Guidance Counselors WorkshopAcademic Updates

April 30, 2009

Institutional Overview Programs and Curriculum Placement and Remediation

The Middle States Commission on Higher Education reaffirmed accreditation of County College of Morris at its meeting on June 26, 2008.

Fall 2008– Headcount: 8,441– FTE: 5,786

Spring 2009 (unofficial)– Headcount: 7,824– FTE: 5,273

Over 70 Degree and Certificate Programs

A.A. Degree– Liberal Arts & Sciences (HUM/SS Option)– Liberal Arts & Sciences (HUM/MUS Option)

A.S. Degree– Business Administration– Criminal Justice

A.A.S. Degree– Nursing– Radiography and Information Technologies

A.F.A. Degree– Fine Arts/Design Option

Institution TuitionCounty College of Morris $105

Kean University $199

William Paterson University $204

Ramapo College of NJ $233

Rutgers, The State University of NJ

$299

Montclair State University $486

Engineering– Engineering Science (A.S.); – Electronics Engineering

Technologies Mechanical Engineering Technologies (A.A.S.)

– Excellent Transfer to NJIT, Rutgers– The technology degrees are ABET

accredited

Information Technologies– A.A.S. with five option choices

including programming and game development

– Career Certificate in Information Security – NSA approved curriculum

A.A.S. Degree CoARC and CAAHEP accreditation Pre-professional/professional phase Pass rate on CRT/RRT exams above 94% Employment rate expected to increase

by 14.3% through 2016 100% job placement for CCM graduates Median annual earnings $47,420 (2006

USBLS)

A.A.S. Degree JRCERT and NJ DEP accreditation Pre-professional/professional phase Pass rate on registry exam above 93% Employment rate expected to increase

by 12.2% through 2016 100% job placement for CCM graduates Median annual earnings $48,170(2006 US

BLS)

Fine Arts – Design Option Concentration: Fashion Design, A.F.A. Degree

Musical Theatre, A.A. Degree

Communications, A.A. Degree– Fall 2007

Small Business Management Certificate– Spring 2009

Restaurant Management and Event Planning– Summer 2009

Morristown Location

Fast and Flexible

8 Week Hybrid Delivery – CCM Direct

Fall 2009 implementation of a new program of General Education

All degrees have some revision entering 2009-2010

Changes can be found online in the Addendum to the 2008-2010 Catalog

The college’s placement test (Accuplacer) provides information to the college about a student’s skill level in English, Mathematics, Algebra and Information (Computer) literacy. The results of the tests determine proper placement of students in academic courses.

All students who apply for matriculation into a program of study leading to a degree or certain specified certificate.

SAT Scores– 540 Verbal– 530 Math

ACT Scores– 23 English– 23 Mathematics

MAT 011 Basic Mathematics I (N3 credits)

MAT 014 Basic Algebra I (N3 credits)

MAT 016 Intermediate Algebra (N3 credits)

ENG 025 Writing Skills (N3 credits)

The Summer Session is a good opportunity for entering students to complete remedial courses prior to the start of the Fall semester.

Day Session I–May 26 – June 25

Evening Session– June 1 – July 23

Day Session II– June 29 – July 30

Day Session III– August 3 - 21