Military Credit and Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT)

Military Credit and Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT)

I. Credit for Military Service/Training 

Students interested in Credit for Prior Learning using Joint Service Transcripts shall receive credit as recommended by the American Council on Education (ACE) Directory and approved by the appropriate discipline faculty of a District College under the following circumstances: 

  • The student shall complete the Credit for Prior Learning assessment petition. 
  • Official transcripts must be on file in the Admissions and Records Office. These may include Joint Services Transcript (JST), Sailor/Marine American Council on Education Registry Transcript (SMART), Army and American Council on Education Registry Transcript Service (AARTS), Community College of the Air Force (CCAF), Coast Guard Institute (CGI), DANTES/USAFI, Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) Transcripts, Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), DLPT Examinee Results, DA Form 330 Language Proficiency Questionnaire, or verified copies of DD214 or DD295 military records. 
  • Credit course equivalency shall be determined by the faculty of the appropriate discipline. 

II. Credit for Basic Training 

Students who submit evidence of completion of Basic Military Training on a DD 214 or DD 295, whether they were in active service or in the National Guard or Reserves, will have fulfilled VCCCD General Education Area 7 requirements.

Health and Kinesiology discipline faculty will determine which specific courses to assign as comparable for major requirements and for the transcript, which will include:

  • A minimum of 3 units of Heath Education or Kinesiology or any combination of the two that results in 3 semester units of credit.

Students will be awarded units according to current ACE recommendations:

  • Army recruits will receive a total of 6 semester units
  • Navy recruits will receive a total of 9 semester units 
  • Marine Corps – Basic Infantry recruits will receive 8 semester units
  • Air Force recruits will receive a total of 4 semester units 
  • Coast Guard recruits will receive a total of 8 semester units

Students will be awarded units according to current ACE recommendations:

  • A minimum of 2 units of HED
  • A minimum of 1 unit of PE/Kinesiology 

Discipline faculty will assign either specific course or elective credit for any remaining units to meet the minimum totals recommended by ACE above. 

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