State University of New York
Upstate Medical University, College of Nursing
Dual Admission RN/BSN Program Agreement
With
SUNY Orange


SUNY Upstate Medical University ("SUNY Upstate"), located at 766 Irvin Avenue
Syracuse, New York 13210 and SUNY Orange located at 115 South Street, Middletown,
NY 10940, hereby establish this Dual Admission RN/BSN Program Agreement to facilitate
dual admission of students in both SUNY Orange's College of Nursing Associate of
Nursing A.A.S. Registered Nurse ("RN") Program and the SUNY Upstate College of
Nursing's, Bachelor's of Science in Nursing ("BSN") Program.


Objectives:

*  To align institutional efforts of SUNY Orange and SUNY Upstate to foster a consistent
   pipeline of well-qualified nurses to serve the people of New York State;

*  To attract and identify qualified nursing students to SUNY Orange and SUNY Upstate

*  To enable a mutually agreeable, clearly defined, and easily understood pathway from the
   Associate of Applied Science in Nursing at SUNY Orange through the Bachelor's of
   Science in Nursing at SUNY Upstate;

*  To provide student advising appropriate to assist students to timely complete both the
   Associate of Applied Science in Nursing and the Bacherlor's of Science in Nursing.

*  To encourage institutional collaboration, academic coordination, and faculty and
   administrative facilitation to foster success of this Dual Admission RN/BSN Program.


Admission Procedures

*  Students may apply for consideration for this program after the first year (35 credits) of
   the RN program at SUNY Orange.

*  Qualified applicants will be solely reviewed by the Nursing Chairperson and his/her
   designee(s) on behalf of SUNY Orange and SUNY Upstate Medical University.

*  To maintain their enrollment in the Dual RN/BSN program, students are required to
   achieve a 2.5 cumulative program GPA by the end of their final semester in the
   Nursing program at SUNY Orange and have completed all prerequisite courses with
   a C or better.

*  Students will be awarded the Associate of Applied Science in Nursing (RN) degree from
   SUNY Orange upon completion of all degree requirements. Students will be awarded the
   Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree by SUNY Upstate after successfully
   completing the program of study as outlined on the SUNY Upstate website:
   http://www.upstate.edu/con/programs/bs/part-time.php.

*  Pass the NCLEX exam prior to enrollment at SUNY Upstate


Course Equivalencies Agreement

Students in the Dual Admission RN/BSN Program must complete the following course
requirements including the following prerequisite credit hours at SUNY Orange:

BIO 111		Anatomy & Physiology I		4
BIO 112		Anatomy & Physiology II		4
MLT 106		Microbiology			3
ENG 101		Freshman English I		3
ENG 102		Freshman English II		3
PSY 111  	Intro to Psychology		3
SOC 101		Sociology			3
Liberal Arts/Sciences				7
Nursing						37

Prerequisite requirements are subject to change and must be complete with a C or better.

The following SUNY Orange courses have been pre-approved by SUNY Upstate as transfer
credits toward the bacherlor's degree program of study:

PHL 220 Ethics (meets Upstate requirement for HUM 320, Ethics and the Health Prof.)
MAT 120 Statistics (meets Upstate requirement for BIO 310, Biostatistics)

Students may transfer up to twelve (12) additional Liberal Arts and Sciences credits to the SUNY
Upstate BSN program. Students may accomplish these additional credits either through transfer
of credits taken prior to matriculation to SUNY Orange or through cross-registration at both
SUNY Upstate and SUNY Orange.

The parties expressly agree that program requirements will not be changed by either institution
for students enrolled in the Dual Admission RN/BSN Program without a formal modification to
this Agreement signed by both institutions. Moreover, SUNY Upstate expressly commits and
agrees that all credits attributable to SUNY Orange 63-credit Associate of Applied Science in
Nursing that adhere to the course equivalencies stated above will transfer to SUNY Upstate's
Bachelor's of Science in Nursing program, and that each student who matriculates at SUNY
Upstate pursuant to this Dual Admission Agreement who has attained SUNY Orange Associate
of Applied Science in Nursing after completing said courses and met the cumulative GPA
requirement will be deemed at the point of transfer to have attained full junior standing at SUNY
Upstate. This commitment goes to the essence of this Dual Admission RN/BSN Program.


Administration of Financial Aid

For the purpose of administering financial aid, SUNY Orange will be the home institution for the 
RN component of the program. SUNY Upstate Medical University will assume responsibility as
the home institution for the BSN component of the program once the student has matriculated at
Upstate. Cross-registration can be granted with financial aid approvals between the two
institutions.

	*  SUNY Upstate agrees that a student accepted by SUNY Orange will pay the
	   appropriate tuition to SUNY Orange for the student's full period of enrollment at
	   SUNY Orange.
	*  SUNY Orange agrees that a student accepted by SUNY Upstate will pay the
	   appropriate tuition to SUNY Upstate for the student's full period of enrollment at
	   SUNY Upstate.


Review/Revision of the Agreement

The Agreement will be effective from the date of signing for the Fall 2022 entering class and will
remain in effect through December 2027 unless earlier terminated by either institution with one
year's advance written notice to the other. Students then enrolled in the Dual Admission
RN/BSN Program, unless otherwise agreed in writing by both institutions, will be allowed to
complete both degrees in the Program in accordance with the terms in effect prior to termination.

Any proposed changes to courses or program requirements at either institution will be discussed
in advance by the appropriate faculty and administrators at both institutions, and this Agreement
will be amended to reflect any decisions reached. Such program changes will be applied
prospectively to students new to the Dual Admission RN/BSN Program. Students already
enrolled in the Dual Admission RN/BSN Program will be provided with a reasonable opportunity
to complete both degrees under the requirements in place at the time of the student's admission to
the Program.


Marketing & Communication

SUNY Orange and SUNY Upstate Medical University agree to encourage qualified students to
participate in this program through joint marketing efforts and by providing advision,
information, and assistance to prospective students.

SUNY Upstate will issue an acceptance letter that acknowledges the student's dual admission to
both institutions.


Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

The institutions will exercise the right to share student educational records data governed
by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, with the other
institution for purposes of this agreement pursuant to 34 CFR 99.34 (disclosure to assist a
requesting student to enroll in the other institution) and will disclose this information
sharing arrangement in its Annual Notice pursuant to 34 CFR 99.34(a)(1)(ii).


Coordination

SUNY Upstate and SUNY Orange commit to working collaborative to support the success of
this initiative. SUNY Upstate's liaison to Upstate Medical University is: Gabriela
Lozanova, Assistant Director of Admission, 315-464-4570. SUNY Orange's liaison to
SUNY Upstate is Nursing Department Chairperson Pat Cal.


Entered into this 29th day of October, 2021

By:

SUNY Orange						SUNY Upstate Medical University

Dr. Erika Hackman, Vice President			Tammy Austin-Ketch, PhD
Academic Affairs, SUNY Orange				Dean of College of Nursing
							SUNY Upstate Medical University


Approved for:						Approved for:

SUNY Orange						SUNY Upstate Medical University

Dr. Kris Young, President,				Mantosh Dewan, MD
SUNY Orange						President
							SUNY Upstate Medical University