Articulation Agreement between Orange County Community College, A.S. in 
Mathematics/ Natural Science, and the Sage College of Albany, B.S.Biology: DPT 


Objective 

This articulation agreement is intended to facilitate the transfer of qualified students
currently enrolled in the A.S. Degree in Mathematics/ Natural Science program at Orange
County Community College into the B.S. Biology: DPT program at the Sage College of
Albany. Counselors at Orange County Community College can use the information in
this agreement to advise current students as they express an interest in the B.S. Biology
DPT program as to which Orange County Community College courses should be taken
prior to application for transfer. 


Terms of Agreement 

This articulation agreement, once signed, will be effective immediately and must be 
reviewed and re-approved in the same mmmer at least once every two years hereafter, in 
order to remain in effect. 


The procedure of review and re-approval shall be as follows:
  The latest available catalogs of the two institutions are reviewed by the SCA Program
Co-ordinator and the revised draft is prepared by the SCA Program Co-ordinator.
  A final draft is signed by the depmiment chairs ofboth institutions and by the
appropriate administrator of both institutions. 
  All of the most recently published rules for accepting transfer students into programs at
SCA apply. The agreement supplements, but does not supercede or replace, what was
written in the latest catalog. 


SCA agrees to accept and transfer into the B.S. program up to 66 credit hours earned by 
the student at Orange County Community College, who takes the courses listed below. 
Only courses of earned grades of C-or better will trm1sfer, and students who attain a 
combined Grade Point Average of3.0 in courses will automatically be admitted into the 
SCA Applied Biology program. The GP A requirements for entry into the B.S. Biology:
DPT program are 3.25 overall and 3.25 in the science prerequisities.

 
This agreement covers courses taken at Orange County Community College only. If
students from OCCC have credits on their transcripts from other institutions, the
published SCA rules for accepting transferred credit will apply to those credits.
If students from Orange County Community College wish to transfer without having
completed all of the courses in this agreement, they are assured that the identified
equivalent courses with C- or better will transfer, but outright admission into the program
will not be guaranteed. If admitted, junior status at SCA will be attained, if 54 or more of
the credits are transferred. All transfer students must meet with a Biology advisor to plan
their courses and to determine how many semesters are required for degree completion. 


Agreed upon Courses from OCCC 2012-2013 Catalog 

AS LA&S Math & Natural Science			BS Applied Biology: DPT	
OCCC Equivalent Course 			CH 	SCA Major Requirements			CH
Required courses: 				Required Courses:
							Biology

BIO 101 General Biology I		4	BIO 101/101L General Biology I		4
BIO 102 General Biology II		4	BIO 102/102L General Biology II		4
BIO 111 A&P I				4	BIO 201/201L A&P I			4
BIO 112 A&P II				4	BIO 202/202L A&P II			4
BIO 201 Genetics			4	BIO 296/206L Genetics			4
MLT 209 General Microbiology		4	BIO 208/208L Microbiology		4
						BIO 307 Internship*			3
						BIO 319 Cell & Molecular Bio		4
						BIO 351 Immunology			3
						BIO 359 Expl in Research Method		3

							Biology Electives (varies)*

BIO 115 Human Biology			4	BIO 134 Human Biology			3

							Supporting Courses

CHM 105 Gen Chemistry I			4	CHM 111/111L General Chemistry I	4
CHM 106 Gen Chemistry II		4	CHM 112/112L General Chemistry II	4
PHY 101 Gen Physics I			4	PHY 101/101L General Physics I or
PHY 105 Gen Physics w/Calc		4	PHY 107/107L Physics I			4
PHY 102 Gen Physics II			4	PHY 102/102L General Physics II or
PHY 106 Gen Physics II w/Calc		4	PHY 108/108L Physics II			4
MAT 125 Intro Statistics		3	MAT 220 Statistics			3

							Math Elective (one course)

MAT 131 Pre-Calculus			3	MAT 113 Precalculus			3
MAT 205 Calculus I			4	MAT 201 Calculus I			4
MAT 121 College Algebra			3	MAT 112 College Algebra			3


							Social Sciences

PSY 101 Intro Psychology		3	PSYC 101 Intro Psychology		3
PSY 220 Develop Psych			3	PSYC 202 Human Development		3

General Education Electives			LIFE Requirements:

ENG 101 Freshman English 		3	HUM 112 Humanities Seminar II		3
COM 101 Fund Communications		3	COM 104 Oral Communication		3
						ITK 101 IThink: Learn			3
						ITK 301 IThink: Engage			3

						General Electives (4+3) or
						
						DPT Grad Courses (3+3)*			30

					60						121


*Acceleration into DPT program (3+3) requires 3.25 overall GPA
and 3.25 GPA in prerequisite science courses. Biology electives
and internship requirements vary according to 3 or 4 year program. 


SIGNATURES 

For the Sage Colleges				For Orange County Community College

Dr. Mary Rea,					Dr. Trank Traeger,
Department Chair, Biology			Chair, Biology Department

Dr. Terry Weiner,				Dr. William Richards,
Provost						President