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For additional information:
Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges
1307 New York Avenue, NW
Fifth Floor
Washington, DC 20005-4701
202-667-0079
800-368-5622
fax 202-667-0622
e-mail: socad@aascu.org
Judith Loomer
SOCAD Project Director
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Army Career Degree Alternatives
Army has asked SOC to develop Army Career Degree Plans for
all MOSs. The goal is to complete career-related degrees for
each MOS; however, it is difficult to say exactly when your specific
MOS will be available. While your Army Career Degree Plan is
under development, consider these alternative routes to a college
degree:
1. Review Recommended Credit for your MOS
- As a first step, go to the Army/ACE
Registry Transcript System (AARTS) home page and request
an AARTS Transcript, if you don't already have one. It will contain
a complete listing of your ACE-recommended credits. The AARTS
Transcript identifies learning acquired from military training
and experience and provides college-level credit recommendations
where warranted.
- You can also review your recommended college credits by going
to the American
Council on Education's (ACE) Military Guides Web site and
conducting a preliminary search. Choose "Search Occupations"
and enter your MOS in the "Occupational Designator"
box. An "Occupations - Search Results" window will
appear. If there are multiple entries in that window, you will
need to open each of them until you find the exhibit containing
the version (based on your MOS start and end dates) that specifically
applies to you. Keep in mind that the credit shown in the exhibit
are recommendations, and the actual college credit awarded for
your MOS will be determined by the college. How much credit ultimately
applies toward the degree depends on how well your Army training
matches the course content within the college degree. Generally,
recommended credit must have a matching course requirement or
an appropriate elective in the degree program for credit to be
granted.
2. SOCAD Choices
- The regular SOCAD program offers you additional degree alternatives.
If you are interested in a two-year degree, you can download
the SOC Degree Network System-2 Handbook; for
a four-year degree, download the SOC Degree
Network System-4 Handbook. You can also visit your Army Education
Center and examine the printed edition of the Handbooks or use
the CD-ROM version if you prefer.
- In the two- or four-year SOC Degree Network System Handbook you
have chosen, go to Section 6, "College Locator" to view what
degree programs are offered at your installation. After identifying
programs of interest, go to Section 4 of the Handbook for details
about the specific college and degree. For more detailed information
about your options, which may include distance learning and learning
assessment degree programs, discuss your choices with a counselor
at the Army Education Center.
3. DANTES
If you want to examine even more distance learning degree
choices than you found in SOCAD, check the options available
through the Defense Activity
for Non-traditional Education Support (DANTES) Web site or
visit your nearest Army Education Center Guidance Counselor.
Please come back periodically to the SOCAD Army Career Degrees
program Web page and check the MOS
List to see if your MOS has been added.
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