General Education Mobile (GEM)

Trident University and Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) have partnered to offer online courses for Airmen in order to complete their CCAF Associate Degree general education courses as required by CCAF.

Ten Advantages of Choosing TUI as your GEM Institution

• TUI is a rapidly growing, well-established, and highly regarded university.
• TUI offers Bachelor, Master and Doctoral degrees in business administration, health sciences, information systems and education.
• TUI is the only fully-online institution accredited by WASC one of the most stringent accreditations in the U.S.
• TUI emphasizes case-based learning without examinations.
• TUI employs high quality faculty with doctoral degrees.
• TUI offers affordable education: Active duty soldiers and veterans can earn a degree with little to no out-of-pocket cost; cost to non-military is highly competitive.
• TUI is a student-centered university: TUI faculty and staff adhere to a 24-hour rule to respond to e-mails and a 72-hour rule to provide feedback on all assignments.
• TUI provides flexibility to students to complete their degrees from a distance.
• Learning at TUI results in high retention rates and high graduation rates.
• Students and graduates of TUI are very satisfied with the quality of their learning experience at the university.

How to Get Started

• Select TUI as your GEM institution - Air Force Virtual Education Center (AFVEC)
• Apply to TUI: Click Here to apply.
• Register for your courses (view approved GEM course below) once your application has been processed: Click Here to register.
• Apply for Tuition Assistance and submit tuition assistance authorization. When enrolling in a course, please be sure to complete your Tuition Assistance (TA) application within the AFVEC GEM search plan.
• Course Materials will be provided through live access or shipped via CDROM if requested two weeks prior to a session once your tuition assistance has been received; no books are required as you will receive access to our online library.

GEM Approved Courses

• Oral Communications

  • SVC 101 Introduction to Speech and Verbal Communications

• Written Communications

  • ENG 101 English Composition I

  • ENG 102 English Composition II

•  Mathematics

  • MAT 101 College Mathematics

  • MAT 201 Basic Statistics

  • MAT 202 Advanced Mathematics

  • MAT 275 Linear Algebra

• Social Sciences

  • ECO 201 Microeconomics

  • ECO 202 Macroeconomics

  • PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology

  • SOC 201 Introduction to Sociology

  • POL 201 Global Politics in the Modern World

  • HIS 101 Modern World History

• Humanities

• ART 101 Art History

• PHI 201 Introduction to Western Philosophy

• ENG 201 American Literature

For course descriptions, see course catalog.

We hope to count you among the ranks of students soon! For more information please contact the Outreach Department at:

Email: Outreach@trident.edu
Phone: 800-509-3901

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