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February 9, 2015
Dr. Bell Wheelan
President, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Commission on Colleges
1866 Southern Lane
Decatur, GA 30033-4097
RE: Collaborative Agreement between Maryville College, Maryville, Tenn. and the College of
Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee
Dear Dr. Wheelan:
Please consider this letter notification from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville of a
collaborative agreement between Maryville College, Maryville, Tenn. and the College of
Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee. The two parties have entered into a collaborative
agreement to offer a dual degree program of a Bachelor’s degree and the Doctor of Veterinary
Medicine, and per the guidelines as stated in the Substantive Change for Accredited Institutions
of the Commission on Colleges - Policy Statement and Procedures, Agreements Involving Joint
and Dual Academic Awards: Policy and Procedures, and Core Requirement 2.7.1 (Program
Length) Interpretation this is serving as notification of the new agreement.
Dual Degree: Bachelor degree at Maryville College and the DVM, College of Veterinary
Medicine
StartDateofProgram: January 20, 2015
LeadPersonauthorizedtoanswerquestionsabouttheagreementintheCollegeofVeterinaryMedicine
attheUniversityofTennessee,Knoxville:
Dr. James P. Thompson, Dean, [email protected]
Dr. Claudia A. Kirk, Associate Dean and Professor, [email protected]
College of Veterinary Medicine
The University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine
2407 River Drive
Knoxville TN 37996-4544
865-974-7263
LeadPersonauthorizedtoanswerquestionsabouttheagreementatMaryvilleCollege,Maryville,
Tennessee
OfficeofAccreditation
527AndyHoltTowerKnoxville,TN37996‐0152
865‐974‐3635865‐974‐4811faxmalbrech@utk.edu
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February9,2015
NotificationofCollaborativeAgreement:MaryvilleCollege,Maryville,Tenn.,andCollegeofVeterinary
Medicine,TheUniversityofTennessee
Dr. William T. Bogart, President, [email protected]
Dr. Barbara Wells, Academic Vice President and Dean,
Dr. Martha P. Craig, Associate Dean, [email protected]
Maryville College
502 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway
Maryville, TN 37804-5907
Phone: 865-981-8278
Officialaddresswherestudentswillbestudying attheUniversityofTennessee:
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
College of Veterinary Medicine
2407 River Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996-4500
865-974-5576
SummaryofProgram
Under this agreement, a student will spend three years at Maryville College, and athen complete
the requirements for a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree at the University of Tennessee.
Students will be admitted to the UTCVM Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program through
normal application processes, and no guarantee of acceptance is implied.
I trust this letter satisfies the responsibility of the University of Tennessee to notify the
Association of this change.
Sincerely,
Mary Lewnes Albrecht, PhD
Associate Vice Provost and SACS COC Liaison
cc: Dr. Jimmy G. Cheek, Chancellor
Dr. Susan D. Martin, Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor
Dr. Sally McMillan, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
Dr. Carolyn Hodges, Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School Carolyn Hodges
Dr. Jim Thompson, Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Claudia A. Kirk, Associate Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Steven M. Sheeley, Vice President, SACS COC
Attachment: Dual Degree Agreement
Original signed and mailed
TH
E
UNIVERSITY
of T
ENNESSEE
ur
INSTITUTE of AGRICULTURE
COLLEGE of VETERINARY MEDICINE
January
22,
2015
Dr.
Martha
P.
Craig
Associate Dean
Maryville
College
502
E.
Lamar
Alexander
Parkway
Maryville,
TN
37804
-
5907
Dear
Dr.
Craig:
Office of t
he
Dean
Please find
attached
a copy
of
the
Dual Degree
Program
Agreement
between
Maryville
College
and
the
University
of
Tennessee
College
of
Veterinary
Medicine.
This
document
has
been
signed
by
Dr. James
P.
Thompson,
Dean,
and
Dr.
Claudia Kirk,
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs,
on
behalf
of
the
UT
College
of
Veterinary
Medicine.
It is
our
understanding
that
this
agreement
is effective as
of
January 20,
2015
, for a
ten
-
year
period. For
renewal
consideration,
a
new
agreement
should
be
received no
later
than
the
2024
fall
semester
.
If you
have
any
questions,
please
let
us know.
Thank
you
and
we
look
forward
to
working
with
you.
Respectfully,
~~~
Jeanie
Snider
Executive
Assistant
to
the
Dean
UT
College
of
Veterinary
Medicine
Attachment:
Dual Degree
Program
Agreement
c:
Dr.
Mary Albrecht, Associate Vice
Provost
for Accreditation
Dr.
Claudia Kirk, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
2407
Ri
ver
Drive,
AI
02
•
Knoxvi
ll
e,
TN 37996-4550 •
Phon
e:
865-974-7262 •
Fax:
865-974-4773
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DUAL DEGREE PROGRAM AGREEMENT
The University
of
Tennessee, on behalf
of
its College
of
Veterinary Medicine and Maryville College
agree to cooperate
in
a dual degree program leading to a baccalaureate degree from Maryville College and
a doctorate
in
veterinary medicine from the University
of
Tennessee. Under this agreement, a student will
spend three years at Maryville College, and then complete the requirements for a Doctor
of
Veterinary
Medicine degree at the University
of
Tennessee. Students will be admitted to the
UTCVM
Doctor
of
Veterinary Medicine program through normal application processes, and no guarantee
of
acceptance
is
implied.
Maryville College will designate a Liaison
Officer to coordinate the dual degree program on campus.
The Liaison
Officer will make current and prospective students aware
of
the program, and ensure that the
program is advertised
in
the MC Catalog and
in
other promotional literature. The Liaison Officer will
also notify his
or
her counterpart at the College
of
Veterinary Medicine
of
relevant curriculum changes
that would affect the administration
of
this program.
The College
of
Veterinary Medicine at the University
of
Tennessee will also name a Liaison Officer to
coordinate the program at
UT. The College
of
Veterinary Medicine Liaison Officer will also notify his
or
her counterpart at Maryville College
of
relevant curriculum changes that would affect the administration
ofthis
program.
Course equivalencies
in
effect at the time
of
this agreement have been established and will be updated as
needed within the terms
of
this agreement.
The agreement will be evaluated after a ten-year period to determine what changes can be made to make
it more useful to both Maryville College and the
UT College
of
Veterinary Medicine.
Accepted for Maryville College by:
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Barbara Wells, Academic Vice President and Dean
Accepted for
UT
College
of
Veterinary
Medicine by:
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Claudia Kirk, Associate Dean for Academic and
Student Affairs
Course Equivalencies
For the UT College
of
Veterinary Medicine and Maryville College
DUAL DEGREE
PROGRAM AGREEMENT
Maryville College Course/Requirement:
ETH
490 Senior Ethics
Experiential Education
128 Credit hours toward Graduation
UT
College
of
Veterinary Medicine Equivalent:
VMD814/816 Clinical Correlations & Ethics I & II
VMD80
11802
Application Based Learning Exercise I & II
Other First-Year Veterinary Courses to equal 128 hrs
