The Concurrent Enrollment Program (CEP) is a partnership between Raritan Valley Community College (RVCC) and high schools whereby qualified high school juniors and seniors enroll in a credit-bearing college course as a part of their high school day. CEP is designed to meet the educational, economic and social demands of the Twenty-first Century as identified by high school faculty, students and parents:
Addressing dissatisfaction felt among capable senior high school students who have completed most of their graduation requirements by the end of their junior year.
Offering creative and alternative means of financing four years of higher education.
Fostering partnerships between secondary and post-secondary institutions of higher education that provide improved educational services.
Watch video clips of students and teachers from Bridgewater-Raritan High School talking about their experiences with the Concurrent Enrollment Program at Raritan Valley Community College (this requires RealPlayer):

CEP offers numerous advantages for students, faculty and parents. Some of them include the following:
  • Enhances student success
  • Enriches and expands current courses offered to high school students
  • Fosters a seamless transition between high-school and post-secondary education
  • Provides students the opportunity to earn college credits towards a college degree while in high school
  • Establishes a bridge between the high school and the community college, allowing high school students to pursue a variety of educational opportunities
  • Increases student motivation toward post-secondary education
  • Allows for exploration of college curricula
Back to Top

RVCC offers introductory level courses that typically satisfy basic requirements in a broad range of majors and that have an excellent record of transferability. These are rigorous college courses using the same course outlines, assignments and examinations as those courses taught on the RVCC campus. The College determines course offerings. These may include, but are not limited to, the following:

English I Differential Equations Sociology Foreign Languages
English II Criminal Justice Psychology Unified Calculus III

Courses may be offered online. A course facilitator should be available, on site, to help students enrolled in online courses and encourage them to stay on task.
Back to Top

Students will pay the College Admissions Application Fee (first time only) and applicable tuition. All other fees will be waived.



Back to Top


High school juniors or seniors may participate in the program if they meet the following criteria:

  • Have successfully met all requirements for junior status
  • Be academically motivated, based on teachers' or guidance counselors' input
  • Have earned at least a B average. Exemptions: Students with a C average may be exempt from this requirements with a letter of support from a teacher in the relevant discipline
  • Have parental consent to enroll in the course
  • Take the RVCC placement test in Reading and Writing or Mathematics, if enrolling in an English or Math course. Exemptions: Students with a 530 on the Verbal portion of the SAT are exempt from taking the placement test in Reading and writing. Students who score 3,4, or 5 on the AP Calculus BC Exam, or receive a minimum grade of 70% on the RVCC Unified Calculus Departmental Final Exam, do not have to take the Math placement test.
Back to Top
An RVCC course is an RVCC course no matter where it is offered. College course outlines and College selected textbooks must be used regardless of the venue. All CEP courses are the same as those regularly offered at Raritan Valley Community College.

Either full-time faculty, adjuncts, or high school faculty serving as College adjuncts teach CEP courses. The College is responsible for selection of the instructor. RVCC faculty and administration carefully monitor the course to ensure that curriculum and grading standards in CEP courses are identical to those sections taught at the College.

Students who successfully complete course work taken through the CEP program have their earned credits documented on an official RVCC transcript. These credits can either be applied to RVCC degree programs or transferred to other colleges and universities nationally. Credits accrued in this program are included in calculations for financial aid.

Back to Top
RVCC course credits have been accepted by colleges and universities throughout the United States.

Since credit recognition remains the exclusive preogative of the institution granting it, and such recognition on the part of an institution in the past is no guarantee of future acceptance, students are strongly encouraged to review the content of courses with transfer counselors at the college of their choice. Many factors affect the decision to accept transfer credits, including the grade the student earned in the course. Usually, however, colleges accept courses in which the student received a C grade or above, and that are a good match for those the student would have taken on that campus. Courses that differ from those RVCC offers may also be transferred, but often as elective credit. Of course, students who continue their studies at RVCC after high school automatically have the credits and grades they earned in the CEP program on their record as a continuing RVCC student. More information about transferring.
Back to Top
The teaching credential requirement is the same for all RVCC instructors regardless of the venue. High school faculty selected to teach CEP courses will be recommended by the principal and meet the minimum academic requirements for RVCC adjunct faculty, namely a master's degree in the subject area. The Dean of Academic and Student Services, with input from department chairs, will have responsibility for selection and approval of adjunct faculty. Upon being selected, the adjunct will have an orientation with an RVCC faculty member teaching the same course. This includes a discussion of the course syllabi, books, requirements for successful completion, and evaluation criteria for determining final grades.
Back to Top
  • The College provides all CEP admission and registration forms and other materials through the designated high school contact.
  • To receive RVCC credits, CEP students must have submitted all required forms and payments. Transcripts of student course enrollment and grades are maintained by RVCC. Click here for more transcript information.
  • End-of-semester grade sheets are processed by RVCC. Grades for courses offered through the CEP program will conform to the grading criteria established by the College. RVCC policies and procedures regarding course withdrawals, refunds, attendance, academic integrity, and student conduct apply to the CEP courses and students. It is expected that the appropriate high school principal will address any high school conduct violations.
Back to Top

Faculty Resources Home
RVCC Home page RVCC Site Map

Raritan Valley Community College
http://www.raritanval.edu/concurrent/index.html
Last updated 11/16/2007 by AKA