Allied Health @ Penn State Brandywine

Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Radiologic Sciences, Bioscience Technologies, Physical Therapy, Pharmacy, and Couple and Family Therapy

Penn State Brandywine offers the prerequisite courses for Allied Health professional programs.  Students take courses here for 2 – 4 years and then transfer to an Allied Health program, usually at Thomas Jefferson’s College of Health Professions.  NOTE:  We do NOT offer clinical courses at this campus.  Please contact Dr. Dudkin ead9@psu.edu for information that is not covered by this web site.  Questions about applying to Penn State Brandywine should be addressed to the Admissions Office at 610-892-1200.

Penn State Brandywine has an articulation agreement with Thomas Jefferson’ College of Health professions for Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Radiologic Sciences, and Pharmacy that guarantees acceptance to our students if the following provisions are met:

1.  Students must have a minimum 2.8 GPA.  The nursing program has become increasingly competitive; students accepted for nursing have a minimum 3.0 GPA and most have GPAs higher than 3.2.  Pharmacy programs are also very competitive.

2.  Students must pass all required courses with a C or better.

3.  Students must have a recommendation written by the articulation agreement coordinator (Dr. Dudkin).

4.  Students must complete all required courses before matriculating at Jefferson

5.  There must be seats available in the program (Jefferson has rolling admissions, so students are encouraged to apply early).

6.  All students of the Thomas Jefferson College of Health Professions are required to pass a police background check.

Physical Therapy, and Couple and Family Therapy are graduate level, post-baccalaureate programs.  All students applying for these programs must have completed a 4-year baccalaureate degree, including specific courses.  An appropriate 4-year degree program offered at Penn State Brandywine for both the Counseling and Physical Therapy programs is Human Development and Family Studies.  Science course requirements for Physical Therapy can be folded into the course requirements for the HDFS major.  At this time, the campus does NOT have an articulation agreement for Physical Therapy.

Thomas Jefferson University
College of Health Professions
Admission Requirements for Fall 2009

NURSING

TJU’s College of Health Professions offers three nursing programs of special interest to Penn State Brandywine students:  the prelicensure BSN (for students earning their first baccalaureate degree), FACT (for students who have already earned a baccalaureate degree in one field and who wish to earn a BSN in an accelerated, 1 year program), and an accelerated MSN program (for students who already have an undergraduate degree).  The requirements for these programs are listed below.

Course @ PSU Brandywine	BSN Credits	2nd Degree FACT/MSN Credits
Biology 129	4	4
Biology 141/142	4	4
Microbiology 106/107	4	4
Chemistry 110/111	4	4
Chemistry 112/113	4	4
Statistics 200	4	4
Nutrition 251	3	3
Math 21*	3
Psychology 100	3
HDFS 129 or 229	3
Sociology 001	3
Anth 45 or Soc 119	3
English 15	3
English Elective	3
Abnormal Psychology	3
Philosophy 001, 010, 012	3
Electives	6
Credits from undergraduate degree		39 or 40
Total prerequisite credits	60	67

 

*Please note that while TJU only requires Math 21, Math 22 is a prerequisite for Chem 110/111/112/113.

 

 

 

Occupational Therapy
Combined BS/MS in OT

 

 

Course @ PSU Brandywine	Credits
Biology 129	4
Biology 141/142	4
HDFS 129	3
Abnormal Psychology	3
Sociology 001	3
Anthropology 045 or Sociology 119	3
English 15	3
English Elective	3
Statistics 200*	3
Math 21	3
Math 22	3
Electives in Humanities, Arts, Social, or Natural Sciences	20
Total prerequisite credits	55

 

*PLEASE NOTE that Math 21 and Math 22 are prerequisites for Statistics 200.

In addition, students are STRONGLY advised to complete a minimum of 80 hours volunteering in 2 different Occupational Therapy sites.

 

 

BIOSCIENCE TECHNOLOGIES

 

 

Course @ PSU Brandywine	2+2   BS Program	3+1   BS Program	3+2 Entry Level   BS/MS Program	Accelerated   Professional   MS Program
Biology 110	4	4	4	4
Biology 230W			4	4
Chemistry 110/111	4	4	4	4
Chemistry 112/113	4	4	4	4
Chemistry 210	3	3	3	3
Chemistry 212/213	5	5	5	5
Math 22	3	3	3	3
English 15	3	3	3	3
English Elective	3	3	3	3
Electives including Statistics 200, Physics 250/251, Bioinformatics are recommended	26	41	49	N/A
Total Credits	55	70	82	33

 

 

RADIOLOGIC SCIENCES
ADVANCED PLACEMENT AND MULTICOMPETENCY PROGRAMS  

 

Course @ PSU Brandywine	Medical Dosimetry	Nuclear Medicine	All Other RS Programs
Biology 129	4	4