The University has entered into an articulation agreement with Bergen Community College (BCC) to facilitate the transfer of honors program students at BCC into the University’s Honors College. The agreement will begin with students registered for the fall 2009 semester.

“Our goal with this agreement is to facilitate the transfer of students into the Honors College,” says Susan Dinan, director of the College. “This will also help us to recruit some of the top-notch students at BCC to come to William Paterson.”

BCC students must complete the requirements of the honors program at BCC to be admitted into the Honors College. These students will be considered to have met the College’s requirements for general education and will be able to enter an honors track when they transfer to William Paterson.

“The honors track functions like an interdisciplinary minor, broadening the students’ intellectual experiences, enhancing the students’ experience in the major, and culminates in the creation of a final thesis or project,” Dinan says.

Once these requirements are met, students are then eligible to live in the honors residential community and participate in the cultural, service, and social events sponsored by the College.