| DESCRIPTION OF THE
INVENTORY:
The Inventory of Program offerings, updated regularly, contains
information about the 3,800+ approved degree and certificate
programs currently offered by the 61 licensed New
Jersey institutions of higher education. The inventory
is updated based on reviews by the Presidents'
Council, approvals by the Commission on Higher Education
or, in the case of certificates, actions by institutional
boards of trustees.
Seven independent institutions
founded prior to April 1, 1887, are exempt from the requirement
for Presidents' Council review or Commission approval
of new degree programs:
Only
full degree or certificate programs,
which terminate in formal
awards conferred by an institution of
higher education are included.
It should be noted that
non-credit offerings, such as those of many community college
training divisions, are NOT included.
Further, the
inventory does NOT include a comprehensive list
of collegiate teacher preparation programs. Such offerings
are approved by the NJ
Department of Education, which grants teaching certificates
to students completing prescribed course sequences. In
some instances these curricula correspond to listings
in this inventory, but colleges also offer teacher training
programs that are not degree programs. A college's catalogue
would list all the teacher training opportunities available
at that institution. A Listing of Approved programs by
NJ Department of Education certificate or endorsement
title is also available here,
and a
listing by college or university is available here.
Also excluded are "options" or emphases
offered within many of the degree programs listed. Again,
an institution's catalogue would identify such opportunities. |
