PATHWAY CONNECTION

Bergen Community College and Union College created model 2+2 articulation agreements, also known as a Degree Advancement Model, so that students with Associate of Science for Respiratory Care degrees may seamlessly matriculate into Rowan University’s Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Care program. These 2+2 articulation agreements are pending the Rowan University program accreditation. The Rowan University bachelor program is scheduled to begin in Fall 2023 at which time the Degree Advancement program is also scheduled to begin.

To ensure that graduates of the Associate of Applied Science in Respiratory Care are skilled and eligible for employment, an industry roundtable was conducted with the human resource departments of 3 major health systems in the state (RWJBarnabas Health, Hackensack Meridian Health, and Atlantic Health Systems).