ACADEMIC YEAR 2027 OFFICER PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM

R 281813Z APR 26
MARADMIN 198/26
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG EDCOM PRES MCU QUANTICO VA//
SUBJ/ACADEMIC YEAR 2027 OFFICER PROFESSIONAL MILITARY
EDUCATION DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM//
REF/A/DOC/CMC/MCO P1553.4B/YMD:20080125//
AMPN/REF A IS THE PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS ORDER
FOR OFFICERS.//
POC1/CIV/S. ERDELATZ/DEAN/CDET/LOC: QUANTICO/TEL: COMM(703)784-0741
/EMAIL: [email protected]//
POC2/CIV/D. HASKIN/CSCDEP/CDET/LOC: QUANTICO/TEL: COMM(703)432-4693/
EMAIL: [email protected]//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. This message provides information for Academic
Year (AY) 2026-2027 College of Distance Education and Training
(CDET) Officer Professional Military Education (OPME) nonresident
distance education programs. For purposes of promotion, completing
a seminar program is equivalent to completion of the associated
resident schools for captains and majors.
2. Student eligibility. CDET OPME programs are Total Force
programs.
2.a. The following personnel are eligible to participate in the
Expeditionary Warfare School Distance Education Program (EWSDEP)
(in order of priority).
2.a.1. Marine O3 (including selects and LDOs)
2.a.2. CWO3 and CWO3 selects
2.a.3. International Officers
2.a.4. Other Service O3
2.a.5. Marine O2 and CWO2
2.a.6. GS12 or equivalent
2.a.7. Marine E7-E9 (requires waiver for enrollment)
2.b. Interested students that require a waiver should contact their
closest CDET Regional Point of Contact (POC) listed in paragraph 4.b.
to obtain more information on the waiver process.
3. The seminars are executed through the CDET regional campuses.
A map of each region's geographic areas and enrollment information is
available at https://www.usmcu.edu/CDET/contact-regions. The CDET
OPME AY 2027 seminars will run from September 2026 through May 2027.
AY 2027 seminar dates for the CDET seminar programs are as follows.
3.a. EWSDEP is a CLS consisting of four 16-week seminars (courses
8671-8674), which are all offered every semester. All four courses
must be taken in order and each course is offered each semester
(fall/spring) each academic year. Completion of the self-paced
prerequisite is required to register for seminar. Prerequisite
enrollment is facilitated via the Marine Corps e-Learning Ecosystem
(MCeLE)(formerly known as Marinenet) by searching for course code
"EWSDEPPREQ." Allow six weeks for prerequisite completion.
Registration Deadline Beginning Week Class Ending Week
Fall 31 Jul 26 8 Sep 26 18 Jan 27
Spring 31 Dec 26 1 Feb 27 17 May 27
3.b. CSCDEP is an Intermediate Level School (ILS), Joint
Professional Military Education (JPME) Phase I accredited program
consisting of eight courses to be completed over two academic years.
All eight courses must be taken in order, and each course is offered
once each academic year. Students complete four courses from
September-May each year, with graduation following the completion of
the second year.
3.c. The following personnel are eligible to participate in the
CSCDEP (in order of priority).
3.c.1. Marine O4 (including selects and LDOs)
3.c.2. CWO4 and CWO4 selects
3.c.3. International Officers
3.c.4. Other Service O4
3.c.5. GS13 or equivalent
3.c.6. CLS-complete O3 with 24 months time in grade (TIG)
3.c.7. CLS-complete CWO3 with 24 months TIG (requires Regional
Director approval)
3.c.8. Marine E8-E9 (requires waiver for enrollment)
3.d. Interested students that require a waiver should contact their
closest CDET Regional POC listed in paragraph 4.b. to obtain more
information on the waiver process.
3.e. Seminar registration deadline for AY 2027 is 31 Jul 26.
Seminars begin the week of 8 Sep 26 and end approximately 18 May 27.
4. Seminar Registration/Enrollment
4.a. The seminar registration and enrollment process is student-
initiated via MCeLE. Enrollment instructions are available at
https://www.usmcu.edu/CDET/.
4.a.1. Marines can request enrollment in any of the seminar programs
at https://www.marinenet.usmc.mil. For CSCDEP, use "9000CSCDEP" for
course search; for EWSDEP, use "8670AZSEM0" for course search.
4.a.2. MCeLE enrollment requests will be automatically forwarded
to the regional office for processing. It is vitally important to
make sure all contact information, especially the preferred email
address in the MCeLE profile, is up-to-date as this is what the
regional office and adjunct faculty use to communicate with students.
4.a.3. Members of regional offices will contact students that have
requested enrollment to help determine student needs: delivery type
(online or onsite), location, and day of the week. Overall student
demand will affect the final seminar options.
4.a.4. No later than seven days before the start of the scheduled
seminars, all students will be contacted by their assigned adjunct
faculty with their seminar information.
4.a.5. EWSDEP Students are not automatically enrolled in the next
course within the curriculum progression. Students must contact
their regional office to participate in follow-on seminars.
4.a.6. CSCDEP students are not automatically enrolled in seminars
between first year and second year seminars. CSCDEP students must
contact their regional offices to be included to second year
seminars.
4.a.7. Information on the EWS/CSC Blended Seminar Program is
published in MARADMIN 158/26.
4.b. Regional contact information:
4.b.1. Camp Lejeune Region: (910) 451-9309, CDET_CampLejeune@
usmcu.edu.
4.b.2. Camp Pendleton Region: (760) 725-8400, CDET_CampPendleton@
usmcu.edu.
4.b.3. Fort Worth Region: (817) 782-1918, DSN: 739-1918,
[email protected].
4.b.4. Hawaii Region: (808) 496-1956, [email protected].
4.b.5. Miramar Region: (858) 307-1373, [email protected].
4.b.6. Okinawa Region: DSN (315) 645-2500, [email protected].
4.b.7. Quantico Region: (703) 432-6522, [email protected].
4.b.8. OCONUS Stationed Students: All seminars for Marines stationed
(not deployed) in an OCONUS location not covered by one of the CDET
regions above, Steve O'Dell, (703)784-2410, [email protected].
4.b.9. Additional information may be found on the CDET website,
https://www.usmcu.edu/CDET/.
5. Coordinating Instructions
5.a. Temporary additional duty is not authorized for these seminar
programs.
5.b. All students will require access to a personal computer with
audio and video capability and internet connection while
participating in a seminar program.
5.c. All students must have Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and
Adobe Reader installed on their personal computer. All other word
processing, presentation, and spreadsheet programs, including but not
limited to Numbers (Mac), are not fully compatible and are
unacceptable for student use.
5.d. Students are highly encouraged to have an active civilian email
account associated with their MCeLE and Moodle profiles. Students
will receive emails directly from Moodle with course information,
assignments, and correspondence from adjunct faculty.
6. Release authorized by Brigadier General M. W. Tracy, President,
Marine Corps University.//