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Admin
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Location: Renton, WA | Subject: Question for ex-nukes
When I went thru nuke school it was said that the six months of 8-hr days in the classroom was the equivalent of an Associates degree in Mech (or Elec if you were on that path) Eng'g - BUT - that since most of the curriculum was applied to classified components of a Naval nuclear power plant, the curriculum was not releasable to academia for accreditation purposes.
I think it was about 10 years after I got out I heard that things had changed and that nukes of that time period we able to get credit for some/all of the course work. Does that ring true with anybody? |
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Plankowner
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Location: Upper lefthand corner of the map. | Subject: RE: Question for ex-nukes
Interesting question.
I have never thought about any military school being able to have any accreditation with the civilian world.
Navy has always been reputed to have the best school for practical learning and knowledge.
Be interesting to learn if that is true also. |
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Master and Commander
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Location: Albany, GA. | Subject: RE: Question for ex-nukes
I seem to recall engineering credits being given for being a Nuke EWS for training and practical experience. Believe it involved interviews and tests. I recall challenging some college courses in the hopes of avoiding them. Then I found out I didn't have to take that course but needed to take a more advanced course to get the necessary credit points to graduation. Sort of screwed myself as I could have skated on those math courses and engineering basics. Instead I got to work my way through the more advanced stuff while working my way thru college. |
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Master and Commander
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Location: Patterson, New York | Subject: RE: Question for ex-nukes
My A and C Schools, plus my other training served me well in college. When I was working on my Bachelors in Business at Western Connecticut State University they took my DD214 and evaluated the A & C schools to give me 14 credits in Science and Math. Also, my service excused me from having to take PE; they just gave me the 4 credits for 8 semesters of PE.
I had also gone to a four week Instructor School during one in port in New London. This allowed me to do some part-time college teaching after I earned my Masters in Business. Eventually, I spent enough time in the classroom that I became a permanent part-timer.
And the GI Bill covered all this college. |
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Master and Commander
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Location: East Coast of Wisconsin | Subject: RE: Question for ex-nukes
Good question. In the good old civilian Nuke business, I attended Westinghouse sites of Waltz Mills, Monroeville, and Saxton for about a year. Followed by 2 years of on site school with Westinghouse instructors as well as our own before I could even sit for a Senior Reactor Operator's license. it wasn't even mentioned whether any of this might result in credits. We had to have our complement of licensed people before we could even load fuel so the heat was on. |
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Master and Commander
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I didn't get squat from my MT schools related to college credits. I received my BSEE after a few wrinkles. Navy schools and college had different ideas about current flow. After a rough start I finally figured it all out. I was excused from PE due to veterans status and used the hours to add more courses. I did take PE one Summer session just for giggles since it was a chance to get pool time between some classes. Summer in Beaumont Texas is when the temperatures and humidity are the same. |
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Senior Crew
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Location: Kennewick, Washington | Subject: RE: Question for ex-nukes
Check out this link: https://www.military.com/education/timesaving-programs/college-credit-for-military-experience.html We had a set of these books at the Retired Activities Office where I was a volunteer. Covered most of the military schools. But it is up to each college to determine which school credits they will or will not accept. Could save you some money by not having to take classes that you may already have had an equivalency. |
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Master and Commander
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AA Degrees here in SoCal probably didn't come close to Nuc School, they were two years, and mostly involved with satisfying general requirements for transfer to a university. I thought I was going to be an engineer at junior college, and wound up a history major after calculus, and analytical geometry wrecked me. In the 60's University of California BS degrees for engineering were general, and only could be specific with advance degree. I wanted to be a civil engineer, and spent my fist semester having to take dumbbell English.
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COMSUBBBS
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Location: Kansas City Missouri | Subject: RE: Question for ex-nukes
oh yes, those good old college days
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COMSUBBBS
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Location: New Jersey | Subject: RE: Question for ex-nukes
I didn't go to an A,B,C,D or nuke school. However, when I qualed on starting a FM I qualified for 2 credits per engine, 1 credit for the stills, and 1.5 credits for the HPAC's... Believe that, I got a slightly used bridge to sell yuz!  |
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