a c a d e m i c p r o g r a m sBouve College of Health Sciences
The programs in Bouve College of Health Sciences combine cooperative education experiences with highly innovative academic curricula that are designed to meet the demand for well-educated allied health professionals, nurses, and pharmacists. The college prepares students to become effective professional practitioners, enter graduate schools, and work in many areas responsible for the delivery of health care.
There are three schools within the Bouve College of Health Sciences: the School of Health Professions, the School of Nursing, and the School of Pharmacy. The college offers students a health-care education that features a curriculum of highly relevant and closely integrated basic courses in the physical, biological, behavioral, and administrative sciences; on-site involvement in clinical patient care, including a pharmacy externship-internship period and clinical affiliations in nursing, physical therapy, and other health professions; a cooperative education work program; and a commitment to the search for and advancement of new and progressive concepts, ideas, and philosophies of education and professional practice. also in this section: class entrance requirements
open option program
transfer credit
Curriculum Guide
Each of the programs offered by the college is accredited by the appropriate professional group. The college is a member of the Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, and the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.
Class Entrance Requirements
Listed below are the overall quality-point averages required for students to advance to the next rank and to graduate, unless otherwise specified by a program.
Sophomore 1.8 Middler 2.0 Junior 2.0 Senior 2.0 To graduate 2.0 In addition, students are required to attain a grade of CÐ or better in professional courses (CPS, MLS, PAH [except PAH 1135], PCL, PCT, PHP, PMC, and TOX); and a C or better in professional courses (ATP, NUR, PMD, and PTH). A required course in which a D, F, or W (withdrawal from course) grade is received can be repeated only once. Other standards for progress are published in the Bouve College of Health Sciences Undergraduate Student Information Manual available in the College Student Services Office in 203 Robinson.
Students are responsible for providing their own transportation to their assigned clinical placement or co-op position. Not all sites are served by public transportation so access to a car may be required for some assignments.
Athletic training special requirements. A grade of C or better must be earned in each professional course in the program. A minimum quality point average of 2.0 is required for field experience.
Cardiopulmonary sciences special requirements. In addition to the general grade requirement of at least a CÐ in all professional courses (CPS), students are required to maintain a quality-point average of at least 2.0 in the following professionally related courses to enter quarter 6: BIO 1108, BIO 1122, CHM 1105, CHM 1106, MTH 1107, PAH 1202, PAH 1204, and PHY 1201. Students must complete all professional courses in the exercise physiology curriculum to enter quarter 9.
Nursing special requirements. A grade of C or better is required in each nursing course. During the first year, nursing students must achieve a grade of C or better in BIO 1162, BIO 1163, and BIO 1164. The QPA for these science courses must be 2.0 before a student can enter the sophomore year.
Doctor of Pharmacy Class of 2003Ð04 special requirements. For the Class of 2003Ð04, a grade of C (2.0) or better must be earned in all courses in the Doctor of Pharmacy program. Students who are administratively released after three quarters in The English Language Center will not be allowed to continue in the Pharmacy Program.
Deficiencies will be cumulative such that a student is warned with two deficiencies, placed on probation with three deficiencies, and dropped from the pharmacy program when the fourth deficiency is earned, even if previous deficiencies have been remediated. A student who fails a required course twice will be dropped from the Doctor of Pharmacy Program.
All coursework in the first and second years of the curriculum must be completed satisfactorily in order for a student to progress to the middler year of the curriculum.
Students with a QPA equal to, or greater than, 2.5 will be able to progress to middler-year standing pending satisfactory completion of all academic and co-op requirements stated herein. Students with QPA below 2.5 but above 2.0, will be warned at the end of the freshman year. Students who fail to achieve the required 2.5 QPA at the end of the sophomore year, even if they have no deficiencies, will not be allowed to continue in the Doctor of Pharmacy Program.
Students who receive an I (incomplete grade) must file an "Incomplete Clearance Form" with the Student Service Office within three weeks from the date the I is posted. That clearance form must show that the course can be made up some time within the first six weeks of the following quarter. Failure to clear the I grade within the allotted time will result in the course being counted as a deficiency for purposes of progression.
In addition to academic performance, satisfactorily evaluated co-op experience will be required for normal progression. Students who fail to obtain an available co-op position or who receive an unsatisfactory grade will be allowed one opportunity, over a two-quarter time period, to remediate. Students who cannot meet this requirement will be blocked from future registration in the Doctor of Pharmacy Program.
In years three through six, a student must pass every course in a quarter with a grade of C or better in order to progress to the next quarter. A student who fails to achieve the minimum satisfactory grade will be expected to wait until the failed course is offered again and repeat the course at that time. In the interim, a student may petition to be on co-op or on leave of absence. Students who withdraw from a course (or courses) are also considered deficient for the purpose of progression.
Required experiential rotations are considered courses, and the rules stated above apply to them as well. Repeat of a failed rotation is scheduled by the appropriate coordinator and is done on a space-available basis.
Medical laboratory science special requirements. A grade of CÐ or better must be earned in each professional course (MLS) in the program. To enter professional courses in the sophomore year, a student must obtain a minimum quality-point average of 2.0 in all science courses, including mathematics, chemistry, biology, and basic medical laboratory science. To enter professional courses in the middler year, a student must have a minimum quality-point average of 2.0 and have earned a CÐ or better in all professional courses. To enter clinical studies in the junior and senior years, a student must have a minimum quality-point average of 2.5 and have earned a CÐ or better in all professional courses.
To be eligible for graduation, a baccalaureate degree candidate must have completed the specified curriculum with a minimum quality-point average of 2.5 and have earned a CÐ or better in all professional courses.
Physical therapy special requirements. During the first two years, physical therapy students must achieve a grade of C or better in each of the prerequisite sciences as well as in each professional course; all deficiencies, if any, must be cleared before a student may progress into the middler year. Beginning with quarter 6, students must achieve a grade of C or better in each professional course to progress to the next academic quarter. In addition, specific academic requirements govern performance in the physical therapy program and department.
Toxicology special requirements. A grade of C or better is required in each toxicology course. A cumulative quality-point average of 2.0 is required for graduation. Professional electives cannot be taken on a pass/fail basis. An average of 2.5 or better overall is required of all students transferring into the program.
Open Option Program
The Open Option Program is designed for students who are undecided about a profession but are interested in a career in health care. The program offers freshmen a core of courses designed to provide the basic scientific background for many of the professional programs in the college in addition to a one quarter-hour health careers seminar.
Satisfactory completion of all freshman-year courses, including the Open Option core curriculum, is necessary for admission, on a space available basis, to one of the professional programs of the college. The Open Option plan may not be available in the dental hygiene, nursing, pharmacy, or physical therapy programs.
Transfer Credit
The college may accept qualified transfer students who have successfully completed one or more years of preprofessional coursework in an accredited college or university. No student transferring from another college or university may receive a degree unless the last three quarters of academic work immediately preceding graduation have been completed at Northeastern.