COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM CURRICULUM TRANSITION FROM 8900 TO 9000 SERIES

R 161840Z APR 26
MARADMIN 178/26
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG EDCOM QUANTICO VA//
SUBJ/COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM CURRICULUM
TRANSITION FROM 8900 TO 9000 SERIES//
POC/D.HASKIN/CIV/COLLEGE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING, CSCDEP
ASSOCIATE DEAN OF ACADEMICS/DSN 278-4693/EMAIL: DENNIS.HASKIN@USMCU.
EDU//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. Purpose. This MARADMIN describes the transition
plan from the current Command and Staff College Distance Education
Program (CSCDEP) 8900 curriculum to the new 9000 curriculum to
modernize field-grade Professional Military Education (PME) to
account for the changing character of war and the challenges of 21st
century Marine Air Ground Task Force, naval, and Joint all-domain
warfighting.
2. The College of Distance Education and Training (CDET) will
implement the new CSCDEP curriculum commencing with Academic Year
(AY) 2027. The new 9000 program will remain as an all-seminar
experience.
3. The CSCDEP school code will remain T4L and the curriculum will
fulfill Intermediate Level School PME and JPME-1 requirements.
The Marine Corps e-Learning Environment (MCeLE) curriculum code for
the new 9000 program will be 9000CSCDEP. Students must submit
enrollment requests for seminars beginning on 1 July 2026 through
MCeLE with the new 9000 curriculum Course Code: 9000CSCDEP.
4. Starting on 1 July 2026 (AY 27), all students enrolling in
CSCDEP for the first time will begin the 9000 curricula. Students
returning for the second year of CSCDEP will complete the 8900
second-year courses. Students currently enrolled in the 8900
program will have until 30 June 2028 to complete that curriculum
or transition to the 9000 curriculum. See equivalencies in
paragraph 6.
5. The 9000 curriculum will be comprised of eight seminar courses
that are delivered over two academic years. Weekday seminar
courses will be offered from September to May each AY. The
default for completing the program will be the onsite weekly
seminar or weekend seminar, where available. There will be an
online weekly seminar offered for officers who are unable to
participate in an onsite weekly or weekend seminar. Authorization
for students to take an online seminar will be made by the
respective CDET Regional Director.
6. Students enrolled in the 8900 series who are unable to complete
the curriculum prior to 30 June 2028 will be granted equivalency
credit for appropriate 9000 courses. No partial credit will be
granted. Consideration of equivalency for 8900 coursework will
terminate 30 June 2028. Specific equivalency mapping between the
8900 and 9000 can be found on the CDET website at https:(slash)
(slash)www.usmcu.edu/cdet/.
7. Release authorized by Brigadier General M. W. Tracy, President,
Marine Corps University//