Many of today's students are experienced adults who are older than the traditional college student. Because Ramapo College believes that learning is valid wherever it may occur, we offer this opportunity to earn credit toward a degree through assessment of that learning. The goal of the assessment procedure is to assess knowledge or competency. College-level knowledge is not demonstrated by a list of places of employment or activities. The years spent engaged in a particular activity are not in themselves significant.
Time is important only where it is accompanied by growth, development, and a deepening of knowledge.
To be credit-bearing, an experience must successfully demonstrate the attainment of knowledge which corresponds to a specified portion of the Ramapo curriculum. Information about Ramapo's curriculum can be found in the Ramapo College Catalog's course descriptions. In fact, one should seek out testing first. Where standardized tests are available in a particular subject area, special assesssment will not be undertaken since it is not only more cumbersome but more costly. These credits are treated like transfer credits.