|
Prior Credit is defined by the Department of Veterans
Affairs (DVA) as:
The amount of credit allowed for previous education,
training and experience; including military training
and experience.
Both
the law and the regulations require schools to grant
appropriate credit for prior training and experience.
The current procedure provides for termination of
benefits if the school does not furnish an evaluation of
prior credit within 2 terms (38 U.S.C.
3675(b)(2) and 3676(c)(4), and §21.4253(d)(3) and
21.4254(c)(4)).
The
portion of a student’s transfer credit, which, when
applied to the student’s specific degree program,
shortens that program. Prior credit must be resubmitted
to the Office of Veterans Affairs (OVA), each time a
student changes his/her program of study (degree
program/major).
|
Step 1: |
Receive a copy of the Transfer Credit Evaluation (TCE)
from the Office of the Registrar. You can also
access the TCE through
Web Self-Service at:
http://webss.apsu.edu
|
|
Step 2: |
Call your academic department to set up an
appointment to meet with the VA Academic Advisor
to complete your PC. (The VA Academic Advisor is
NOT necessarily your assigned Academic Advisor.)
For a list of designated VA Academic Advisor:
http://www.apsu.edu/vaoffice/VA_Acad_Adv.htm
|
|
Step 3: |
Take a copy of the TCE with you when you meet with
the VA Academic Advisor. If you are transferring
from APSU @ Ft. Campbell Center
to Main Campus (and vice versa), you will need to
take an APSU transcript with you.
|
|
Step 4: |
The VA Academic Advisor will transfer the
information required to your PC (degree program
check sheet). (Any course substitutions, waivers,
etc. approved by the Academic Departments must be
submitted to the Office of the Registrar. Copies
should be submitted to
the OVA with the PC.)
|
|
Step 5: |
The VA Academic Advisor and you must sign the
completed PC.
|
|
Step 6: |
Submit the PC to the OVA. This will serve as a
guide in certifying your coursework to DVA for
payment. Courses that are not listed
on the PC will require additional
documentation from your
Academic Department. |
Graduate school applicants will submit their approved
Program of Study (POS)
prior to completion of
12 credit hours
and/or within the second term of enrollment,
whichever occurs first. Courses that are not
listed on the approved POS will require additional
documentation from your advisory committee and Dean of
the College of Graduate Studies.
Students who fail to submit PC within the first two (2)
terms of enrollment will no longer be certified to
DVA for payment.
|
