ARTICULATION AGREEMENT

COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
ROANOKE, VA

AND

ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
MIDDLETOWN, NY

Governing students earning the Associate of Applied Science Degree in Physical Therapist 
Assistant (AASPTA) who will pursue the Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training (BSAT) from the 
College of Health Sciences (CHS).

PREAMBLE

The College of Health Sciences and Orange County Community College (OCCC), in their efforts 
to serve the educational needs of their students, and to work collegially to improve access to 
higher education for the benefit of their service areas, do hereby establish this Articulation 
Agreement.

This Articulation Agreement pertains to those students earning the AASPTA who seek to 
complete the Athletic Training degree from the College of Health Sciences.

ARTICLES

1.	OCCC graduates will be admitted as candidates for articulation if they complete the 
AASPTA.

2.	All AASPTA graduates will enter with Junior status.  This block of credit may not fulfill 
content areas for majors other than the BSAT.

3.	The Articulation Agreement students must meet the same standards as all other CHS 
students for official admission into the BSAT program.  The admission requirements are 
listed in the CHS catalog for the year in which a student applies to CHS.  The specific 
requirements to the BSAT program are subject to change for all CHS students.  Refer to 
the CHS Catalog for details.

4.	Hours remaining to completion for the BSAT degree vary according to the General 
Education credits earned with the AASPTA degree.

5.	A minimum of 45 credit hours in BSAT must be taken and completed at CHS.

6.	This agreement shall commence March 1, 2002 and run continuously without necessity 
of renewal.

7.	Either party, upon one semester’s/quarter’s (Fall, Winter, or Spring) written notice, may 
terminate this agreement.  In the event of termination, students who have matriculated 
at CHS will be continued through completion of the BSAT degree.  Also, students 
enrolled at the time who declare in writing to CHS that they are pursuing this 
Articulation Agreement will be continued through completion of the BSAT degree.

8.	Both CHS and OCCC give mutual assurance that in performing their duties under this 
agreement that they will not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sex, national 
origin, age, and handicap.  Reasonable accommodations will be made in compliance 
with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the American with Disabilities Act 
of 1990.

AGREEMENT

It is with great dedication to the citizenry of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of 
New York that the College of Health Sciences and Orange County Community College, agree on 
March 1, 2002 to establish this Articulation Agreement outlined herein regarding students who 
are pursuing the Bachelor of Sciences in Athletic Training degree within the College of Health 
Sciences.

College of Health Sciences				Orange County Community College

Norman P. Fenton, Ph.D.					Preston Pulliams, President
Dean, Academic Services					David L. Rule, Dean