NACOE Veteran Student Guide to Preparing JST Credit Review Materials  

Veteran students have two avenues to pursue evaluation of JST credits. 

1- Evaluation of JST for CORE Credits 

The Core Equivalency Review Committee (CERC) considers appeals and/or petitions from students seeking waivers or substitutions of established core course requirements. These appeals are organized with the support of your academic department advisor. 

Please follow these steps to submit a CERC appeal 

a. Meet with NACOE JST Specialist to review your JST and discuss potential CORE equivalencies 

i. Please connect with Katie Gahagan for JST CORE discussion. She can be reached by scheduling an appointment through NavMSU or emailing katie.gahagan@montana.edu. During this meeting, a CERC petition will be created.

ii. You will recieve and automated email from bannersystem@montana.edu. The email provides you with a link that you will need to utilize to finish our CERC petition. 

b. Access and Complete the Joint Service Transcript Core Request Form found on the CERC webpage. 

i. You will attach the JST Core Request form in place of a syllabus in your CERC petition. 

2-  Evaluation of JST for Major Specific Coursework 

Some Veteran Students join NACOE with engineering related experience from their position in the Military. If you have JST credits that you believe relate to your major, you will need to receive approval from your NACOE Department Head.  

Please follow these steps to request that JST coursework be applied to your major. 

a. Meet with your Department Academic Advisor 

i. Contact information will be provided in your online Orientation Pathway.  

ii. Let your Academic Advisor know that you have taken JST courses that you believe are related to your major. 

b. Prepare documentation for the Department Head 

i. Please gather documentation, such as a course booklet or evidence of projects completed.  

c. Meet with your NACOE Department Head 

i. Your academic advisor will provide you contact information to meet with the Department Head.

ii. Please bring the documentation you prepared to your meeting. 

d. If approved, your Department will manually build the JST course into your Degreeworks.