{"id":2819,"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":"2023-04-14T12:57:11","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T16:57:11","slug":"adult-degree-completion-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/catalog-2023-2024\/adult-degree-completion-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Degree Completion Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Resources:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Program Director: \u00a0<\/strong>Patricia Laprey<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:plaprey@ramapo.edu\">plaprey@ramapo.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"majorTableSubHeading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/dcp\/\">https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/dcp\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"collapsableContent\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"collapsableTitle\"><span class=\"fa-stack\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-up fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><\/span>About the Degree Completion Program<\/div><div class=\"c_content\">\n<p>Â鶹´«Ã½&#8217;s Degree Completion Program (DCP) provides returning adult students a fully-mapped out pathway to finishing their undergraduate degree on an accelerated schedule. \u00a0The Degree Completion Program offers two accelerated majors:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Contemporary Arts with a Professional Communications concentration<\/li>\n<li>Social Science with a Society and Culture concentration<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>These accelerated majors combine online, hybrid and evening classroom study on a part-time, year-round schedule (fall, winter, spring and summer).<\/p>\n<p>In general, DCP students should have at least 64 transfer credits, either through an Associate\u2019s Degree or through a combination of transfer credits from previous institutions.\u00a0 Students 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.<\/p>\n<p>DCP majors provide the same courses required by the major, along with any school core requirements, as part of the mapped curriculum. \u00a0The Degree Completion Program assumes that a student has successfully completed Ramapo&#8217;s general education requirements prior to enrollment. \u00a0However, students who need to complete outstanding General Education requirements or elective credits can do so through advisement from the program director.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h4 class=\"facultyListing\"><span style=\"color: #800000\">CONTEMPORARY ARTS:\u00a0 PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"collapsableContent\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"collapsableTitle\"><span class=\"fa-stack\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-up fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><\/span>About DCP Contemporary Arts:  Professional Communication<\/div><div class=\"c_content\">\n<p>The Degree Completion Program&#8217;s accelerated Contemporary Arts: Professional Communication is part of the Contemporary Arts interdisciplinary contract major that enables returning students to focus on four key areas of the field:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Written communication<\/li>\n<li>Persuasion and oral communication<\/li>\n<li>Visual communication<\/li>\n<li>Business and non-profit communication<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This major is offered by the School of Contemporary Arts and leads to a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Contemporary Arts.\u00a0 It requires a minimum of 48 credits in the Contemporary Arts major, at least 16 of which must be upper-level, (300 or 400 level) courses, in addition to the School of Contemporary Arts Core.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"collapsableContent\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"collapsableTitle\"><span class=\"fa-stack\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-up fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><\/span>Outcomes for the Major<\/div><div class=\"c_content\">\n<p><strong>Outcome 1:<\/strong> Understand the discipline or inter-disciplines identified as part of their learning agreement developed in consultation with their academic advisor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outcome 2:\u00a0<\/strong> Apply creative thinking in the work they produce.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outcome 3:<\/strong>\u00a0 Be able to write appropriately to their curricular goals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outcome 4:\u00a0<\/strong> Produce advanced work that demonstrates skills relevant to their discipline.<\/p>\n<p>Produce advanced work that demonstrates skills relevant to their discipline.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"collapsableContent\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"collapsableTitle\"><span class=\"fa-stack\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><i class=\"fa 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Waivers do not apply to the Major Requirements.<\/li>\n<li>Double counting between General Education, School Core, and Major may be possible. \u00a0Check with your advisor to see if any apply.<\/li>\n<li>Writing Intensive Requirement: \u00a0Three required writing intensive courses are built into the DCP Contemporary Arts: Professional Communication curriculum.<\/li>\n<li>A minimum 2.0 GPA in the major is required for graduation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Please consult with the Director of the Degree Completion Program regarding information about the requirements of the accelerated major.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h4 class=\"facultyListing\"><span style=\"color: #800000\">SOCIAL SCIENCE: SOCIETY AND CULTURE<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"collapsableContent\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"collapsableTitle\"><span class=\"fa-stack\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-up fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><\/span>About DCP Social Science: Society and Culture<\/div><div class=\"c_content\">\n<p>The Degree Completion Program\u2019s accelerated Social Science: Society and Culture is an interdisciplinary contract major which combines courses from throughout the social science disciplines, including\u00a0courses in criminal justice, substance abuse, human rights, and social welfare\u00a0and other topics of pressing social concern.<\/p>\n<p>The DCP Social Science major requires a total of 11 courses: a research methods course, a Capstone course and 9 additional courses.\u00a0 At least 3 of those 9 additional courses must be at the upper-level (i.e., 300 or 400 level).<\/p>\n<p>This major is offered by the School of Social Science and Human Services and leads to a Bachelor of Arts degree. \u00a0In addition to the major requirements, students must fulfill General Education and School of Social Science and Human Services requirements.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"collapsableContent\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"collapsableTitle\"><span class=\"fa-stack\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-up fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><\/span>Outcomes for the Major<\/div><div class=\"c_content\">\n<p><strong>Goal 1:<\/strong>\u00a0 Communicate effectively.<\/p>\n<p>1.1\u00a0Students will write coherently organized, grammatically correct papers.<\/p>\n<p>1.2\u00a0Students will demonstrate effective oral communication skills.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goal <\/strong>2:\u00a0 Develop critical thinking skills.<\/p>\n<p>2.1\u00a0Students will be able to comprehensively explain an issue or problem.<\/p>\n<p>2.2\u00a0Students will identify underlying assumptions in theories, arguments, and methodological approaches.<\/p>\n<p>2.3\u00a0Students will evaluate the validity and reliability of evidence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goal 3:<\/strong>\u00a0 Understand and apply research skills in the social sciences.<\/p>\n<p>3.1\u00a0Students will identify and integrate primary sources into a research paper.<\/p>\n<p>3.2\u00a0Students will design, evaluate, and conduct quantitative or qualitative research.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goal 4:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Engage in multidisciplinary perspective-taking.<\/p>\n<p>4.1\u00a0Students will take courses for their major from at least two Social Science disciplines\/perspectives.<\/p>\n<p>4.2\u00a0Students will integrate multiple academic disciplines to gain understanding of an issue or topic.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"collapsableContent\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"collapsableTitle\"><span class=\"fa-stack\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-up fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><\/span>Requirements of the DCP Social Science: Society &amp; 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