R 310215Z JAN 13
UNCLASSIFIED/
MARADMIN 058/13
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG EDCOM PRES MCU QUANTICO VA//
SUBJ/EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE SCHOOL DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM (EWSDEP) CURRICULUM TRANSITION FROM 8650 TO 8660 SERIES//
POC/S. D. WEINSTEIN/CIV/COLLEGE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING, EWSDEP ASSOCIATE DEAN OF ACADEMICS/-/TEL:DSN 278-5448 COMM: (703) 784-5448/EMAIL: STUART.D.WEINSTEIN(AT)USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/RMKS/1. PURPOSE. TO ESTABLISH THE CRITERIA FOR TRANSITIONING FROM THE CURRENT EWSDEP 8650 CURRICULUM TO THE NEW 8660 CURRICULUM.
2. BACKGROUND. THE COLLEGE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING (CDET) WILL IMPLEMENT A NEW EWSDEP CURRICULUM COMMENCING WITH ACADEMIC YEAR (AY) 2014 (1 JULY 2013). THE NEW 8660 PROGRAM HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO ENSURE THAT ALL PARTICIPANTS HAVE A SEMINAR EXPERIENCE.
3. STARTING ON 1 JULY 2013, ALL STUDENTS ENROLLING IN EWSDEP FOR THE FIRST TIME WILL BEGIN THE 8660 PROGRAM. STUDENTS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THE 8650 PROGRAM WILL HAVE UNTIL 30 JUNE 2014 TO COMPLETE THAT CURRICULUM. WHILE NEW ENROLLMENTS AND THE FIRST YEAR OF THE 8650 SEMINAR PROGRAM (8651/2, 8653, AND 8654) WILL BE DISCONTINUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF AY 2013 (30 JUNE 2013), THE SECOND YEAR OF THE 8650 SEMINAR PROGRAM (8655, 8656, AND 8657) WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AY 2014 FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAVE COMPLETED 8651/2, 8653, AND 8654.
4. THE ENROLLMENT DEADLINE FOR THE INDEPENDENT GUIDED STUDY (IGS) OPTION FOR THE 8650 PROGRAM IS 30 JUNE 2013. THE IGS OPTION WILL TERMINATE ON 30 JUNE 2014. THE IGS OPTION WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE UNTIL THAT TIME IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE CAPTAINS AND CHIEF WARRANT OFFICERS 3 WHO ARE APPROACHING CONSIDERATION FOR PROMOTION YET HAVE COURSES IN THE 8650 PROGRAM THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLETE IN SEMINAR PRIOR TO THEIR BOARD CONVENING. THERE WILL BE NO IGS ONLY OPTION IN THE 8660 PROGRAM.
5. THE 8660 CURRICULUM WILL BE COMPRISED OF A SELF STUDY COMPONENT (WORKLOAD EQUIVALENT TO ONE YEAR OF DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM SEMINAR) AND A ONE YEAR SEMINAR COMPONENT. SUBSEQUENT TO COMPLETING THE SELF STUDY PREREQUISITE COURSES (WARFIGHTING 8661 AND MAGTF OPERATIONS ASHORE 8662), ALL STUDENTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE MAGTF OPERATIONS ASHORE PRACTICAL EXERCISE 8663 AND NAVAL EXPEDITIONARY OPERATIONS 8664 COURSES IN SEMINAR. THE DEFAULT FOR COMPLETING 8663 AND 8664 WILL BE ONSITE SEMINAR. OFFICERS ARE ALLOWED THREE YEARS TO COMPLETE 8660. FOR OFFICERS UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN AN ONSITE SEMINAR DURING THAT THREE YEAR PERIOD AN ONLINE SEMINAR IS OFFERED. THE DETERMINATION IN SUCH CASES WILL BE MADE BY THE RESPECTIVE COLLEGE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING REGIONAL COORDINATOR.
6. FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN THE 8650 SERIES BUT ARE UNABLE TO COMPLETE THE CURRICULUM PRIOR TO 30 JUNE 2014, EQUIVALENCY CREDIT FOR 8650 COURSES WILL BE GRANTED AS FOLLOWS:
A. 8661: MUST HAVE COMPLETED BOTH 8651/2 AND 8653
B. 8662: MUST HAVE COMPLETED BOTH 8654 AND 8655
C. 8663: MUST HAVE COMPLETED BOTH 8654 AND 8655
D. 8664: MUST HAVE COMPLETED BOTH 8656 AND 8657
NO PARTIAL EQUIVALENCIES WILL BE GRANTED. FOR ALL 8660 COURSES, IF ONLY ONE OF THE 8650 SERIES COURSES REQUIRED FOR EQUIVALENCY HAS BEEN COMPLETED, THE ENTIRE 8860 COURSE MUST BE TAKEN.
7. STUDENTS WILL SUBMIT ENROLLMENT REQUESTS FOR 8661 THROUGH MARINENET (SAME PROCEDURE FOR 8662 UPON COMPLETION OF 8661). INSTRUCTIONS FOR REQUESTING ENROLLMENT IN SEMINAR FOR 8663 AND 8664 WILL BE IN THE 8662 COURSE SITE.
8. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY BGEN W. F. MULLEN III; COMMANDING GENERAL, EDUCATION COMMAND; PRESIDENT, MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY.//