R 281813Z APR 26 MARADMIN 198/26 MSGID/GENADMIN/CG EDCOM PRES MCU QUANTICO VA// SUBJ/ACADEMIC YEAR 2027 OFFICER PROFESSIONAL MILITARY  EDUCATION DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM// REF/A/DOC/CMC/MCO P1553.4B/YMD:20080125// AMPN/REF A IS THE PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS ORDER  FOR OFFICERS.// POC1/CIV/S. ERDELATZ/DEAN/CDET/LOC: QUANTICO/TEL: COMM(703)784-0741 /EMAIL: [email protected]// POC2/CIV/D. HASKIN/CSCDEP/CDET/LOC: QUANTICO/TEL: COMM(703)432-4693/ EMAIL: [email protected]// GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. This message provides information for Academic  Year (AY) 2026-2027 College of Distance Education and Training  (CDET) Officer Professional Military Education (OPME) nonresident  distance education programs.  For purposes of promotion, completing  a seminar program is equivalent to completion of the associated  resident schools for captains and majors. 2.  Student eligibility.  CDET OPME programs are Total Force  programs. 2.a.  The following personnel are eligible to participate in the  Expeditionary Warfare School Distance Education Program (EWSDEP)  (in order of priority). 2.a.1.  Marine O3 (including selects and LDOs) 2.a.2.  CWO3 and CWO3 selects   2.a.3.  International Officers  2.a.4.  Other Service O3 2.a.5.  Marine O2 and CWO2  2.a.6.  GS12 or equivalent  2.a.7.  Marine E7-E9 (requires waiver for enrollment) 2.b.  Interested students that require a waiver should contact their  closest CDET Regional Point of Contact (POC) listed in paragraph 4.b.  to obtain more information on the waiver process. 3.  The seminars are executed through the CDET regional campuses.   A map of each region's geographic areas and enrollment information is  available at https://www.usmcu.edu/CDET/contact-regions.  The CDET  OPME AY 2027 seminars will run from September 2026 through May 2027.   AY 2027 seminar dates for the CDET seminar programs are as follows. 3.a.  EWSDEP is a CLS consisting of four 16-week seminars (courses  8671-8674), which are all offered every semester.  All four courses  must be taken in order and each course is offered each semester  (fall/spring) each academic year.  Completion of the self-paced  prerequisite is required to register for seminar.  Prerequisite  enrollment is facilitated via the Marine Corps e-Learning Ecosystem  (MCeLE)(formerly known as Marinenet) by searching for course code  "EWSDEPPREQ."  Allow six weeks for prerequisite completion. Registration Deadline     Beginning Week     Class Ending Week Fall         31 Jul 26    8 Sep 26           18 Jan 27 Spring       31 Dec 26    1 Feb 27           17 May 27 3.b.  CSCDEP is an Intermediate Level School (ILS), Joint  Professional Military Education (JPME) Phase I accredited program  consisting of eight courses to be completed over two academic years.   All eight courses must be taken in order, and each course is offered  once each academic year.  Students complete four courses from  September-May each year, with graduation following the completion of  the second year.   3.c.  The following personnel are eligible to participate in the  CSCDEP (in order of priority). 3.c.1.  Marine O4 (including selects and LDOs) 3.c.2.  CWO4 and CWO4 selects   3.c.3.  International Officers  3.c.4.  Other Service O4 3.c.5.  GS13 or equivalent  3.c.6.  CLS-complete O3 with 24 months time in grade (TIG) 3.c.7.  CLS-complete CWO3 with 24 months TIG (requires Regional            Director approval) 3.c.8.  Marine E8-E9 (requires waiver for enrollment) 3.d.  Interested students that require a waiver should contact their  closest CDET Regional POC listed in paragraph 4.b. to obtain more  information on the waiver process. 3.e.  Seminar registration deadline for AY 2027 is 31 Jul 26.   Seminars begin the week of 8 Sep 26 and end approximately 18 May 27. 4.  Seminar Registration/Enrollment 4.a.  The seminar registration and enrollment process is student- initiated via MCeLE.  Enrollment instructions are available at  https://www.usmcu.edu/CDET/. 4.a.1.  Marines can request enrollment in any of the seminar programs  at https://www.marinenet.usmc.mil.  For CSCDEP, use "9000CSCDEP" for  course search; for EWSDEP, use "8670AZSEM0" for course search. 4.a.2.  MCeLE enrollment requests will be automatically forwarded  to the regional office for processing.  It is vitally important to  make sure all contact information, especially the preferred email  address in the MCeLE profile, is up-to-date as this is what the  regional office and adjunct faculty use to communicate with students. 4.a.3.  Members of regional offices will contact students that have  requested enrollment to help determine student needs: delivery type  (online or onsite), location, and day of the week. Overall student  demand will affect the final seminar options. 4.a.4.  No later than seven days before the start of the scheduled  seminars, all students will be contacted by their assigned adjunct  faculty with their seminar information. 4.a.5.  EWSDEP Students are not automatically enrolled in the next  course within the curriculum progression.  Students must contact  their regional office to participate in follow-on seminars.   4.a.6.  CSCDEP students are not automatically enrolled in seminars  between first year and second year seminars.  CSCDEP students must  contact their regional offices to be included to second year  seminars. 4.a.7.  Information on the EWS/CSC Blended Seminar Program is  published in MARADMIN 158/26. 4.b.  Regional contact information: 4.b.1.  Camp Lejeune Region: (910) 451-9309, CDET_CampLejeune@ usmcu.edu. 4.b.2.  Camp Pendleton Region: (760) 725-8400, CDET_CampPendleton@ usmcu.edu. 4.b.3.  Fort Worth Region: (817) 782-1918, DSN: 739-1918,  [email protected]. 4.b.4.  Hawaii Region: (808) 496-1956, [email protected]. 4.b.5.  Miramar Region: (858) 307-1373, [email protected]. 4.b.6.  Okinawa Region: DSN (315) 645-2500, [email protected]. 4.b.7.  Quantico Region: (703) 432-6522, [email protected]. 4.b.8.  OCONUS Stationed Students: All seminars for Marines stationed  (not deployed) in an OCONUS location not covered by one of the CDET  regions above, Steve O’Dell, (703)784-2410, [email protected]. 4.b.9.  Additional information may be found on the CDET website,  https://www.usmcu.edu/CDET/. 5.  Coordinating Instructions 5.a.  Temporary additional duty is not authorized for these seminar  programs. 5.b.  All students will require access to a personal computer with  audio and video capability and internet connection while  participating in a seminar program. 5.c.  All students must have Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and  Adobe Reader installed on their personal computer.  All other word  processing, presentation, and spreadsheet programs, including but not  limited to Numbers (Mac), are not fully compatible and are  unacceptable for student use. 5.d.  Students are highly encouraged to have an active civilian email  account associated with their MCeLE and Moodle profiles.  Students  will receive emails directly from Moodle with course information,  assignments, and correspondence from adjunct faculty. 6.  Release authorized by Brigadier General M. W. Tracy, President,  Marine Corps University.//