UMUC helps Airmen earn CCAF degree Published Sept. 10, 2009 By University of Maryland College European Division HEIDELBERG, Germany -- University of Maryland University College Europe announces it is a full participant in the Air Force General Education Mobile program and is offering guaranteed GEM blocks of instruction every session - on site or online -- to ensure Airmen can earn their Community College of the Air Force associate's degree at any time. The GEM program enables Airmen pursuing an associate's degree to sign up for general education requirements in a single block of courses from the same university, providing greater educational continuity and faster completion of an associate's degree. As part of the requirements for CCAF associate's degrees, students must take one three-credit course in each of the five general education categories: oral communication, written communication, mathematics, social sciences and humanities. These 15 credits, which account for nearly a quarter of the 64 required for the associate's degree, are not offered by CCAF but are guaranteed to be offered by UMUC. For more information about the program, call UMUC here at DSN 452-7552 or visit www.ed.umuc.edu.