RESPIRATORY CARE
ASSOCIATE'S AND BACHELOR'S DEGREES

Suggested Sequence

Applicable to students entering program during 2010-11 school year.

EXTENDED CURRICULUM: A student wishing to take the respiratory care curriculum in an extended program of study may do so by distributing the first two years of coursework over a three-year period. This is also advantageous to those who prefer a less demanding study program. Contact the department office for more information.

ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN RESPIRATORY CARE

		Semester hours by term
FIRST YEAR		Fall	Winter	Summer
CHEM 105	Chemistry for Health Sciences	4
MATH 105	Fundamentals of Math	3
ENGL 105	Academic Discourse I	3
RESA 101	Patient Assessment	3
RESA 112	Cardiopulmonary Anat. & Phys.	3
BIOL 119	Human Anatomy & Physiology I		4
ENGL 118	Writing & Research in the Health Care Professions		3
RESA 226	Pharmacology		2
RESA 104	Case-Based Pulmonary Pathology 1		2
RESA 124	Respiratory Therapeutics		3
RESA 125	Respiratory Care Clinical Practice 1		2
RELB 110	Biblical Resources for Understanding Health Care			2
PEAC 178	Wellness			1
RESA 220	Respiratory Therapeutic & Diagnostic Procedures			3
RESA 222	Respiratory Therapeutic & Diagnostic Clin. Practice			2
	TOTALS	16	16	8

		Semester hours by term
SECOND YEAR		Fall	Winter	Summer
BIOL 151	Microbiology	4
RELB	Religion (Bible) elective	2
RESA 217	Neonatal/Pediatric Respiratory Care	3
RESA 204	Case-Based Pulmonary Pathology II	2
RESA 230	Critical Care	4
RESA 231	Critical Care Clinical Practice	2
RELX	Religion elective		2
PEAC	Physical Education Elective		1
PSYC 112	General Psychology		3
RESA 241	Advanced Diagnostics		3
RESA 242	Advanced Diagnostics Clinical Practice		2
RESA 250	Respiratory Care Capstone		2
RESA 243	Special Procedures		3
RESA 294	Respiratory Care Practicum			6
	TOTALS	17	16	6
	TOTAL CREDITS			79
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN HEALTH PROFESSIONS, RESPIRATORY CARE MAJOR
		Semester hours by term
THIRD YEAR		Fall	Winter	Summer
RESA 3xx	Required cognate course	3
HEPR 380	Introduction to Health Care Professional Studies	1
HEPR 330	Community Health Perspectives	3
RELP 315	Spirituality in Healing & Health Care	2
MATH 215	Probability & Statistics	4
SOCI 375	Cultural Diversity in Health Care		3
RESA 3xx	Required cognate course		3
HEPR 340	Legal & Ethical Considerations in Health Care		3
HEPR 348	Concepts of Management & Leadership in Health Care		3
RELB 3xx	Religion elective		2
	General electives			6
	TOTALS	13	14	6
		Semester hours by term
FOURTH YEAR		Fall	Winter	Summer
RESA 3xx	Required cognate course	3
HEPR 310	Health Care Economics & Finance	3
HEPR	Elective	3
	Humanities Group II elective	3
RELX 3xx	Religion elective	2
HEPR	Elective		3
HEPR 410	Health Care Statistics & Research		3
HEPR 480	Capstone/Senior Project		1
HEPR 415	Health Care Informatics Applications for Health Professions		1
	Humanities Group II elective		3
	General electives		3	3
	TOTALS	14	14	3
	TOTAL CREDITS			64