Austin Peay State University is
designated as an institutional member of
Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC), a group of
over 400 colleges and universities providing voluntary
postsecondary education to military members throughout
the world. As a SOC member, APSU recognizes the unique
nature of a military lifestyle and has committed
itself to easing the transfer of relevant course
credits, providing flexible academic residency
requirements, and crediting learning from appropriate
military training experience.
Servicemembers
Opportunity Colleges
Associate Degree
for Soldiers (SOCAD-2) In addition to its SOC membership,
APSU is one of approximately 200 institutions
providing occupational and flexible SOCAD-2 (formerly
SOCAD) programs on over 50 Army installations
worldwide. These programs lead to associate
degrees, most of which correspond to enlisted and
warrant officer job specialties. Through prior
agreement, students in SOCAD-2 programs:
Have residency credit limited to 25 percent of
total degree requirements taken at any time;
Students must earn 6 semester hours of APSU
credit before a SOCAD will be processed;
Are awarded credit for experience in their
military occupational specialty (MOS) and service
schools as appropriate to their programs;
Are awarded credit for non-traditional learning
based on results of national text, such as CLEP
and DANTES, as appropriate to their programs
Have a SOCAD-2 Student Agreement completed as
their official evaluation stating remaining degree
requirements and eliminating their need for
reevaluation of previous credit; and,
Are guaranteed that courses listed in
transferability tables in the SOCAD-2 Handbook
will be accepted for degree requirements within
each curriculum area.
