Overview & Services

Kean University and Ocean County College have established a partnership to provide higher education in Ocean County beyond the level of the associate's degree. Students completing their associate's degree can continue on with their study for a Kean bachelor's degree with Kean courses offered on the OCC campus. (For directions to the OCC campus, click here.) Kean also offers courses at OCC for master's degrees for those already holding a bachelor's degree.

Kean bachelor's degrees are being offered at OCC in Accounting, Biology, Computer Science, Criminal Justice, Elementary Education, English, Finance, Graphic Design, History, Management Science, Marketing, Nursing, Physical Education and Health, Public Administration, Psychology, Sociology and Special Education. Students who have already completed their associate's degrees will have their OCC courses evaluated on a case-by-case basis and matched as closely as possible to the requirements for Kean degrees. Students newly entering OCC may follow in advance detailed program guide sheets that specify the exact OCC courses to take for fulfilling the requirements of both their OCC associate's degrees and their Kean bachelor's degrees.

THESE GUIDE SHEETS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING LINKS:

• BS in Accounting (11100)
• BA in Biology (70100)
• BA in Biology, Teacher Certification Option (70199)
• BA in Biology, Teacher Certification Option with Dual Cert. in Special Ed. (70198)
• BS in Computer Science, Information Systems Option (78306)
• BA in Criminal Justice (54300)
• BA in Elementary Education, K-5 Certification (24110)
• BA in Elementary Education, K-5 and 5-8 Subject Certification (24111)
• BA in English, Standard Option (42100)
• BA in English, Teacher Certification Option (42199)
• BA in English, Teacher Certification Option with Dual Cert. in Special Ed. (42198)
• BS in Finance (40500)
• BFA in Graphic Design (45201)
• BA in History (48100)
• BA in History, Teacher Certification Option with Dual Cert. in Special Ed. (48198)
• BA in History, Teacher Certification Option (48199)
• BS in Management (40600)
• BS in Marketing (40400)
• BSN in Nursing (84100)
• BA in Physical Education and Health (25103)
• BA in Psychology (56100)
• BA in Public Administration (54200)
• BA in Sociology (58100)
• BA in Special Education, K-5 (27302)
• BA in Special Education K-5 with 5-8 Subject Certification (27303)

• Business Administration (the Global MBA program and the Executive MBA program)
• School Counseling (with State certification for school counseling)
• Educational Administration - School Business Administrator (with State certification for supervisor and principal)
• Educational Administration - Supervisor and Principal (with State certification for supervisor and principal)
  
• Nursing (options in Community Health, Clinical Management and School Nursing)
  • Certification program leading to State Licensure in School Nursing)
    
• Public Administration (both standard option and non-profit management option offer courses at Kean Ocean, however, the full program is not available at this location.

To learn more about graduate education and the Nathan Weiss Graduate College, please visit grad.kean.edu.

Within the next few years, Kean will build a full campus of its own immediately adjacent to the OCC campus. The first building of this campus is now being constructed (immediately behind the present OCC Technology Building). It will open during the Fall 2012 semester. Until then, Kean classes will be held in OCC classrooms, and Kean will provide administrative, academic, and student services through cooperative arrangements with OCC offices providing equivalent services.

For Kean courses being offered at Ocean, click here to access the KeanWise system. Click on Students or Prospective Students, then on Search for Sections. In searching for sections, select Ocean County College in the Location field (at the bottom of the Search for Sections page). Your search will return classes scheduled for the OCC site.

For more information about Kean Ocean, call 732.255.0356 or e-mail KeanOCC@kean.edu. You may also visit the administrative office of Kean Ocean in room 010 of the OCC Library on the OCC campus. (Click here for a map of the OCC campus.) Stationed at the administrative office are staff members of the Kean registrar's office, its transfer-admissions office, and its financial aid office. For academic advisement, click on the link for Kean Ocean Advisement Hours in the column to the left.

UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS

If you want to apply for a Kean Ocean program and already have or will soon complete your associate's degree, click here to apply directly to Kean.

GRADUATE ADMISSIONS

To apply for admission to a graduate program offered at Kean Ocean, click here.
OCEAN COUNTY COLLEGE ADMISSIONS

If you want to apply for a Kean Ocean program but don't yet have your associate's degree, click here to apply to Ocean County College for the Kean Ocean Joint Admission Program.