Military Service School Credit

Taft College will grant credit to veterans for active military service. The maximum service credit allowed is 6-8 semester units – 4 units for having completed basic training, and 2 units for each of the first 2 years of service. Students who have the basic training and 1 or 2 years of service combined credit will be used for the Health Education (Lifelong Learning) requirement.

Credit is also granted for educational work completed in the various service schools in accordance with the recommendations of the American Council on Education. The maximum education credit is 12 units. This credit will be applied to help meet the requirements for graduation but is subject to acceptance by any other college to which the student transfers.

Students can earn a maximum total of 18-20 units for military credit. Duplicate credit will not be given in both high school and college. If a veteran uses service credits to complete high school graduation requirements, these same units may not be used to fulfill college graduation requirements.