Nonresident Education Opportunities (Distributed Learning)

Office of Continuous Learning

NPS employs Distributed Learning (DL) technologies as an innovative tool for broadening the professional and intellectual horizons of students, preparing them to assume leadership roles in tomorrow's defense environment.

OCL Website: www.nps.edu/DL

NPS offers high quality and flexible delivery of degree and non-degree programs that are uniquely relevant to defense needs. These programs directly link to competencies which allow for the building of an appropriate foundation of naval leaders. Robust return on investment is in the form of knowledge, skills and abilities critical to naval combat effectiveness.

NPS' DL strategy provides the following comprehensive options to:

The following Certificate Programs can be obtained entirely online:

The following Degree Program can be obtained entirely online:

The following Degree Program can be obtained synchronously:

The following Degree Programs are obtained via a combination of Video Tele-Education and online classes:

As a part of its overall DL strategy, NPS, through the Office of Continuous Learning (OCL), has established outreach offices in Fleet Concentration Areas in support of these DL methods, broadening its outreach and ability to disseminate graduate educational opportunities. The primary functions of the Outreach offices include:

Air Force Institute of Technology—Distance Learning

The Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), located at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the Air Force's graduate school of engineering and management as well as its institution for technical professional continuing education. AFIT is developing distance learning programs for government students who cannot enroll in one of AFIT's resident programs. Detailed information about AFIT's nonresident programs can be found at http://www.afit.edu/en/dl/

The Naval Postgraduate School maintains a Strategic Alliance with the Air Force Institute of Technology. A memorandum of agreement between the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Air Force forms this alliance to ensure the two institutions continuously work together to meet the educational needs of the Armed Forces of the United States. NPS and AFIT will continue to reflect the heritage and character of their respective services, meeting Joint and service-unique needs, minimizing unnecessary redundancy, maintaining quality and realizing efficiencies and economies of scale.

NPS generally allows a maximum of 12 graduate-level, quarter-credits to be transferred for purposes of earning a graduate degree. However, an additional 12 quarter-credits may be transferred from the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) in Dayton, Ohio. This is in addition to the normal transfer allowed (12), bringing the total to a maximum of 24 quarter-credits transferable from AFIT to NPS. Permission to transfer a specific course to serve as a substitute for a degree requirement will be determined by the Department Chairman or equivalent person responsible for nominating candidates for degrees at NPS and must be pre-approved in a coherent plan of study for the student. Regardless of transfer credits allowed, all NPS master's degrees still require at least 20 quarter-credits be earned directly from NPS.

Academic Calendars

Academic Calendar AY 2008

Fall Quarter

Reporting Date (International)

Sunday

9 Sept 2007

Reporting Date

Monday

17 Sept

Instruction Begins

Monday

24 Sept

Columbus Day (Holiday)

Monday

8 Oct

Reporting Date for Refresher

Monday

29 Oct

Refresher Begins

Monday

5 Nov

Veteran's Day (Holiday).

Monday

12 Nov

Thanksgiving Day (Holiday)

Thursday

22 Nov

Pre-graduation Awards Ceremony

Tuesday

4 Dec

Final Examinations Begin

Monday

10 Dec

Graduation

Friday

14 Dec

Christmas Break

 

17 Dec - 4 Jan 2008

Winter Quarter

Reporting Date (International)

Thursday

27 Dec 2007

New Years Observed (Holiday)

Tuesday

1 Jan 2008

Reporting Date

Wednesday

2 Jan

Instruction Begins

Monday

7 Jan

Martin Luther King's Birthday (Holiday)

Monday

21 Jan

Reporting Date for Refresher.

Monday

11 Feb

President's Day (Holiday)

Monday

18 Feb

Refresher Begins

Tuesday

19 Feb

Pre-graduation Awards Ceremony.

Tuesday

18 Mar

Final Examinations Begin

Monday

24 Mar

Graduation

Friday

28 Mar

Spring Quarter

Reporting Date (International)

Sunday

16 Mar

Reporting Date

Monday

24 Mar

Instruction Begins.

Monday

31 Mar

Reporting Date for Refresher

.Monday

5 May

Refresher Begins

Monday

12 May

Memorial Day (Holiday)

Monday

26 May

Pre-graduation Awards Ceremony

Tuesday

10 Jun

Final Examinations Begin

Monday

16 Jun

Graduation

Friday

20 Jun

Summer Break

 

20 Jun - 4 Jul

Summer Quarter

Reporting Date (International)

Sunday

22 Jun

Reporting Date

Monday

30 Jun

Independence Day (Holiday

Friday

4 Jul

Instruction Begins

Monday

7 Jul

Reporting Date for Refresher

Monday

11 Aug

Refresher Begins

Monday

18 Aug

Labor Day (Holiday)

Monday

1 Sep

Pre-graduation Awards Ceremony

Tuesday

16 Sep

Final Examinations Begin

Monday

22 Sep

Graduation

Friday

26 Sep

11/9/06

Academic Calendar AY 2009

Fall Quarter

Reporting Date (International)

Sunday

14 Sept 2008

Reporting Date

Monday

22 Sept

Instruction Begins

Monday

29 Sept

Columbus Day (Holiday)

Monday

13 Oct

Reporting Date for Refresher

Monday

3 Nov

Refresher Begins

Monday

10 Nov

Veteran's Day (Holiday).

Tuesday

11 Nov

Thanksgiving Day (Holiday)

Thursday

27 Nov

Pre-graduation Awards Ceremony

Tuesday

9 Dec

Final Examinations Begin

Monday

15 Dec

Graduation

Friday

19 Dec

Christmas Break

 

22 Dec - 2 Jan 2009

Winter Quarter

Reporting Date (International)

Thursday

28 Dec 2008

New Years Observed (Holiday)

Tuesday

1 Jan 2009

Reporting Date

Monday

5 Jan

Instruction Begins

Wednesday

7 Jan

Martin Luther King's Birthday (Holiday)

Monday

19 Jan

Reporting Date for Refresher.

Monday

9 Feb

President's Day (Holiday)

Monday

16 Feb

Refresher Begins

Tuesday

17 Feb

Pre-graduation Awards Ceremony.

Tuesday

17 Mar

Final Examinations Begin

Monday

23 Mar

Graduation

Friday

27 Mar

Spring Quarter

Reporting Date (International)

Sunday

15 Mar

Reporting Date

Monday

23 Mar

Instruction Begins.

Monday

30 Mar

Reporting Date for Refresher

.Monday

4 May

Refresher Begins

Monday

11 May

Memorial Day (Holiday)

Monday

25 May

Pre-graduation Awards Ceremony

Tuesday

9 Jun

Final Examinations Begin

Monday

15 Jun

Graduation

Friday

19 Jun

Summer Break

 

22 Jun - 3 Jul

Summer Quarter

Reporting Date (International)

Sunday

22 Jun

Reporting Date

Monday

29 Jun

Independence Day (Holiday

Friday

3 Jul

Instruction Begins

Monday

6 Jul

Reporting Date for Refresher

Monday

10 Aug

Refresher Begins

Monday

17 Aug

Labor Day (Holiday)

Monday

7 Sep

Pre-graduation Awards Ceremony

Tuesday

15 Sep

Final Examinations Begin

Monday

21 Sep

Graduation

Friday

25 Sep

12/04/2006

Academic Calendar AY 2010

Fall Quarter

Reporting Date (International)

Sunday

13 Sept 2009

Reporting Date

Monday

21 Sept

Instruction Begins

Monday

28 Sept

Columbus Day (Holiday)

Monday

12 Oct

Reporting Date for Refresher

Monday

2 Nov

Refresher Begins

Monday

9 Nov

Veteran's Day (Holiday).

Wednesday

11 Nov

Thanksgiving Day (Holiday)

Thursday

26 Nov

Pre-graduation Awards Ceremony

Tuesday

8 Dec

Final Examinations Begin

Monday

14 Dec

Graduation

Friday

18 Dec

Christmas Break

 

21 Dec - 3 Jan 2009

Winter Quarter

Reporting Date (International)

Sunday

27 Dec 2008

New Years Observed (Holiday)

Friday

1 Jan 2009

Reporting Date

Monday

4 Jan

Instruction Begins

Wednesday

6 Jan

Martin Luther King's Birthday (Holiday)

Monday

18 Jan

Reporting Date for Refresher.

Monday

8 Feb

President's Day (Holiday)

Monday

15 Feb

Refresher Begins

Tuesday

16 Feb

Pre-graduation Awards Ceremony.

Tuesday

16 Mar

Final Examinations Begin

Monday

22 Mar

Graduation

Friday

26 Mar

Spring Quarter

Reporting Date (International)

Sunday

14 Mar

Reporting Date

Monday

22 Mar

Instruction Begins.

Monday

29 Mar

Reporting Date for Refresher

Monday

3 May

Refresher Begins

Monday

10 May

Memorial Day (Holiday)

Monday

31 May

Pre-graduation Awards Ceremony

Tuesday

8 Jun

Final Examinations Begin

Monday

14 Jun

Graduation

Friday

18 Jun

Summer Break

 

21 Jun - 2 Jul

Summer Quarter

Reporting Date (International)

Sunday

20 Jun

Reporting Date

Monday

28 Jun

Independence Day (Holiday

Monday

5 Jul

Instruction Begins

Tuesday

6 Jul

Reporting Date for Refresher

Monday

9 Aug

Refresher Begins

Monday

16 Aug

Labor Day (Holiday)

Monday

6 Sep

Pre-graduation Awards Ceremony

Tuesday

14 Sep

Final Examinations Begin

Monday

20 Sep

Graduation

Friday

24 Sep

12/04/2006