R 161840Z APR 26 MARADMIN 178/26 MSGID/GENADMIN/CG EDCOM QUANTICO VA// SUBJ/COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM CURRICULUM  TRANSITION FROM 8900 TO 9000 SERIES// POC/D.HASKIN/CIV/COLLEGE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING, CSCDEP  ASSOCIATE DEAN OF ACADEMICS/DSN 278-4693/EMAIL: DENNIS.HASKIN@USMCU. EDU// GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  Purpose. This MARADMIN describes the transition  plan from the current Command and Staff College Distance Education  Program (CSCDEP) 8900 curriculum to the new 9000 curriculum to  modernize field-grade Professional Military Education (PME) to  account for the changing character of war and the challenges of 21st  century Marine Air Ground Task Force, naval, and Joint all-domain  warfighting.  2.  The College of Distance Education and Training (CDET) will  implement the new CSCDEP curriculum commencing with Academic Year  (AY) 2027.  The new 9000 program will remain as an all-seminar  experience.   3.  The CSCDEP school code will remain T4L and the curriculum will  fulfill Intermediate Level School PME and JPME-1 requirements.   The Marine Corps e-Learning Environment (MCeLE) curriculum code for  the new 9000 program will be 9000CSCDEP.  Students must submit  enrollment requests for seminars beginning on 1 July 2026 through  MCeLE with the new 9000 curriculum Course Code: 9000CSCDEP. 4.  Starting on 1 July 2026 (AY 27), all students enrolling in  CSCDEP for the first time will begin the 9000 curricula.  Students  returning for the second year of CSCDEP will complete the 8900  second-year courses.  Students currently enrolled in the 8900  program will have until 30 June 2028 to complete that curriculum  or transition to the 9000 curriculum.  See equivalencies in  paragraph 6. 5.  The 9000 curriculum will be comprised of eight seminar courses  that are delivered over two academic years.  Weekday seminar  courses will be offered from September to May each AY. The  default for completing the program will be the onsite weekly  seminar or weekend seminar, where available.  There will be an  online weekly seminar offered for officers who are unable to  participate in an onsite weekly or weekend seminar.  Authorization  for students to take an online seminar will be made by the  respective CDET Regional Director. 6.  Students enrolled in the 8900 series who are unable to complete  the curriculum prior to 30 June 2028 will be granted equivalency  credit for appropriate 9000 courses.  No partial credit will be  granted.  Consideration of equivalency for 8900 coursework will  terminate 30 June 2028.  Specific equivalency mapping between the  8900 and 9000 can be found on the CDET website at https:(slash) (slash)www.usmcu.edu/cdet/. 7.  Release authorized by Brigadier General M. W. Tracy, President,  Marine Corps University//