Non-Traditional Academic Credit

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Police/Corrections Academy Credit

Military Training & Community College of the Air Force Credit

Police/Corrections Academy

Official certification of completion of police/corrections academy graduation must be sent to Enrollment Services. Certification indicating date of graduation must be either an academic transcript from an accredited college or a letter on official letterhead from the police academy. Upon completion of six to twelve semester hours of approved CRJ courses at Jefferson State, students may be awarded credit for an equivalent number of CRJ hours to be determined by the program coordinator.

Military Training & Community College of the Air Force

Military credit may be awarded on the basis of recommendations in the Guide to the Evaluations of Educational Experiences in the Armed Services published by the American Council on Education. Credit may be awarded if Jefferson State offers an equivalent course and the ACE credit hour recommendation is the same as the course offered by Jefferson State. Students will be awarded credit for completion of Basic Training with the following courses: HED 221 Personal Health (3 semester hours) and PED 100 Fundamentals of Fitness (3 semester hours). Students must submit one of the following military records to Enrollment Services for evaluation:

  • Army — Army/American Council on Education Registry Transcript Service (AARTS);
  • Navy/Marines — Sailor/Marine American Council on Education Registry Transcript (SMART);
  • Air Force — Community College of the Air Force(CCAF) transcript;
  • Coast Guard — Coast Guard transcript.