Degree Programs

A student's eligibility for admission to a particular degree program is determined on one or more of the following:

1. official high school transcript
2. previous college record, if applicable. Candidates may apply to Union County College as full-time students (12 or more credit hours per semester) or as part-time students (11 or fewer credit hours per semester) and may attend classes during the day or in the evening or both, as available. Candidates for programs leading to an Associate degree are advised to present 19 units of high school credit distributed as follows:
   
   English                         4 units
   Lab Science***           2 units
   Mathematics*               3 units
   History                         3 units
   Foreign Language**     2 units
   Electives****               5 units

*Candidates for the engineering and physical science programs must include elementary and intermediate algebra, plane geometry and trigonometry. Business majors are encouraged to present Algebra I, Geometry and Algebra II.

**Optional for students entering programs other than liberal arts.

***Engineering and physical science students should include physics and chemistry; health technologies students include biology and chemistry.

****Chosen from foreign languages, social studies, science or mathematics. If a student does not have these high school units, non-credit prerequisite courses offered by the College may be required by the selected program of study.

Admissions requirements for health technology students in addition to the general high school units recommended for a degree program are:

1. Applicants will be accepted only if program requirements are met.  (No students will be permitted to register for professional courses unless basic skills prerequisites have been completed).
2. All students are urged to have an interview with the program coordinator or designee prior to acceptance into the program.
3. Students admitted into the following programs must meet additional criteria for admission into the professional courses in these programs.  Students admitted into these courses will be placed on a waiting list based upon specified criteria.  Continuous enrollment in these programs is, therefore, not guaranteed.  These programs are Occupational Therapy Assistant, Practical Nursing, and Respiratory Therapy.
4. Admission to the Physical Therapist Assistant Program (PTA) is based on a competitive admissions process.  Students are required to make a separate application to the PTA Program in the fall semester.  All prerequisite course work is to be completed prior to admission to the PTA Program.
5. Admission to joint programs with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) are competitive and determined by a selection process based on admission prerequisites and grade point average.  Students apply to Union County College (UCC) with a Union County College application for admission.  All students accepted need to meet immunization requirements of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in addition to Union County College requirements.
6. Students who fail to maintain continuous enrollment from fall to spring and spring to fall semesters are not guaranteed continued standing in any given program.

Certificate-Diploma Programs

A student's eligibility for admission to a certificate or diploma program is determined on the basis of:

1. high school record or G.E.D.
2. previous college record and/or work experience, where appropriate.  Certificate and diploma candidates in the health technology programs should have a background in biology and chemistry and, if applicable, SAT scores.