Colorado Technical University

College Credit for Military Training?

My husband and I have been told that colleges will award credit for military training. My husband is a Navy Corpsman - an EMT basically. He has had advanced nursing courses, Anatomy and Physiology, etc... But the college here (which is actually a whole 5 miles from base and "claims" to be military friendly, won't give him any credit for any of these advanced classes! They say they will only give him elective credit and make him take the high level stuff over again! Even though his degree doesn't require any general electives (just the normal humanities stuff in Psych and Soc). Is this the norm or are we being screwed?! If it is the norm, why in the world are we all psyched up that his college career will be easier because of his training! We can't even get the military to pay for his advanced medical training, and now they aren't giving him any credit for the classes he's already had! Can anyone please give us some advice here? Thank you!

Public Comments

1. I was a nuke and a master at arms - it all depnds on the college you go to. One college gave me NO credit for my nuke training, another gave me 2years for it all..... Some universities give a PLA or Prior Learning Assessment and give a LOT of credit for it all. HOWEVER - having your electives is a GOOD thing - but my advice - go shop around some more - if he's working on becoming an RN or an MD - be willing to move to get the credit and shorten your education costs. There is a difference between your military TRAINING and college EDUCATION.....in our training we learnd HOW things are done but didn't focus so much on theories or the state of the art of the field....in college education you focus more on the theories and prepare to make a contribution to the realm of knowledge of academia. I only got elective credit because I'm becoming a dr. of psychology in a completely different field....but all my math and such were wiped out from my nuke training....I've gotten to focus HEAVILY On my major however..... Check around....not all universites are the same....keep looking till you find the deal you want or find the best deal.....