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Cooperative, Articulation & Transfer Agreements

What are cooperative, articulation, or transfer agreements?

Institutions of higher education often enter into agreements with other colleges and universities or organizations in order to facilitate ease of transfer of credit and academic planning. These agreements can be designed several different ways. A cooperative agreement (this might also be called an articulation agreement or Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) indicates some level of partnership between the organizations and details the obligations and responsibilities of each party. An articulation agreement specifies exactly how transfer credit will be accepted from one institution to another, and how it will be applied to a degree program. These agreements may be written in terms of specific courses or entire programs. Agreements such as these not only ease transfer between two schools; they also offer the student an opportunity to more effectively plan their academic career and minimize a loss of credit. Additional details regarding academic partnerships can be found at the transfer credit evaluation center.

APUS will accept transfer credit for non-traditional learning as recommended by the American Council on Education or as validated by CLEP or DANTES exams. In order to fully recognize training that may be applicable to an academic degree, APUS has evaluated several military education programs in several areas and agreed to award academic credit above and beyond that which is recommended by the American Council on Education.

APUS has developed agreements with the following institutions and organizations:

Cochise College
This cooperative agreement allows students graduating from Cochise College with an associate degree in intelligence operations to apply learning outcomes toward a Bachelor of Arts in Intelligence Studies at APUS. For more details, visit www.amu.apus.edu/cochise.

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Global Maritime and Transportation School (GMATS), Kings Point, NY
APUS and GMATS offer a joint graduate degree in Transportation and Logistics Management that allows students to combine resident coursework at the USMMA in Kings Point, NY with AMU/APU distance learning courses to earn a degree in transportation and logistics programs. Additionally, students who attend the GMATS Nautical Science program can apply their credit toward an Associate of Arts in General Studies. For more information, visit http://gmats.usmma.edu.

U .S. Air Force, 17th Training Group, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas
Students graduating from designated intelligence courses at the 17th Training Group, Goodfellow AFB, after January 9, 2007, may transfer up to 90 undergraduate credits or 15 graduate credits toward the respective APUS bachelor's degree in intelligence studies or master's degree in strategic intelligence. The APUS programs impart substantive knowledge and analytic skills required by professionals in the intelligence community. Students may pursue concentrated study in functional areas, regional studies, or intelligence sub-fields. Student learning is greatly enhanced by the diversity of APUS professors with strong professional and academic backgrounds in intelligence studies, many who currently work in the U.S. National Intelligence Community. For information about the 17th Training Group, Goodfellow AFB, http://www.goodfellow.af.mil.

U.S. Army, Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, Ft. Benning, Georgia
Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Corporation (WHINSEC) students graduating since July 2004 from the WHINSEC Command and General Staff Officer Course (CGSC) can receive up to 15 graduate transfer credits toward the APUS Master of Arts in National Security Studies.

The Master of Arts in National Security Studies program prepares students for mid and senior-level positions in national and international security policy, security and intelligence analysis, and related fields. Graduates of the program can be found across the national and international security community as civilian and military policy-makers, action-officers, analysts, instructors, and consultants. Student learning is greatly enhanced by the diversity of APUS professors with strong professional and academic backgrounds in security studies and through opportunities to interact in the online classroom with military and civilian students from across the national and international security community. For more information about the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, visit https://www.infantry.army.mil/whinsec.

Additionally, APUS has partnered with the following organizations to recognize and award academic credit for specific courses completed.

FBI National Academy
Law enforcement personnel who complete the leadership training program at the FBI National Academy may transfer up to 15 semester hours toward a master's degree in management, criminal justice, or homeland security. For more information about the FBINAA, visit www.amu.apus.edu/fbinaa.

United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
APUS students who have successfully completed specific coursework at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research - Program of Correspondence Instruction in Peacekeeping Operations will be granted credit toward the degree requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in International Relations. For more information, visit www.amu.apus.edu/unitar.