Students may receive academic credit for resident language study at the DLIFLC. (No credit is awarded for DLIFLC nonresident programs.) Degree-granting colleges and universities always reserve the right to apply only partially, to re-compute, or to accept completely any credits transferred from other institutions. Transferred credits must thus be understood as recommended credits.
DLIFLC, as an accredited institution of post-secondary education, has assigned academic credit in semester units for successful completion of course work in its resident programs since Oct 1, 1990 with permission of the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (ACCJC/WASC). The chart under the heading “Overview of the Programs” shows the number of credits awarded for courses at the lower and upper division levels of the Basic and Intermediate Programs.
In addition, the American Council on Education (ACE) provides academic credit recommendations based on test scores earned on the Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT). Qualifications: credit recommendations are only available for languages tested with a DLPT III or DLPT IV format after 1 October 1990. The number of credits recommended varies, depending on the test scores (specifically, “converted scores”) achieved on the listening, reading, and speaking tests, and on the difficulty of the language concerned. Languages are categorized from I (easiest) to IV (hardest), based on the difficulty native speakers of American English may have in learning a foreign language.
The languages currently eligible for this program are:
Category I: English, French, Italian, Portuguese
(Brazilian), Portuguese (European), and Spanish
Category II: German, Romanian (DLPT III)
Category III: Czech, Greek, Hebrew, Persian-Farsi, Polish, Russian,
Serbian/Croatian, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese
Category IV: Arabic, Chinese Mandarin, Japanese, and Korean
A maximum of 24 credits may be obtained for Category I languages, 27 for Category II, 30 for Category III, and 36 for Category IV.
The Office of the Registrar will provide assistance in matters of all academic credit, the release of academic transcripts, and the DLPT Score Reports, showing DLPT test results and the amount of recommended credit under the ACE Credit by Examination Program. Questions should be addressed to:
Commandant
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center
ATTN: ATFL-DAA-R
Presidio of Monterey, CA 93944-5006
Email: roelof.wijbrandus@monterey.army.mil
Phone (831) 242-5825/6459/5366/6454/6439
Fax (831) 242-5146
More information can be obtained on the “Academic Records and Transcripts” page.
The Army/American Council on Education Registry Transcript System (AARTS) also assigns academic credit for certain active duty military educational experiences. Transcripts and detailed information are available from:
AARTS Operations Center,
Ft. Leavenworth, KS 66027-5073