Once selected, DPE forwards By-Name Requests to Army Human Resources Command (HRC) for approval.  Once approved, officers seek acceptance to one or more of the three graduate schools listed below and submit ORIGINALS of the following documents to the DPE Recruiting Officer:

1.  DA Form 1618 (must list 3 schools - one being state supported and noted

with an asterisk)

2.  Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Scores (must not be more than 5 years old)

3.  Letter(s) of Acceptance (must include each item listed below - if not in original letter, request a supplemental letter from the school/department that does include this information)

- Name of officer being accepted
- Statement offering admission to the school
- Tuition Information (resident or non-resident and cost per semester)
- Degree to be obtained (MA, MS, Ph.D., JD, LLM, etc.)
- Department and discipline to which admitted
- Registration and class start dates
- Inclusive dates of the officer's program of study
- Expected graduation date
- Length of academic program (i.e. 33 semester hours or 18 months or 3 semesters)
- Required prerequisites (if any) and if they can be taken concurrently with the program, or must they be taken prior to official acceptance into the graduate program

4.  Transcripts (undergraduate and graduate, if applicable)

Recommended graduate school programs:

University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA) - http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu

Indiana University (Bloomington, IN) - http://www.hper.indiana.edu/

Texas A&M University (College Station, TX) - http://hlknweb.tamu.edu/

Recommended Classes for Master's Degree

As a participant in the Army's fully funded Advanced Civil Schooling (ACS) Program, you will receive PCS orders assigning you to the U.S. Army Student Detachment (USASD) at Ft. Jackson, SC, with duty at your specific university.

Our officers earn a Masters degree in Physical Education, Kinesiology or Exercise Science. The degree programs are all one year in length and immediately precede your 3-year utilization tour here at USMA. The degree programs are specifically set up to prepare the officer for their duties at USMA. Generally, the program of study includes pedagogy, curriculum development, motor learning/control, biomechanics, sport psychology, and exercise physiology courses while also allowing you the opportunity to assist in teaching some basic physical education activity classes.

For more information on the GRE, go to http://www.gre.org/ttindex.html.  ACS requires that minimum scores are 500 points on the verbal assessment, 500 points on the quantitative assessment and 4.0 in the analytical writing assessment. Scores for tests taken before 1 Oct 02 require a minimum of 500 in each of the three academic scored sections (verbal, quantitative and analytical). Test results must not be more than 5 years from the date tested.

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