Course Registration
Guidelines for Veterans
Office of Veterans Services
Andrews University
Administration Building 1st Floor
Phone: 1-269-471-3286
Email: veterans@andrews.edu
Fax: 1-269-471-3228
COURSE APPLICABILITY FOR VA CERTIFICATION
Only credits that apply toward completion of the student’s degree program can be certified for VA purposes. Ex.: If 12
credit hours are certified, all 12 must apply. If a student enrolls for 12 credits but only 9 satisfy degree requirements,
only 9 credits will be certified. There are two exceptions to the rule.
The last semester before graduation, all credit hours taken can be certified if one or more of the credits satisfy a
graduation requirement. Last means last. There is only one last semester.
If a substitution is requested and approved for a degree requirement, VA will allow the substitution.
REPEATING COURSES
Courses that are failed or for which the grade does not meet minimum requirements for graduation may be
certified for VA purposes if they are repeated.
Courses that are successfully completed may not be certified for VA purposes if they are repeated. If students
choose to take additional courses to raise their GPA to graduate, the courses must not have already been
successfully
completed and can only be taken during the last semester.
CREDIT HOURS AND CLASS LOADS DURING ACADEMIC SEMESTER
Andrews University Credit Hours for Class Loads
Program/Level
Full-time 3/4-time 1/2-time
Undergraduate
12+ 9–11 6–8
Graduate
8+ 6–7 4–5
Master of Divinity
9+ 6.75 4.5–6.74
VA TRAINING TIME REQUIREMENTS FOR VA EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS
(Standard Semester Term)*
Undergraduate (Training Time Equivalency)
12 credits or more = Full time
9–11 credits = Three-quarter
6–8 credits = One-half time
4–5 credits = Less than one-half time
1-3 credits = One-quarter time
Graduate
Certified as per AU credit hours time
for class load policy. (See above.)
*Changes in credits are reported to VA only if training time changes according to the above chart.
INDEPENDENT STUDY, REMEDIAL AND DEFICIENCY COURSES
Independent Study, Remedial and deficiency courses are approvable if printed in the current bulletin. Otherwise,
such courses must be approved by the State Approving Agency before they can be certified as part of an approved
degree program. See the benefits coordinator in the AU Veterans Services Office.
Chapters 33, 30, 32, 1606, and 1607: Entitlement is charged for remedial and deficiency training.
Chapter 35: Entitlement is not charged for 5 months of full-time remedial and deficiency training.