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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. Timothy Niiler (Allied Health Adviser, tan13@psu.edu) . 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.
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.
The Doctor of Pharmacy program at Thomas Jefferson is not covered by an articulation agreement with any institution at this point in time. Prerequisites for Pharmacy can be completed at Penn State Brandywine. Students take a standardized exam, called the PCAT and can then apply for the Doctor of Pharmacy program through PharmCAS.
Physical Therapy, and Couple and Family Therapy are graduate level, postbaccalaureate 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 2010
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).
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
Combined BS/MS in OT
Students are STRONGLY advised to complete a minimum of 80 hours volunteering in 2 different Occupational Therapy sites.
BIOSCIENCE TECHNOLOGIES
Jefferson offers 2+2 and 3+1 programs that lead to a BS degree. There are also 3+2 entry level BS/MS degree programs and an Accelerated Professional MS program.
RADIOLOGIC SCIENCES
ADVANCED PLACEMENT AND MULTICOMPETENCY PROGRAMS
Jefferson offers several different programs in radiologic sciences, including medical dosimetry, nuclear medicine, as well as traditional radiologic sciences.
PHARMACY
Jefferson’s College of Pharmacy enrolled their first class of students in Fall 2008. This program is not currently part of Penn State Brandywine’s articulation agreement with Jefferson.
PHYSICAL THERAPY
Applicants to this program must have first completed baccalaureate degree in any field and they must also successfully complete a set of prerequisite courses.
COUPLE AND FAMILY THERAPY
The requirements for admission to this program are: Baccalaureate degree in any field GREs (preferred) or MATs 3 credits each of Introductory Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, and Statistics Undergraduate GPA of at least 3.0 Work-related experience will be considered.
To see the list of prerequisite courses for the programs above, please go to the Thomas Jefferson’s College of Health Professions and see the Penn State Brandywine Course Equivalency Guide: http://www.jefferson.edu/jchp/admissions/documents/PSUBrandywine.pdf.
