit will be accepted from one institution to another, and how it will be applied to a degree program. These agreements may be written in terms of specific courses or entire programs. Agreements such as these not only ease transfer between two schools; they also offer the student an opportunity to more effectively plan their academic career and minimize a loss of credit. Additional details regarding academic partnerships can be found at the transfer credit evaluation center.

APUS will accept transfer credit for non-traditional learning as recommended by the American Council on Education or as validated by CLEP or DANTES exams. In order to fully recognize training that may be applicable to an academic degree, APUS has evaluated several military education programs in several areas and agreed to award academic credit above and beyond that which is recommended by the American Council on Education.

APUS has developed agreements with the following institutions and organizations:

Air University Associates to Baccalaureate Cooperative (AU ABC)
APUS understands the military as our university system was founded nearly 20 years ago with a basic principle to provide quality and affordable education to service members. The AU ABC program was created in 2007 to assist those interested in taking their qualifying Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) associates degree into a bachelor's from an accredited university such as APUS. To be eligible for participation in this program, students must meet the following criteria:

For more details, visit www.apus.edu/TransferCredit/accepted/Undergraduate/articulations/au-abc.html.

Anne Arundel Community College (AACC)
The agreement with AACC applies to students with associate degrees in law and jurisprudence, Associate of Science in Homeland Security Management, Associate of Science in Business Management (fire management option), Associate of Science in Law Enforcement and Criminal Social Justice Option, Associate of Science in Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Police Academy Option, and Associate of Science in Business Administration. AACC students may transfer up to 90 transfer credits into a:

For more details, visit www.apus.edu/TransferCredit/accepted/Undergraduate/articulations/anne-arundel.html.

A-T Solutions, Inc. (Anti-Terrorism Training & Consulting Solutions, Inc.)
Take your associate degree to the next level through a partnership between AT-Solutions, Inc. and APUS.  Bachelor’s degrees include programs in homeland security, criminal justice, security management, and strategic intelligence. Courses taught by experienced professionals from DHS, OSD, TSA, the CIA, FEMA, NYPD, and more.
For more information, visit www.apus.edu/TransferCredit/accepted/Undergraduate/mou/a-t-solutions.htm.

Century College
Through an articulation agreement, Century College students with an associate degree in criminal justice, law enforcement, and investigative sciences are eligible to transfer credits within the following programs:

For more details, visit www.apus.edu/TransferCredit/accepted/Undergraduate/articulations/century-college.htm.

Cochise College
This cooperative agreement allows students graduating from Cochise College with an Associate Degree in Intelligence Operations to apply learning outcomes toward a Bachelor of Arts in Intelligence Studies at APUS. Students graduating with Cochise College intelligence operations degrees may transfer up to 90 credits toward core, major, and general program requirements into APUS’s bachelor’s program in intelligence studies. For more details, visit www.apus.edu/TransferCredit/accepted/Undergraduate/articulations/cochise.htm.

Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC)
CCBC students with an Associate in General Information Technology, General Information Technology (database concentration), General Information Technology (programming concentration), Web Technology (client concentration), Web Technology (server concentration), Technology Support, Applied Science (construction management concentration) are eligible to transfer credits within the following programs:

For more details, visit www.apus.edu/TransferCredit/accepted/Undergraduate/articulations/ccbc.htm.

Florida Community College at Jacksonville
Florida Community College at Jacksonville students with an Associate Degree in Criminal Justice Technology are eligible to transfer credits into APUS’s Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice. Students are subject to standard APUS transfer policy and procedure. For more details, visit www.apus.edu/TransferCredit/accepted/Undergraduate/articulations/florida-cc.htm.

Frederick Community College
Frederick Community College students with the following degrees are eligible to transfer credits within the APUS programs below: Associate of Arts & Science – Police Science (Career), Associate of Arts (criminal justice concentration), Associate of Arts (General Studies – Emergency Services/Fire Science Option), Associate of Arts & Science (Emergency Management - Career), Associate of Arts (Business Administration), Associate of Arts (General Studies).
APUS programs:

For more details, visit www.apus.edu/TransferCredit/accepted/Undergraduate/articulations/frederick.htm.

Grossmont College
Grossmont College students with an: Associate of Justice with an emphasis in Corrections, Law Enforcement, Legal Systems & Court Management or Forensic Technology are eligible to transfer credits within the following programs:

For more information, visit www.apus.edu/TransferCredit/accepted/Undergraduate/articulations/grossmont.htm.

Inter-American Defense College
Students who have graduated from the Inter-American Defense College are eligible to receive up to 18 semester hours for transfer credit towards a graduate-level degree at APUS. Students may maximize transfer credit from this Articulation by pursuing one of the following programs:

For more information, visit www.apus.edu/TransferCredit/accepted/graduate/internal-policies/inter-american.htm.

Joint Counterintelligence Training Academy (JCITA)
JCITA students are eligible to transfer credits to the following programs:

For more information, visit www.apus.edu/TransferCredit/accepted/Undergraduate/mou/jcita.htm.

Riverside Community College
Riverside Community College students with an Associate of Science in Logistics Management or Associate of Science in Business Administration (logistics management concentration) are eligible to transfer credits within the following programs:

For more information, visit www.apus.edu/TransferCredit/accepted/Undergraduate/articulations/riverside.html.

The Peace Operations Training Institute
APUS students who have successfully completed specific coursework at the Peace Operations Training Institute will be granted credit toward the degree requirements toward any bachelor’s degree program. For more information, visit www.apus.edu/TransferCredit/accepted/Undergraduate/mou/poti.htm.

U.S. Air Force, 17th Training Group, Goodfellow Air Force Base
APUS programs impart substantive knowledge and analytic skills required by professionals in the intelligence community. Students may pursue concentrated study in functional areas, regional studies, or intelligence sub-fields. Student learning is greatly enhanced by the diversity of APUS professors with strong professional and academic backgrounds in intelligence studies, many who currently work in the U.S. National Intelligence Community. Students are eligible to transfer credits to the following programs:

For information regarding undergraduate programs, visit www.apus.edu/TransferCredit/accepted/Undergraduate/mou/goodfellow.htm.
For information regarding graduate programs, visit www.apus.edu/TransferCredit/accepted/graduate/mous/goodfellow.htm.

USMC Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF)
CBIRF students completing the Basic Operations Course after December 1, 2007, can receive up to 15 transfer credit hours toward one of five associate and bachelor’s degree programs offered through APUS. The eligible degree programs include:

 For more information, visit www.apus.edu/TransferCredit/accepted/Undergraduate/mou/cbirf.htm.

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Global Maritime and Transportation School (GMATS)
APUS and GMATS offer a joint graduate degree in transportation and logistics management that allows students to combine resident coursework at the USMMA in Kings Point, NY with APUS distance learning courses to earn a degree in transportation and logistics programs. Additionally, students who attend the GMATS Nautical Science program can apply their credit toward an Associate of Arts in General Studies.  For more information regarding undergraduate programs, visit www.apus.edu/TransferCredit/accepted/Undergraduate/mou/gmats-undergrad.htm.  For more information regarding graduate programs, visit www.apus.edu/TransferCredit/accepted/graduate/mous/gmats.htm.