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Bouve College of Health Sciences

Stephen R. Zoloth, PhD, MPH, Dean Ena Vazquez-Nuttall, EdD, Associate Dean and Director of the Graduate School Christine Letzeiser, MS, RN, Director of Student Services/First-Year Experience Anne M. Sullivan, MEd, Director of Student Services/Academic Services Cynthia Seltzer, MS, Academic Counselor Nancy P. Warner, MS, Academic Counselor Esther B. Williams, Freshman Counselor William J. Purnell, Director of Graduate Admissions Margaret K. Schnabel, Director of Graduate Student Services

also in this section: class entrance requirements open option program transfer credit Curriculum Guide

The programs in Bouvé 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 Bouvé 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.

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

Academic standards for each of the programs in Bouvé College of Health Sciences are published in the Bouvé College of Health Sciences Undergraduate Student Information Manual, available in the college's Office of Student Services, 203 Robinson.

Special requirements. Cooperative Education is a required component for all Bouvé programs.

Graduation requirements. The college reserves the right to amend programs, courses, and degree requirements to fulfill its educational responsibility to respond to relevant changes in the field. Students must complete all of the requirements in the degree program in which they are candidates. Degree requirements are based on the year of graduation, determined by the date of entry or re-entry into the college. Degree requirements and the year of graduation for a degree candidate who fails to make normal academic progress will be subject to review and possible change.

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. 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.

Transfer Credit

The college may accept qualified transfer students who have successfully completed course work 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.