| SERVICEMEMBERS OPPORTUNITY COLLEGE (SOC)
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NVCC has been designated as an institutional member of Servicemembers
Opportunity Colleges (SOC), a group of over 1,700 colleges and
universities providing voluntary postsecondary education to members
of the military throughout the world. As a SOC member, NVCC recognizes
the unique nature of the military lifestyle and has committed
itself to easing the transfer of relevant course credits, providing
flexible academic residency requirements, and crediting learning
from appropriate military training and experiences. SOC has been
developed jointly by educational representatives of each of the
Armed Services, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and a
consortium of 14 leading national higher education associations;
it is sponsored by the American Association of State Colleges
and Universities (AASCU) and the American Association of Community
Colleges (AACC).
In addition to its SOC membership, NVCC is one of approximately
50 institutions providing occupational and flexible Servicemembers
Opportunity Colleges Associate Degree (SOCAD) programs on over
500 Army installations worldwide. These programs lead to associate
degrees and most of them correspond to enlisted and warrant
officer job specialties. Through prior agreement, students
in SOCAD programs
qualify for the following:
1. Have residency credit limited to one-fourth of total degree
requirements taken at any time.
2. Are awarded credit for experience in their military occupational
specialty (MOS) and service schools as appropriate to their
program.
3. Are awarded credit for non-traditional learning based on
results of national tests, such as CLEP and SSTs, as appropriate
to their
program.
4. Have a SOCAD Student Agreement completed as their official
evaluation stating remaining degree requirements and eliminating
the need for reevaluation of previous credit.
5. Are guaranteed that courses listed in transferability
charts in the SOCAD Handbook will be accepted for degree
requirements
within each curriculum area.
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