In addition, Virginia has instituted a state policy on transfer which outlines an articulation policy between all public four year institutions and the VCCS institutions. The Vice-Provost for Undergraduate Studies has been designated as VCU's chief transfer officer as required by the state policy on transfer. All specialized articulation agreements worked out between individual departments and specific programs at a community college are cleared through his office. The College of Humanities and Sciences offers pre-health sciences curricula to prepare students for admission to the undergraduate health sciences programs of their choice. Counting the students preparing for entry to medical, dental or veterinary schools, between 800 and 900 students are enrolled in the college as degree seeking students preparing for entry to Bachelor of Science degree programs in dental hygiene, medical technology, nuclear medicine technology, nursing, occupational therapy, optometry, and pharmacy.
Students usually enter medical, dental, and veterinary schools with an undergraduate degree.
During any given semester, perhaps as many as 100 to 200 students are enrolled as special nondegree seeking students taking similar courses to prepare for an application to a health sciences program. The pre-health sciences programs in the college, usually the first two or three years of a health sciences program, are closely planned with personnel in the appropriate program on the MCV campus. The coordinator of pre-health sciences in the college is in regular contact with health sciences programs outside of VCU to which VCU regularly sends students. This ensures that an adequate amount of credit will be taken at VCU in the major program.