Military Credit

Students may have their Joint Services Transcript (JST) evaluated for potential transfer credit evaluation. The JST is an academically accepted document approved by the American Council on Education (ACE) to validate a service member’s military occupational expertise and training, along with the corresponding ACE college credit recommendations. Howard College will only use Joint Service Transcripts marked “Official”.

Military Transfer Credit Policy

Howard College will award transfer credit to military students in recognition of their military training in accordance with the criteria below.

Eligibility

Students must meet the following eligibility criteria for transfer credit under this policy:

• Students must be a veteran with an honorable discharge or general discharge under honorable conditions, an active service member, or a member of the Reserves/National Guard who has completed required trainings. Active Duty, Reservist, and National Guard must provide Orders or Statement of Service along with their official transcript. Veterans are required to provide their DD-214 (Member 4 or Service 2 copy) along with their official transcript.

Transfer Credit

Howard College requires the relevant academic Program Chair (or chair’s designee) or Program Director (or director’s designee) to determine the suitability of course credit earned through military training for transfer to the College. Howard College uses the American Council on Education (ACE) credit recommendations and university transfer credit policies to assess U.S. military training credit for students. The College reserves the right to accept ACE recommendations as a guideline, but will retain and exercise responsibility for assuring that the military training credits accepted are at the collegiate level and have resulted in learning outcomes comparable to those students would achieve through the College’s own instruction.

• All Howard College transfer credit policies apply to the process of evaluation and awarding military training for academic credit.
• Students may earn up to 12 transfer credit hours from the Joint Services Transcript. Only courses which have American Council on Education course recommendations are eligible for evaluation.
• Transfer credit for prior experience in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) fields will not be awarded if it is older than 5 years.