Army Correspondence Course Program

The Army Correspondence Course Program (ACCP), is a type of distance education and the formal nonresident extension of the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) service schools’ curriculum.

The Army Correspondence Course Program (ACCP) is the formal nonresident extension of the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) service schools’ curricula.

When completing Army Distance Learning Program (TADLP) course, module and subcourse examinations, students are required to submit their own work. Students who are suspected of cheating on examinations are subject to Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) Articles 107, 132, and 134.

DA Pamphlet 351-20, The Army Correspondence Course Program Catalog is a standard Army publication. The catalog lists all correspondence courses developed and administered by the Army and select Department of Defense activities. The Army Institute for Professional Development (AIPD) publishes a yearly revision of the catalog each October to update the ACCP curriculum and any procedural changes to the program. The entire ACCP curriculum and an electronic enrollment form are also listed at the Army Training Support Center’s Web site. The ACCP Catalog offers two types of study: individual and group.

AIPD’s automated student record system limits students to one course enrollment, or to one course enrollment and a subcourse enrollment, at any one time. But, this limitation applies only to the courses and subcourses administered by AIPD. Each subcourse is awarded a specific number of credit hours, noted in ACCP Catalog Chapter 3 at the individual subcourse descriptions and usually included on the title page of a subcourse. The number of credit hours for any given subcourse is based on the estimated time required for a student to read the material and complete all practice exercises and the examination. If a subcourse is assigned six credit hours, the author(s) of the subcourse probably timed someone as they read the entire subcourse, performed each practice exercise, then completed the examination. They then rounded this amount of time off to the nearest hour and awarded it as the credit hours for the subcourse.

Instructions:

1. Log-in for self-development subcourses or a course or a phase to a course.

2. Update your student information (ie. adddress, email, phone number, rank, etc).

3. Complete and submit your final examinations on-line.

4. View and print your active and history records.

5. View a list of current courses and subcourses.

6. Request Assistance.

Army Correspondence Courses Promotion Points

Award 4 points per week for completion of PLDC and BNCOC. PLDC equivalency; points will be awarded based on the active component duration and equivalency must be approved prior to awarding points. Only resident courses are authorized promotion points under this rule. Nonresident courses will be awarded points under correspondence course rules outlined below.

Soldiers completing Ranger School will be awarded 32 points and soldiers completing Special Forces Qualification Course will be awarded 60 points. When the Ranger School Course exceeds 8 weeks or the Special Forces Course exceeds 15 weeks, 4 points per week will be awarded. All phases of the course must be completed in order to receive promotion points under this provision.

The awarding of 4 points per week is authorized for battalion level or higher training that are at least 1 week in duration (40 hours is equivalent to 1 week). Courses conducted at company, battery, troop, and detachment level are not authorized promotion points. Training must be coordinated, consolidated, and conducted at battalion or higher level. Training will be annotated on a DA Form 87 (Certificate of Training), must have been completed during duty hours and funded by the military. DA Form 87 must be signed by a field grade officer serving in an LTC or higher position. Ordinary leave and permissive TDY are not considered as duty time. Civilian certificates of completion for military training are not authorized promotion points unless issued on a DA Form 87. Promotion points will not be awarded for duplicate military training. For example, soldier attends Combat Lifesaver Course and completes the Army Correspondence Course Program (ACCP) Combat Lifesaver Course, then he/she will only get points for one course, not both.
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1. louis reynhardt says:

   May 17, 2011 at 3:54 am

   I want to further my current rank which is on a sergeant level towards captain or major in order to train my own people in the techniques used in the defence force and body gaurding , please send me more details of the correspondence courses available.
2. Vincent D. McClendon says:

   June 10, 2011 at 8:20 am

   I am trying to get a copy of the correspendence courses that I took when I was in the military. How can I do this?
3. Stephen Van Scoyoc says:

   November 15, 2011 at 12:59 am

   I have the same question as vincent. I was separated for disability and i am trying to get a copy of the correspondence i did when i was active.