{"id":2808,"date":"2014-03-10T14:51:35","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T18:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/catalog-2014-2015\/?page_id=2808"},"modified":"2014-11-19T15:49:34","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T20:49:34","slug":"adult-degree-completion-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/catalog-2014-2015\/adult-degree-completion-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Degree Completion Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Program Director: \u00a0<\/strong>Patricia Laprey<\/p>\n<h3>Resources:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"majorTableSubHeading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/crm.orionondemand.com\/crm\/forms\/KC670wkS8670x6700lzo\">Request Information<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"collapsableContent\" tabindex=\"0\" type=\"button\"><div class=\"collapsableTitle\">About the Degree Completion Program<\/div>\n<p>Ramapo College&#8217;s Degree Completion Program (DCP) provides returning adult students ages 25 and older a fully-mapped out pathway to finishing their undergraduate degree on an accelerated schedule. \u00a0The Degree Completion Program offers two accelerated contract majors:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Social Science with a Justice concentration<\/li>\n<li>Contemporary Arts with a Professional Communications concentration.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>These accelerated majors combine on-line and evening classroom study on a part-time, year-round schedule (fall, winter, spring and summer).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">In general, DCP students should have at least 64 credits, either through an Associate&#8217;s Degree or through a combination of transfer credits from previous institutions. \u00a0Students must be part of a Degree Completion Program cohort in order to enroll either in one of the DCP accelerated majors or in a DCP section of a course.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>DCP majors provide the entirety of any courses required by the major, along with any school core requirements, as part of the mapped curriculum. \u00a0The Degree Completion 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