The Institute for Learning in Retirement program offers both a fall and spring semester. ILR program courses start and end at various times during each semester. Students do not have to be present for an entire semester to participate in the ILR program.
ILR FALL SEMESTER 2024 DATES
ILR Fall Semester Registration: Opens Wednesday, September 11, 2024
ILR Fall Semester: Wednesday, September 25 – Friday, December 20, 2024
ILR SPRING SEMESTER 2025 DATES
ILR Spring Semester 2024: Monday, March 3 – Friday, May 30, 2025
ILR Spring Semester 2024 Registration Opens: Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Spring 2025 Catalog Release: January 2025
UPDATES/CLASSROOM LOCATIONS: For important course updates and a list of classes that have filled up please scroll to the bottom of this page. For classroom locations and directions for getting around campus please visit the ILR’s FAQ web page. During the semester, ILR members can also pick up a printed of listing of course classrooms outside on the door of TEC-116.
HOW TO REGISTER: 3 ways to register! Students may register online, by phone, or in-person. During Registration students purchase an ILR membership for the semester, and then they are able to enroll in their courses.
REGISTER ONLINE: Click Here to register online and/or sign into your student account..
REGISTER BY PHONE: Call the ILR office at (201) 447-7156 or call the ILR Program Supervisor, Mary Kate Mellow, at (201) 879-3571. You may also call Continuing Education and Workforce Development at (201) 447-7488.
REGISTER IN-PERSON: Visit either Continuing Education and Workforce Development in TEC-115 or the ILR Office in TEC-116. Both are located in The Technology Building, BBC Paramus Campus (400 Paramus Road, Paramus, NJ 07652).
COST: An ILR membership fee of $150.00 entitles students to choose up to 5 courses per semester, plus up to 3 Bonus Courses. The ILR accepts new members at any time during the semester, but does not prorate fees. ILR memberships are non-refundable.
PAYMENT: Payment is by credit card only.
ILR Fall Catalog 2024
RETURNING STUDENTS: If you are a returning ILR student, use your current username (your email) and password to log in for Registration.
RESETTING PASSWORD: Returning students can also reset their ILR passwords online by clicking the prompt “I forgot sign in details” to be found just under the Sign in Details for Returning Students. For help resetting forgotten passwords contact the ILR at ilr@bergen.edu.
HOW TO REQUEST SCHEDULE CHANGES: To request a change to your schedule after registering please contact the ILR program.
FALL 2024 SEMESTER COURSE UPDATES
IR-619 Watercolors for All – This course will not be meeting on 10/17.
IR-055 Irish Short Stories – the Female Gaze From 1900-2022 – This course will now be starting on 10/18 and no longer meeting on 10/25. The dates are 10/18, 11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/22.
IR-978 Lively Discussions – ILR Spirituality Book Club – Students should read try to read a quarter or more of at least one of the two books for the course prior to its start. The books are “At Heaven’s Door” by William J Peters, Ph.D. and “After” by Bruce Greyson, M.D.
IR-775 President Jimmy Carter’s Sunday School – The correct course number for President Jimmy Carter’s Sunday School is IR-775 not IR-975.
The following classes are full (updated 9/26/24):
IR-085 Presidential Crises II
IR-162 Presidential Crises I
IR-167 Memoir Writing and Gratitude
IR-245 U.S. Supreme Court
IR-480 WWII: Air Force; FDR; Truman
IR-640 Discovery Series
IR-724 Genetic Genealogy
CONTACT THE ILR
Main Number: (201) 447-7156
General Email: ilr@bergen.edu
Technology Building, TEC-116, Paramus Campus
400 Paramus Rd, Paramus, NJ 07652
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