This agreement serves to facilitate the admission and academic transfer of students from Temple College to the Biomedical Science program (BIMS) in the Texas A & M University College of Veterinary Medicine.  As students progress successfully toward the completion of the Associate of Arts degree, this agreement will ensure that seamless transition of students into the BIMS program according to the provisions and conditions below:

1.     Temple College students who complete the attached degree plan, as full time students will be admitted to the BIMS program automatically, provided:

1. They meet all other general admission requirements (i.e., transcripts, applications, timelines, deadline dates, etc.) for general admissions to the Texas A & M University.

2.     Students must have maintained no less than a cumulative 3.60 GPA in the courses taken at Temple College and be eligible for graduation from Temple College.

3.     Students must not have made any grade below a "B" in all of their Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) science and math course work.

4.     This agreement will be reviewed on an annual basis and may be amended by mutual written consent of both parties by issuing an addendum to this agreement.

5.     This agreement will commence effective the Fall 2002 semester with commitment of a five (5) year period.