Change to MARADMIN 247/05 the Officer Professional Military Education Primary Level School Distance Education Program

1. REF A ANNOUNCED THE OPENING OF THE
NEW 8650 EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE SCHOOL DISTANCE EDUCATION
PROGRAM (EWSDEP) FOR 1 AUG 05. THE OPENING DATE FOR THIS
COURSE HAS BEEN CHANGED. EWSDEP 8650 WILL NOW BE OPEN FOR 
ENROLLMENT 1 SEPT05 VIA THE MARINE CORPS INSTITUTE (MCI) WEB
SITE OR THROUGH A USMC COLLEGE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION (CCE)
REGIONAL COORDINATOR (RC). EWSDEP 8650 STUDENTS WILL HAVE
THREE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF TRANSITION OR INITIAL ENROLLMENT
TO COMPLETE THE PROGRAM.
2. THE NEW EWSDEP 8650 HAS REPLACED THE AWSDEP 8510/8600. 
IN ORDER TO ENSURE APPROPRIATE CREDIT IS GIVEN AS OUTLINED
IN REF A STUDENTS SHALL CONTACT CCE STUDENT SUPPORT OR A CCE
RC TO ASSIST IN THE TRANSITION. CCE OPERATIONS WILL ENSURE 
THAT APPROPRIATE CREDIT IS GIVEN TO THE DISTANCE EDUCATION
STUDENT BY COORDINATING THE EWSDEP 8650 TRANSITION ENROLLMENT
WITH MCI. STUDENTS SHALL NOT CONTACT MCI DIRECTLY TO EFFECT 
THE TRANSITION.
3. THE EWSDEP CURRICULUM IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON-LINE AT
THE CCE WEB SITE FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO DESIRE TO START ON 
THE NEW PROGRAM, HOWEVER NO CREDIT CAN BE GIVEN UNTIL THE 
STUDENT HAS ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM VIA MCI. 
4. POC INFO:
A. CCE STUDENT SUPPORT: MS. DELBAERE: TEL DSN 278-4390;
COMM (703)784-4390; 1-800-992-9210. 
B. CCE REGIONAL COORDINATOR: GO TO THE CCE WEB SITE AT
WWW.TECOM.USMC.MIL/CCE OR CALL CCE STUDENT SUPPORT.