AMU and FEMA/Docnet/UNITAR

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by ibhereforever, Nov 11, 2006.

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  1. ibhereforever

    ibhereforever New Member

    Hi all. :)

    I was wondering, anyone out there with AMU experience... do you all know what sorts of credit one would get for the FEMA courses, Docnet, and/or Unitar?

    It says that all are accepted on their site, and that FEMA also applies to their masters programs... but... as nice and helpful as the admin. have been... they are uber bogged down at the moment, and asside from my advisor not being overly responsive except with general advice like "finish your gen eds, then your core, then... blah blah" they also really sort of refuse to tell you anything about potential credits even if you are enrolled and they could apply to your degree program.

    The way to get around this is to submit and evaluation update form... but I all ready have one of those outstanding... from my first clep... which they have not processed yet... (at this moment supposed to take ANOTHER month... for ONE test to show up...) and they don't like it if you submit more while one is yet to be processed...

    As impressed as I have been with them, and as happy as I am for the most part, I am a wee bit frustrated and saddened to see some of these Bureaucratic backups occuring more frequently since RA.

    One of their snafu's... even after talking to three people in the same department, and being told by all three that it was no problem... cost my registration to all my classes in the next two months... :(

    So, anyone out there... any ideas as to what kind of credit I might get from that going for a BA in Intel? I'm pretty sure about the UNITAR stuff because they offer those courses directly... but... unsure about FEMA, and Docnet.

    Thanks. Sorry for being so long winded

    Heather
     
  2. MichaelGates

    MichaelGates Active Member

    You are not going to get graduate credit for the FEMA Independent Study courses. The courses that AMU will accept for graduate credit will deal with FEMA EMI - Emergency Management Institute courses that are the live classroom courses.

    UNITAR courses from www.unitar.org are few in number and I have never been able to get approval to take one. Even though the courses are free, it is just about not worth pursuing.

    The most about DOCNET is at this link - https://ca.dtic.mil/doctrine/default.htm
     
  3. Pugman

    Pugman New Member

    Hey Michael,

    Did you look into the following UNITAR courses?

    Commanding United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
    Principles for the Conduct of Peace Support Operations
    Serving as a UN Military Observer
    The Global Landmine Problem: Preventing Casualties to the Civilian Population
    United Nations Civilian Police
    Logistical Support of UN Peacekeeping

    The reason I ask is that it says that these are ACE evaluated....

    Be nice if someone could get credit for these.

    Greg
     
  4. MichaelGates

    MichaelGates Active Member

    I got the run around when I tried to register and never got to take any of the courses.


    Commanding United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
    ACE Credit Recommendation: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 1 semester hour in Military Science (12/97).

    Principles for the Conduct of Peace Support Operations
    ACE Credit Recommendation: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 1 semester hour in Military Science or Political Science (12/97).

    Serving as a UN Military Observer
    ACE Credit Recommendation: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 1 semester hour in Military Science (12/97).

    The Global Landmine Problem: Preventing Casualties to the Civilian Population
    ACE Credit Recommendation: In the vocational certificate category, 1 semester hour in Military Science or Military Field Engineering (12/97).

    United Nations Civilian Police
    ACE Credit Recommendation: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 1 semester hour in Law Enforcement or Criminal Justice (12/97).

    Logistical Support of UN Peacekeeping
    ACE Credit Recommendation: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 1 semester hour in Military Science, Logistics Management, or Resource Management (12/97).


    UNISTAR

    Important Note / Participant Selection: Due to course administrative constraints, UNITAR is unable to accept more than 250 participants for one e-Learning course (with a maximum selection of 3 participants per institution). On average, UNITAR receives 750-1000 nominations for each e-Learning course. This means that a number of relevant candidates are unfortunately not accepted for each course. Institutions that wish to group enroll for our eCourses will have to pay a nominal fee and will be required to write to UNITAR at least two months before course commencement providing details of officials and the name of the course(s) selected. UNITAR thanks you for your understanding.
     
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