CONTRACTS MANAGEMENT

(1CAO)

Occupational
Specialty

6C0X1

Exam Matrix

   

Degree Requirements

Occupational Specialty  6C0X1

Degree Requirements
The journeyman (5) level must be held at the time of program completion.

Technical Education
(24 semester hours) A minimum of 12 SHs of technical core subjects or courses must be applied and the remaining semester hours applied from technical core or technical elective subjects or courses. Requests to substitute comparable courses or to exceed specified semester hour values in any subject or course must be approved in advance. See Technical Education Requirement.

Technical Core Max Sem Hours
*Business Law 3
CCAF Internship 18
*Contract Administration/Management 12
*Contract Law 6
*Pricing and Negotiation 6
*Principles of Government Contracting 6
*Purchasing Principles 9

Technical Electives Max Sem Hours
Computer Science 6
Human Relations 3
*Introduction to Business 3
Labor Relations 3
Materiel Management 3
*Principles of Accounting 3
*Principles of Economics (Macro/Micro) 6
*Principles of Marketing 3
*Statistics 3

Leadership, Management & Military Studies
(6 semester hours) Professional military education, civilian management courses accepted in transfer and/or by testing credit. See page 19.

Physical Education  (4 Semester Hours)

General Education
(15 semester hours) Applicable courses must meet the criteria for application of courses to the general education requirement and agree with the definitions of applicable courses starting on page 19.
Subject/Courses Sem Hours
Oral Communication 3
Speech
Written Communication 3
English Composition
Mathematics 3
Intermediate algebra or a college-level mathematics course satisfying delivering institution's mathematics graduation requirement-if an acceptable mathematics course applies as technical or program elective, you may substitute a natural science course for mathematics.
Social Science 3
Anthropology, archaeology, economics, geography, government, history, political science, psychology, sociology
Humanities 3
Fine arts (criticism, appreciation, historical significance), foreign language, literature, philosophy, religion

Program Elective
(15 semester hours) Courses applying to technical education, LMMS or general education requirements; natural science courses meeting general education requirement application criteria; foreign language credit earned at Defense Language Institute or through the Defense Language Proficiency Test; maximum 9 SHs of CCAF degree-applicable technical course credit otherwise not applicable to program of enrollment.

*Courses applicable to the 24-semester-hour business requirement for the Acquisition Professional Development (APD) Program. Also, may apply 4 SHs to the APD Program when 5-level career development course is completed and 2 SHs to the APD Program when resident Airman Leadership School, NCO Academy or USAF Senior NCO Academy is completed. See Licensure and Certification section for certification information.