TRANSFER ADVISING GUIDE Bucks County Community College to University of the Sciences in Philadelphia A.A. Biomedical Sciences (05) Professional Bridge Pre Pharmacy Early Assurance Program Bucks Associate of Arts USciences Professional Bridge Biomedical Sciences (05) Pre Pharmacy EA Program Bucks Courses Cr. USciences Courses Cr. BIOL2 Biological Principles I 4 BS2 Introductory Biology I BS4 Introductory Biology I Lab [BS0 Introductory Biology I for students transferring prior to Fall 9] BIOL22 Biological Principles II 4 BS Introductory Biology II BS5 Introductory Biology II Lab BIOL228 Microbiology [BS Introductory Biology II for students transferring prior to Fall 9] 4 BS24 Microbial Science BS244 Microbial Science Lab [BS24 Microbiology for students transferring prior to Fall 9] CHEM2 Chemistry I 4 CH0 General Chemistry I CH0 General Chemistry Laboratory I CHEM22 Chemistry II 4 CH02 General Chemistry II CH04 General Chemistry Laboratory II MATH20 College Algebra 4 MA04 College Algebra (serves as Free Elective) MATH25 Pre Calculus 4 MA07 Pre calculus MATH40 Calculus I 4 MA22 Calculus 4 COMP0 English Composition I WR0 Writing & Rhetoric I COMP English Composition II WR02 Writing & Rhetoric II COMM0 Effective Speaking CO0 Introduction to Communication CISC0 Introduction to Information Science CSX0 Computer Science Elective (serves as Free Elective) HLTH20 Nutrition Replaced with: Choose One: 2 PE0/02 Physical Education I/II [KINS 06,0,6,8,20,22,24,29, 0,,4,5,4,42,45,50,54,55,56, 70,72,75 79,88,89] SOCI0 Introduction to Sociology SO0 Introduction to Sociology (serves as GenEd Social Sciences Requirement) PSYC0 Introduction to Psychology PS0 Introduction to Psychology (serves as GenEd MD Requirement)
Arts/Humanities Choose One (serves as GenEd Humanities Requirement) Arts/Humanities Choose One (serves as GenEd Humanities Requirement) Social Sciences course Choose One (serves as GenEd MD Requirement) ECON2 Principles of Economics: Micro EC20 Intro to Microeconomics (serves as GenEd Social Sciences Requirement) Bucks credits toward AS 64 Credits Accepted 6 Total Bucks Credits 64 Total Credits Accepted 6 A minimum.0 cumulative GPA and a minimum grade of B in courses with prefixes BIOL, MATH and CHEM are required for admission to the Professional Bridge Pre Pharmacy Early Assurance program. The courses encompassed in the A.S. degree from Bucks must be completed within the three years preceding matriculation at USciences. The USciences Letter of Intent form has to be submitted at least one year prior to transferring to USciences. Three students per academic year will be admitted to the USciences Professional Bridge Pre Pharmacy Early Assurance program under this agreement. USciences may, at its discretion, extend the number of admitted students above three based on anticipated additional seats availability in the PharmD program and transfer student credentials. PP90 Pharmacy Orientation ( cr) will be waived for students transferring to USciences after earning the A.S. in Biomedical Sciences (05). However, the total credits required for graduation (includes transfer credits) will remain unchanged. 2
A checklist for the rd year Professional Bridge Pre Pharmacy EA program at USciences, based on current approved curriculum, is provided in the following table. Transfer credits for the following courses will not be accepted as part of the bridge program, these courses need to be completed at USciences. [Note: To be admitted in the PharmD program students in the Professional Bridge Pre Pharmacy EA must be full time during their transitional year (i.e. take minimum of 2 credits per semester) and meet the minimum USciences overall GPA and math/science GPA admission requirements. The following courses were identified by the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy as the pre requisite courses that must be used to calculate the USciences overall GPA and math/science GPA, therefore they must be taken at USciences.] THIRD YEAR AT USCIENCES PROFESSIONAL BRIDGE PRE PHARMACY EA FALL CH20 Organic Chemistry I CH20 Organic Chemistry I Lab BS0 Human Anatomy and Physiology I PC0 Virtual Physiology Lab I PY20* Introductory Physics I 4 SPRING CH202 Organic Chemistry II CH204 Organic Chemistry II Lab BS Human Anatomy and Physiology II PC04 Virtual Physiology Lab II ST0 Biostatistics Elective (course approved for GenEd skill: Ethics) * Students are highly recommended to take PY202 Introductory Physics II in the Spring semester Students transferred under this agreement who have earned USciences overall GPA of.0, Math/Science GPA of.0, passed the PERC interview and completed PCP admission requirements (Signed Technical Standards, Statement of Personal and Professional Goals, PCP Academic Integrity Affidavit, Valid Social Security Number) will be admitted in the first professional year (P) of the PharmD program. Students admitted into the PharmD program will earn the BS degree in Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Studies after the completion of the second professional year (P2), provided all the University requirements for the BS program are met. Students transferred under this agreement who are not admitted to the professional year of the PharmD program by the end of the transitional year may complete a 4 th year at USciences to earn a bachelor s degree and subsequently be admitted in the first professional year (P) of the PharmD program if all the criteria for admission are successfully met. An example of a possible pathway to a USciences BS degree is given below: 4 th YEAR AT USCIENCES BS in BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE CH 4X Biochemistry 4 Clinical Biology Elective 4 BS 466 Genetics 4 BS 49 Biological Sciences Seminar I BS 494 Biological Sciences Seminar II BS XXX Biological Science Elective 4 Free Electives 6 BS 4XX Science Electives 2 4
Progress in Completing USciences General Education Curriculum [For the most recent information, see the current USciences Catalog on its website] Discipline Requirements (minimum of 4 credits) Discipline Requirement Community College Courses / / USciences Courses* Natural Science (ONE semester of lab required) 7 credits CHEM2 & CHEM22 Mathematics 6 credits MATH25 & MATH40 Communication (written & oral) 9 credits COMP0 & COMP & COMM0 Social Sciences 6 credits SOCI0 & ECON2 Humanities 6 credits Choose Two: Arts/Humanities AMSL 0, COMM,20,20 FREN 0,,20,202,250,25 GRMN 0,,20,202,250,25 HIST 0,,2,2,26,,6,9,40,4, 4,44, 46,49,5 56,59,60,70,72 78,80, 90,94 99, 200 208,20,24,26,27,28,29,29, 245,28,288 HUMN 07,08,0 4,20,2,22,25,27, 28,29,66 ITAL 0,,20,202 JOUR 55,75,275,276,277,278,280 JPNS 0,02 LITR 205,206,2,22,24,25,246,254,255,26,262, 264, 27,27,275,277,278,279 MUSC 00,0,0,05,06,,2,5,6,24, 29,0, 202,206,2,22,25,26,20 PHIL 05,,5,25,40,45 SPAN 0,,20,202,250,25 VAFA 00,0,4,47,48,49,5,57,60,6, 65,67, 68,69,7,8,9 96,200,202,20, 20,2,242,246, 249,257,260,26,27,282 VAFW 00,,6,7,8,40,45,80,8,90,280 WMST 0 Multidisciplinary Inquiry 6 credits (may be substituted by Social Sciences &/or Humanities courses) PSYC0 Introduction to Psychology Choose One: Social Sciences CRIJ 00, 0,5,6,20,0,40,60,20,220, 20,250,260,270,275,280,285 ECON,2,20 POLI 0,,2,20,22 PSYC 00,0,60,80,8,85,90,200,205,25, 20,270,280 SOCI 20,0,40,50,60 SSWK 5,40,25,255 Physical Education credit Choose One: [KINS 06,0,6,8,20,22,24,29, 0,,4,5,4,42,45,50,54,55,56, 70,72,75 79,88,89] 4
Skills, Values, and Attitudes (one approved course for each) Skills, Values, and Attitudes Community College Course USciences Course [RED = courses taken after transferring to USciences] Ethics See list of USciences courses approved for Ethics Information Literacy BIOL22 Oral Communication SOCI0 Reasoning & Problem Solving BIOL2 Technology BIOL2 Written Communication PSYCH0 Skills requirement is usually fulfilled by taking courses that satisfy discipline requirements that are also approved for one or more GenEd skill. 5