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

 
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.A. Biology Premed program at Russell Sage
College. Counselors at Orange County Community College can use the infom1ation in
this agreement to advise ctment students as they express an interest in the B.A. Biology
Premed 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 manner 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 RSC Program
Co-ordinator and the revised draft is prepared by the RSC Program Co-ordinator.
  A final draft is signed by the department chairs of both institutions and by the
appropriate administrator of both institutions. 
  All of the most recently published rules for accepting transfer students into programs at
RSC apply. The agreement supplements, but does not supercede or,replace, what was written in the latest catalog. 

RSC agrees to accept and transfer into the B.A. program up to 60 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 transfer. and students who attain a 
combined Grade Point Average of 3.0 in courses will automatically be admitted into the 
RSC B.A. Biology, Premed program. The GPA requirements for entry into the B.A.
Biology, Premed program are 3.0 overall and 3.0 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 RSC 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 identitied
equivalent courses with C- or better will transfer, but outright admission into the program
will not be guaranteed. If admitted, junior status at RSC 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			BA Biology: Premed
OCCC Equivalent Course 			CH 	RSC Major Requirements			CH

Required courses: 				Required Courses:

							Biology

BIO 101 General Biology I 		4 	BIO 104/104L Found Biology I		4
BIO 102 General Biology II		4	BIO 105/105L Found Biology II		4
						BIO 220 Cell Biology			4
BIO 205 General Ecology			4	BIO 326 Ecology				4
						BIO 405 Molecular Genetics		4
						BIO 358 Proseminar			3
						BIO 359 Expl in Research Method		3
						BIO 401 Senior Project			6

							Biology Electives (3 courses)*

MLT 209 General Microbiology		4	BIO 208/208L Microbiology		4
BIO 202 Comp Vert Anatomy		4	BIO Elective Credit			4
BIO 201 Genetics			4	BIO 206/206L Genetics			4

							Supporting Courses

MAT 125 Intro Statistics		3	MAT 220 Statistics			3
CHM 105 Gen Chemistry I			4	CHM 111/111L Gen Chemistry I		4
CHM 106 Gen Chemistry II		4	CHM 112/112L Gen 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

							Math Electives (as needed)*:

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

General Education Electives			General Education Requirements

						WLD 101 Women in World			3
						WLD 201 Women in World			3
						WLD 420 Women Changing World		3

						Humanities Electives			12
						Cross-cultural				3
						Social Science Electives		6

						General Electives*

					60						120	

*vary according to preparation (MD/DO, Dental, PA or VET) 


SIGNATURES

For the Sage Colleges				For Orange County Community College

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

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