Credit for Military Experience
Military servicemembers and veterans may be eligible to receive transfer credit toward their bachelor’s degree in the College of Professional Studies or their master’s degree in one of Northeastern’s nine colleges. To receive credit for your military experience, you must submit your JST/CCAF along with your application materials.
Bachelor’s Completion transfer credit
Looking to finish your bachelor’s degree and want to transfer credit? Northeastern’s College of Professional Studies accepts credit from your military service in addition to other universities you have previously attended toward your bachelor’s degree. These credits (up to 60 credits for veterans and 90 credits for active duty military servicemembers) may go toward any of CPS’s bachelor degree completion programs.
- For veterans other than those from the Air Force, you must request your
Joint Service Transcript (JST). - For Air Force veterans only, you must request transcripts from the
Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).
Learn more about how you can receive credit for your military experience toward your bachelor’s degree
Graduate transfer credit
Take advantage of your military experience to earn a master’s degree from Northeastern University.
Special Operations Forces Captain’s Career Course (SOFCCC)
Northeastern University has a partnership with the Special Operations Forces Captain’s Career Course (SOFCCC) from the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School. This program provides an opportunity for qualified SOFCCC residents and reserve component students and graduates to complete the following Northeastern University master’s degrees available through the College of Professional Studies (CPS):
- HLS 6010 – The Unconventional Threat to Homeland Security
3 Quarter Hours - LDR 6100 – Developing Your Leadership Capability
3 Quarter Hours - HLS 6000 – Introduction to Homeland Security
3 Quarter Hours - CMN 6962 -General Elective
3 Quarter Hours
- LDR 6100 – Developing Your Leadership Capability
3 Quarter Hours - HLS 6010 – The Unconventional Threat to Homeland Security
3 Quarter Hours - HLS 6000 – Introduction to Homeland Security
3 Quarter Hours - CMN 6962 – General Elective
3 Quarter Hours
- SIA 6030 – Intelligence and Policy
4 Quarter Hours - HLS 6080 – Continuity of Operations and Planning
4 Quarter Hours
- GST 6300 – Security and Terrorism
4 Quarter Hours - GST 6327 – Conflict and Post-Conflict Development
4 Quarter Hours - GST 6324 – Divided Societies in the Modern World
4 Quarter Hours