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Early College Scholars Program

Program Information

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Through our Early College Scholars Program, academically ambitious high school students have an exciting opportunity to complement high school study with Montclair State University coursework. Earn transferable college credits, learn alongside University students, and engage in courses taught by University professors on campus or online. Participants of our Early College Scholars Program can choose from a variety of undergraduate courses during the fall, spring, and summer terms.

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Estimated Tuition and Fees

Get a head start on college courses with a discounted tuition rate for both in-state and out-of-state Early College students!

Summer 2023 Cost (per 3 Credit Course) $825.00 ($275.00 per credit)

Fall 2023 Cost (per 3 Credit Course) $825.00 ($275.00 per credit)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there an application fee?

There is no fee at the time of application for Early College Scholars applicants.

Do I have to reside in New Jersey?

No, you do not have to reside in New Jersey to apply to the Early College Scholars Program.

Can I apply if I'm being homeschooled?

Yes, but since you will not have an academic transcript, the Essay/Personal Statement is required.

Will my credits transfer?

All credits taken with the Early College Scholars Program at Montclair State University will transfer to a Montclair State University degree.  For other institutions, we recommend you contact that college/university directly and that you review their transfer policy when choosing which Early College course(s) to take.

When does the semester start/finish?

View the Academic Calendar.

Can I apply for financial aid/scholarships?

High school students are not eligible for financial aid and we do not offer scholarships at this time for Early College Scholars participants, but we do offer discounted tuition for Early College Program students!

Can I audit a class?

You can, but please note that you are still required to register and pay for the class.  You would need to fill out an audit application, the department chair needs to sign it, and then it goes to the Registrar’s Office for processing.  Please review the Audit Policy and note that audited courses do not carry academic credit so we advise against this option for Early College Program participants.

When will I be notified if I am accepted?

Completed applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, but please keep in mind the application deadlines.

Eligibility Requirements

Eligibility Requirements for Early College Scholars

High School Graduation Date Spring 2024 Entry Term Summer 2024 Entry Term Fall 2024 Entry Term
June 2024 x
June 2025 x x x
June 2026 x x
June 2027

Suggested Courses

Students may choose from a wide variety of undergraduate courses within the 100 and 200 levels. Below are our suggested courses for Early College Scholars participants.

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College of the Arts

ARAN 190 – Introduction to the Visual Arts

ARFD 101 – Surface

ARFD 103 – Color and Light

ARFD 104 – Space

ARPH 201 – Digital Photo and Imaging I

ARPM 262 – Screen Printing

ARTX 221 – Consumer Problems in Textiles

CMST 101 – Fundamentals of Speech: Communication Requirement

CMST 102 – Voice and Speech Improvement

CMST 110 – Introduction to Communication and Media

CMST 227 – Television and Culture

CRTH 151 – Creative Thinking

DNCE 100 – Introduction to Ballet (Non-Major)

DNCE 105 – Dance Appreciation

DNCE 110 – Introduction to Modern Dance (Non-Major)

DNCE 145 – Worlds of Dance

FMTV 101 – History and Development of Film and Television

FMTV 204  – Film Forum

FMTV 210 – Story Analysis and Introduction to Screenwriting

MUGN 100 – Introduction to Music

MUGN 109 – Introduction to Jazz

MUGN 120 – Rap and Rock as Cultural Phenomena

MUGN 136 – The History of Broadway

MUGN 152 – Music in Film

MUGN 160 – Introduction to Music in World Cultures

MUPR 100 – Class Piano for the Non-Music Major

MUPR 103 – Voice Class for the Non-Music Major

STCM 130 – Fundamentals of Public Relations and Advertising

THTR 100 – Introduction to the Theatrical Medium

THTR 105 – Acting I

THTR 155 – Stage Management

THTR 175 – Theatre in Performance (fees for off-campus trips)

VIST 102 – Visual Culture

VIST 105 – Global Foundations in Art and Visual Culture

VIST 106  – Modern Visions 1400-1945

School of Business

ECON 101 – Applied Macroeconomics

ECON 102 – Applied Microeconomics

ECON 215 – The Economics of Social Problems

FINC 209 – Personal Finance

HSET 198 – HSET Industry Perspective

HSET 208 – Leisure and Recreation in Society

INFO 173 – Spreadsheet Modeling for Business Decisions

College of Education and Human Services

ATTR 150 – Emergency Care in Athletic Training

EDFD 180 – Foundations of Education: Social, Cultural, and Political Contexts

EXSC 151 – Yoga, Relaxation and Stress Reduction

FSHD 120 – Mindfulness: Theory, Research and Practice across the Life Course

FSHD 140 –  Family in Society

FSHD 141 – Interpersonal Relations

FSHD 200 – Introduction to the Content Areas in Family Science and Human Development

FSHD 214 – Child Development I

HLTH 101 – Personal Health Issues

HLTH 102 – Introduction to Public Health

HPEM 150 – Principles and Practice of Emergency Care

NUFD 130 – Introduction to Nutrition and Food Science Profession

NUFD 150 – Food Composition and Scientific Preparation

NUFD 153 – Dynamics of Food and Society

NUFD 182 – Nutrition: A Socioecological Perspective

PEGN 200 – Beginning Swimming

PEGN 230 – Personalized Fitness

PEGN 251 – Fitness for Life

PEGN 257 – Weight Training and Conditioning

PEGN 258 – Beginning Tennis

PEGN 262 – Volleyball

PEGN 264 – Soccer

PEGN 265 – Figure Skating

PEGN 266 – Skiing

PEGN 271 – Social Dance

PEGN 275 – Beginning Karate

PEGN 278 – Yoga

PEMJ 131 – Fitness Activities

READ 209 – Children’s Literature for a Multicultural Society

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

AFAM 100 – Introduction to Black Studies

ANTH 100 – Cultural Anthropology

ANTH 101 – Physical Anthropology

ANTH 102 – Linguistic Anthropology

ANTH 103 – Introduction to Archaeology

ANTH 105 – Introduction to Disability Studies, Rights, and Culture

ANTH 110 – Anthropology of Multicultural America

ANTH 115 – Cultures of the Middle East

ANTH 120 – Native North Americans

ANTH 125 – Anthropology of Globalization

ANTH 130 – Cultures of South Asia

ANTH 135 – Anthropology of Conflict and Violence

ANTH 140 – Non-Western Contributions to the Western World

ANTH 150 – Cultures of Latin America

ANTH 160 – The Anthropology of Race

ANTH 165 – Human Culture in Biodiversity Conservation

ANTH 180 – Health and Healing in Cross Cultural Perspective

ARAB 101 – Beginning Arabic I

ARAB 112 – Beginning Arabic II

ARAB 185 – The Arab World and Religion

ARIN 180 – Arab Americans: Before and After 9/11

ARIN 193 – Introduction to Arab Culture

CHAD 100 – Introduction to Child Advocacy

CHEN 210 – Contemporary Chinese Cinema and Society

CHIN 101 – Beginning Chinese I

CSND 100 – Fields of Communication Sciences and Disorders

ENFL 208 – Introduction to the Film

ENGL 116 – World Literature: The Coming of Age Theme

ENGL 117 – World Literature: Voices of Tradition and Challenge

FREN 101 – Beginning French I

FREN 112 – Beginning French II

FREN 121 – Intermediate French

FREN 132 – Intermediate French II

FREN 202 – Seventeenth Century French Theater

FREN 211 – Eighteenth Century French Theater

FREN 283 – Introduction to Women Authors of French-Speaking Africa

FRIN 288 – Music and Art in French Civilization

GERM 101 – Beginning German I

GERM 102 – Beginning German II

GERM 115 – Intensive Beginning German

GERM 142 – Practice in Written German

GLQS 100 – Introduction to Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (GLBTQ) Studies

GREK 101 – Beginning Greek I

GREK 201 – Intermediate Greek I

GREK 202 – Intermediate Greek II

GRIN 250 – Special Topics in German Literature and Culture

GSWS 102 – Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies

HEBR 101 – Beginning Hebrew I

HIST 103 – Foundations of Western Civilization

HIST 105 – Emergence of European Civilization, 1500-1914

HIST 106 – Contemporary Europe, 1914 to the Present

HIST 108 – Introduction to African Civilization

HIST 110 – Introduction to American Studies

HIST 112 – Introduction to the Modern Middle East

HIST 114 – Early Latin America

HIST 116 – Modern Latin America

HIST 117 – History of the United States to 1876

HIST 118 – History of the United States Since 1876

HIST 138 – Introduction to Modern South Asia

HIST 141 – Introduction to World History Since 1500

HIST 205 – Race and Ethnicity in United States History

HIST 212 – Social History of the United States

HUMN 115 – Troy and the Trojan War

HUMN 151 – Seminar: Inquiry in the Humanities

HUMN 181 – Introduction to Classical Archaeology

HUMN 182 – English Vocabulary Classical Roots

HUMN 209 – Intro to Greek and Roman Religion

HUMN 211 – Classicism and American Culture

HUMN 217 – Reading Asian Cultures

HUMN 220 – Celtic Mythology

HUMN 221 – Viking Mythology

HUMN 230 – Ancient Greece and Rome in Cinema

HUMN 281 – Greek Civilization

HUMN 282 – Roman Civilization

HUMN 283 – Women, Gender and Sexuality in the Ancient World

HUMN 285 – Mythology

HUMN 288 – Mythic Traditions

INTL 100 – Introduction to Global Issues

ITAL 101 – Italian I

ITAL 102 – Italian II

ITAL 140 – Comprehensive Italian III and IV

ITAL 176 – The Italian American Experience: On the Margins or in the Mainstream?

JAPN 101 – Beginning Japanese I

JUST 101 – Criminology

JUST 102 – Introduction to Criminal Justice

JUST 103 – Introduction to International Justice

JUST 199 – New Student Seminar

JUST 223 – Ethnography in Justice Studies

JUST 230 – Family Violence

JUST 250 – Current Issues in Policing

KORE 101 – Beginning Korean I

LALS 201 – Perspectives on Latin America

LALS 205 – Image and Identity: Representation of Latin American Women in Film and Fiction

LATN 101 – Beginning Latin I

LATN 150 – Intensive Beginning Latin

LATN 205 – Intermediate Latin I

LATN 206 – Intermediate Latin II

LAWS 200 – Introduction to Law

MEDH 101 – Introduction to the Medical Humanities

POLS 100 – Introduction to Politics

POLS 101 – American Government and Politics

POLS 104 – International Security and Diplomacy

POLS 201 – Comparative Politics

POLS 202 – International Relations

POLS 203 – International Organizations

POLS 205 – Introduction to Public Administration

POLS 214 – Women in Politics

POLS 215 – Ethnic Politics in America

PORT 101 – Elementary Portuguese I

PORT 102 – Elementary Portuguese II

PSYC 101 – Introduction to Psychology

RELG 100 – Religions of the World

RELG 101 – Understanding Religion

RELG 102 – Religious Ethics

RUIN 190 – Post-Soviet Culture, Literature, and Politics

RUIN 193 – Russian Culture and Civilization

RUIN 194 – The Great Russian Novel

RUIN 260 – Special Topics in Russian Culture and Civilization

RUIN 297 – Women in Russian Literature

RUSS 101 – Beginning Russian I

RUSS 132 – Spoken and Written Language Practice

SOCI 100 – Introduction to Sociology

SOCI 102 – Racial and Ethnic Relations

SOCI 104 – Sociology of the Family

SOCI 106 – Individual and Society

SOCI 107 – Youth and Society

SOCI 113 – Social Problems

SOWK 110 – Introduction to Social Work

SPAN 101 – Spanish I

SPAN 102 – Spanish II

SPAN 103 – Spanish III

SPAN 104 – Spanish IV

SPAN 105 – Spanish for Health Practitioners I

SPAN 106 – Spanish for Health Practitioners II

SPAN 107 – Spanish for Health Practitioners III

SPAN 110 – Practical Spanish for Law Enforcement Personnel

SPAN 135 – Basic Spanish for Heritage Learners

SPAN 145 – Spanish Language Review Through Literature, Culture and Film

SPAN 221 – Spanish for Business

SPAN 236 – Intermediate Spanish Conversation

SPAN 241 – Fundamentals of Spanish Grammar

SPAN 242 – Spanish Composition and Stylistics

URHS 101 – Introduction to Urban Humanities

WRIT 105 – College Writing I (recommended for students entering or in their senior year)

College of Science and Mathematics

AMAT 120 – Applied Calculus A

AMAT 220 – Applied Calculus B

AMAT 240 – Introduction to Linear Algebra

BIOL 100 – Biological Sciences

BIOL 110 – The Biology of Human Life

BIOL 112 – Principles of Biology I

BIOL 113 – Principles of Biology II

CHEM 100 – Introductory Chemistry

CHEM 113 – Fundamentals of Chemistry

CHEM 120 – General Chemistry I

CHEM 121 – General Chemistry II

CSIT 100 – Introduction to Computer Concepts

CSIT 104 – Python Programming I

CSIT 105 – Honors Seminar in Computing

EAES 100 – Principles of Geography

EAES 101 – Planet Earth

EAES 104 – Natural Disasters

EAES 105 – Physical Geology

EAES 107 – Earth and the Environment

EAES 150 – General Oceanography

EAES 160 – The Human Environment

EAES 161 – Human Geography

EAES 170 – World Geography

MATH 100 – Math for Business and Social Sciences

MATH 106 – Creative Thinking through Mathematics

MATH 111 – Precalculus

MATH 122 – Calculus 1

PHYS 180 – Astronomy for Everyone

PHYS 191 – University Physics 1

PHYS 192 – University Physics 2

PHYS 193 – College Physics 1

PHYS 194 – College Physics 2

STAT 103 – The Development of Statistics

STAT 109 – Statistics

STAT 230 – Data Science and Statistics