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This fall Brooklyn College will inaugurate a pilot project intended
to enable qualified freshmen to earn a bachelor's degree in four
years and qualified transfer students to earn the degree in two
years.  For
full-time students balancing college careers with work or family
obligations, the program will also feature five-year and three-year
extended tracks.
Called The
On-Course Advantage, the program will admit second-semester freshmen
and first-semester juniors holding associate's degrees who carry
at least 15 hours of credits with an average of "B" or higher. The
program offers these highly motivated and highly qualified full-time
students such advantages as expedited registration and guaranteed
access to required courses so that their studies can proceed rapidly
to conclusion. Eligible students will be identified for participation
late in the fall and enrolled in The On-Course Advantage in the
spring.
Eligibility
Students eligible for the program are:
Second-semester
freshmen who have completed 15 credits with an average of "B" or
higher and
First-semester
juniors holding an associate of arts or associate of science degree
with an average of "B" or higher and sufficient transfer credits
to earn a bachelor's degree in two years.
Requirements
Freshmen and
juniors enrolled in The On-Course Advantage must be full-time students
and carry at least 15 credits per semester.
Freshmen
must declare a major prior to registration for a third semester.
Entering transfer students must declare a major during their initial
registration.
Students in
the program must remain continuously enrolled at the College and
maintain good academic standing.
They must
satisfy departmental requirements for their chosen major.
They may not
change a major once they have declared it.
Advantages
Students
en rolled
in The On-Course Advantage will be able to complete their studies
in two or four years, or at a desired pace of five years for entering
freshmen and three years for transfer students.
Students
enrolled in The On-Course Advantage register before other students
in their class. They are guaranteed admission to required courses
or substitutes acceptable to their major department.
They receive
targeted academic advising to assist them in long-term planning and
provide them with help at registration.
Their success
in proceeding quickly to graduation is noted in their transcript.
More information
on The On-Course Advantage is available from Dr. Ellen Belton,
Dean of Undergraduate Studies, at (718) 951-5771 or at ugrad@brooklyn.cuny.edu.
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