Earn Credit Through
a Military College
or Institution

If your rank is Warrant Officer and your specialty is Operations Systems or Information System Management, you may be able to apply as many as 21 credits toward a Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity Management and Policy. If your specialty is Finance and Supply, you may be able to apply as many as 18 credits toward a Bachelor of Science in Management Studies. 

If you are a non-commissioned officer, choose UMGC as your home college and receive credit through the College of the American Soldier based on the Non-Commissioned Officer Education System courses and other training you've completed. You may be able to apply your credits toward an Associate of Arts in General Studies with specialized curriculum in Business and Management or Management Studies. CAS is accepted and supported by ACE.

If you want to learn how you can earn 15 of the 64 credits you need for a Community College of the Air Force associate's degree at UMGC, explore our General Education Mobile program.

If you are an airman completing any Community College of the Air Force Associate of Applied Science degree, many of your credits will transfer to a bachelor's degree program at UMGC. Plus if your program is part of the Air University Associate-to-Baccalaureate Cooperative, you can now link your degree to a UMGC bachelor's degree, maximize the number of credits you receive, and make a seamless transition to your bachelor's degree. 

If you are a current or former Defense Acquisition University student, you can earn a wide range of bachelor’s degrees and undergraduate certificates at UMGC to help meet DAU workforce requirements. You can receive credit for study completed with DAU based on ACE recommendations. 

The program includes UMGC's undergraduate certificates and the following bachelor's degrees:

• Accounting
• Business Administration
• Computer Science
• Human Resource Management
• Information Systems Management
• Management Studies
• Marketing

If you have successfully completed DAU coursework, you may be eligible to transfer credit toward one of the following master’s programs:

• Acquisition & Contract Management
• Management: Project Management

DAU Course Mapping for Acquisition & Contract Management

UMGC will apply DAU courses to the MS in Management specialization in Acquisition and Supply Chain Management—totaling 3 courses (9 credits). All combinations possible under this agreement are listed below.

Take the following DAU course set to earn credit for ASCM 626:

• CON 100, CON 200, and CON 216

Take the following DAU course to earn credit for ASCM 627:

• CON 090

Take one of the following DAU courses/sets of courses to earn credit for ASCM 628:

• CON 170, CON 320, and CON 370
• CON 290

Take one of the following DAU courses to earn credit for ASCM 629:

• LOG 350
• LOG 465

Take the following DAU courses to earn credit for ASCM 630:

• ACQ 370

DAU Course Mapping for Management: Project Management

UMGC will apply DAU courses to the MS in Management specialization in Project Management—totaling 3 courses (9 credits). All combinations possible under this agreement are listed below. Take the following set of DAU courses to earn credit for PMAN 634:

• PMT 355, EVM 202, and EVM 263

Take the following DAU course to earn credit for PMAN 637:

• PMT 360

Take the following set of DAU courses to earn credit for PMAN 641:

• CON 200 and CON 360

Take the following DAU course to earn credit for PMAN 650:

• PMT 401

If you have graduated from the Public Affairs Officer Course at the Defense Information School, you may be eligible to transfer 3–9 graduate credits toward the following program:

• Management: Marketing

If you've taken classes through Defense Threat Reduction University, you may be able to apply your credits to an undergraduate degree program at UMGC.

Depending on your occupation, you may be able to apply credits from your military experience toward an Associate of Arts in General Studies or a related bachelor’s degree. 

Transfer Credit Mapping to Associate of Arts

Transfer Credit Mapping to Bachelor's Degree

If you have graduated from National Defense University's College of Information and Cyberspace with a certificate, you may be eligible to transfer as many as 18 graduate credits toward a graduate degree in cybersecurity, project management, or information technology.