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About Classes
 How do I register for a class?
Where is the application link for my agency?
Where do I get answers to my questions about registration or the status of my application?
Where can I find a class schedule and course descriptions?
How will I know if I’m registered in a class?
How can I cancel my reservation in a class?
How much do DAU classes cost?
Am I eligible to attend DAU classes?
Why haven’t you sent my TDY orders?
DAU Student Services
How can I get a transcript?
How can I get a DAU catalog?
How can I contact my Service or agency’s registration POC?
Related Programs
What are ACE credits and how do they work?
What are CEUs and how do they work?
Does DAU have special agreements with other schools (partnerships)?
Where do I go to get my certification?
What are the requirements to get certified (certification checklists)?
Can I fill out some paperwork to demonstrate that I have fulfilled a course requirement (fulfillment).
Is this course I took 5 years ago the same as the course on the current schedule (predecessor)?
Are there schools or private vendors that offer courses equivalent to DAU courses (equivalency)?
Who do I contact if I need to get more information about the process for establishing equivalency for a DAU course?
What is the congressionally mandated ceiling to the career field ?
How will the Components code positions for acquisition if the January 10, 2006 Desk Guide guidance has not been updated?
Changes to Title 10 U.S.C. § 1724, Section 824 In The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002
Other Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I find out about school policies?
How can I find out about DAU Regions and campuses?
Transcript / Verification of Course Attendance Request
Transcripts for courses taken at Defense Acquisition University (DAU) schools or affiliated course providers can be obtained for those courses taken since the inception of DAU in FY 93 and which were processed through ATRRS. If you took a course before the establishment of DAU in FY 93, a transcript may not be available as the school/provider may either no longer exist or may not be required to maintain student information. DAU can only guarantee transcripts for resident and distance learning courses taken since the University was established.
The DAU Academic Support Team will do everything possible to assist students who need course information before 1993. If the information is in ATRRS, the information may be readily available.
DAU Transcripts
Our transcripts show only DAU courses work (training and continuous learning as well as equivalancies and fulfillments ) successfully completed, not courses you have taken from other schools continuous learning activities or unsuccessful completions. By accessing the transcript program (see GET A TRANSCRIPT after this paragraph), you can print a transcript at your desk, request an official transcript with raised DoD seal be sent to a college, or contact the person who processes DAU transcripts. Official transcripts are typically processed within 5 business days, and you will receive an e-mail notice when your transcript has been processed. Processing could take longer if research is required. Please note the following:
- Sometimes students access their training history through the Virtual Campus. The training history from this source shows only DL courses and continuous learning training, not your entire DAU training history.
- Although typically sooner, course completions (graduations) are posted within 5 business days of the course end date. To see if a recent graduation is on your transcript, select the view unofficial transcript option after accessing
GET A TRANSCRIPT.
- Equivalencies and fulfillments will only be captured on the DAU transcript if your component has entered the data into ATRRS. More information on the equivalency and fulfillment program is available on the DAU website.
- DAU will not accept a request for a transcript from a third party even if a release has been provided by the student.
If you have questions or have trouble submitting a transcript request online, please contact the following:
Phone: 703-805-3003, DSN 655-3003, toll free 1-888-284-4906.
CONTINUOUS LEARNING TRANSCRIPTS
Completed DAU modules will appear in a DAU CL-specific transcript that you can access by going to the DAU Transcript Program (see above paragraph). Only modules offered through DAU's Continuous Learning Center will be recorded on DAU transcripts.
CANCELING A CLASS: If you are not able to attend the class, you must officially cancel your reservation through the agency-specific site you used to apply. DAU cannot cancel you. If you don’t cancel, your status will be no-show, which could prohibit you from applying for additional courses.
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Where do I get answers to my questions about registration or the status of my application?
Contact your Service or agency. They register you. Access the site for your Service or agency.
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How will I know if I’m registered in a class?
Contact your Service or agency. DAU has no visibility on you unless you are registered, on the wait list, or canceled. If your Service or agency has not acted on your application, we cannot tell you what the status of your application is. BACK TO TOP
How can I cancel my reservation in a class?
You must cancel yourself from a class. DAU does not have the user rights to do this. If you don’t cancel a class you know you cannot attend, you will be assigned the status of no-show once the class starts, which will probably mean that your Service or agency will restrict your application rights for the immediate future. You cancel a class by returning to the same agency link you used to apply for the class. BACK TO TOP
How much do DAU classes cost?
At this time, DAU does not charge tuition for its courses, except for certain foreign students. Foreign personnel, DOT-related agencies, industry, and non-DoD federal employees fund their own members' travel and per diem costs. For military and civilian employees, your Service's acquisition career management office (the people who register you) will determine whether they or your command will fund your travel. You need to follow their processes.
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Am I eligible to attend DAU classes?
All Service and DoD employees may attend DAU classes. The Services and DoD non-MILDEP agencies, through their Defense Acquisition Career Management (DACM) offices, have quotas in our classes. The DACMs establish priorities for their own military and civilian members, depending on such issues as whether a student is in an acquisition-coded billet. The DACMs register their own members; the Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI) registers most non-DoD students.
Non-DoD federal agency and defense industry employees may attend DAU courses at no cost on a space-available basis. There are some non-DoD and defense industry quotas in DAU courses; however, designated quotas are not in every class at every location. Non-DoD applicants should understand that DoD and MILDEP employees have precedence over all non-DoD federal agency and defense industry employees except when there are specific quotas for these categories. This is particularly important in the case where a federal agency or defense industry employee is placed on a wait list, because all DoD and MILDEP employees are assigned a higher priority on the wait list, even when they are added after the non-DoD and defense industry have been assigned a wait status.
You can find application information and POCs at http://www.dau.mil/studentInfo/pages/Military%20personnel%20Welcome.aspx. Be sure to read the screens carefully. Save yourself time and frustration by contacting the right POC.
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Why haven’t you sent my TDY orders?
DAU does not prepare any orders for students. Your Service or agency will assist you with this issue. The agency application programs have information on their sites, and labels vary. Contact your agency
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DAU Catalog
Our catalog is online and easy to access. If you want a paper copy, e-mail student.services@dau.mil. Be sure to tell us how many copies you want and include your complete address as well as a telephone number in case there is a question. Click here to go to the online catalog.
What are ACE credits and how do they work?
American Council on Education (ACE) credits are assigned by ACE to various DAU courses, some at the undergraduate, some at the graduate levels. Colleges are not required to accept these as transfer credits. These credits appear on your transcript (click here to access your transcript). To see a list of ACE credits assigned to DAU courses click here.
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What are CEUs and how do they work?
Continuing Education Units are assigned to most classes and are shown on the course completion certificate and on the transcript. Click here to see a list of CEUs assigned to DAU courses. These credits appear on your transcript. (click here to access your transcript)
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Does DAU have special agreements with other schools (partnerships)?
Go to an interactive web-based “database” for DAU Strategic Partnerships to query the current listing of DAU partnerships. Current (and prospective) DAU students can search the file for partners in their area offering credits for DAU courses. This allows students to obtain necessary degrees for career advancement at institutions near their home station – enhancing quality of life. Prospective partners can search the file for current DAU partners with which they have already worked. Click here to go to the web-based data base. click here
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Where do I go to get my certification?
DAU only certifies it own employees. The Services and DoD have their own certification programs. To access various links Click Here.
Contractors: DAU is not aware of any source to certify contractors.
Contractors may demonstrate an equivalency commensurate with that of the Defense Acquisition Workforce in terms of training by enrolling in the DAU courses and learning modules specified in the functional area core certification standards and the core plus development guides outlined in the DAU iCatalog at http://icatalog.dau.mil/onlinecatalog/CareerLvl.aspx.
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What are the requirements to get certified (certification checklists)?
To see the checklist for your functional area, click here.
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Can I fill out some paperwork to demonstrate that I have fulfilled a course requirement (fulfillment)?
The fulfillment program enables Acquisition Workforce members to receive credit for mandatory DAU courses for which they are able to demonstrate competency through experience, education, or alternative training. The official Fulfillment Guide is dated 1999. As of February 2005, this guide was still current. Click here to access the policy and procedures document. BACK TO TOP
Is this course I took 5 years ago the same as the course on the current schedule (predecessor)?
This information is included in our catalog at the end of Chapter 3. click here
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Are there schools or private vendors that offer courses equivalent to DAU courses (equivalency)? click here
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Other Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I find out about school policies?
There are policies that pertain to all of DAU, and there are policies that pertain to specific regions. Click here to access information about student policies. click here
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How can I find out about DAU Regions and campuses?
Click here to access information about regions and campuses. click here
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Who do I contact if I need to get more information about the process for establishing equivalency for a DAU course?
Information is provided at http://icatalog.dau.mil/appg.aspx. (email: equivalency@dau.mil).
What is the congressionally mandated ceiling to the career field?
The OUSD(DoD AT&L)/DPAP/AWCM memorandum of November 21, 2003, that established a moratorium on designating new people or positions in the Defense Acquisition Workforce was rescinded by the Acting Director, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy on November 9, 2005. This means that there are no congressional limitations on the overall Defense Acquisition Workforce size.
How will the Components code positions for acquisition if the January 10, 2006 Desk Guide has not been updated?
In the March 2006 Working Management Group Meeting, all Components agreed that the majority of the functions must be acquisition-related, and the position should encompass greater than 50% acquisition-related functions. The desk guide will be updated in the future.
Where can I find copies of the DAU course catalog from 2001 thru today to look up past certification requirements, etc?
You can view DAU course requirements posted in the DAU catalogs from 2001 to present at this site: http://icatalog.dau.mil/
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