Respiratory Care Major, AS, RE00

General Education Core Curriculum Requirements: 20 Hours

• Area 1A   3 hours Social & Behavioral Sciences - see below for options
• Area 1B   3 hours Civic Engagement - see below for options
• Area 2A   3 hours Written Communication - see below for options
• Area 2B   3 hours Oral Communication - see below for options
• Area 3     3 hours Natural Science - fulfilled by BIO 0121  
• Area 4     3 hours Mathematics - see below for options
• Area 5     3 hours Humanities & Fine Arts - see below for options
• Area 5D   2 hours Health & Wellness - see below for options

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Institutional Degree Requirement: 1 Hour

• UE 0100 - The University Experience 1
• HNRS 0101 - Honors Forum 2 Honors students only 1 cr. hr. towards institutional requirement
• BIO 0100 - Freshman Seminar 1 Yours to Lose students only

Respiratory Therapy Requirements: 61 Hours

• BIO 0121 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I 4
• RESP 0101 - Respiratory Therapy Foundations 3
• RESP 0102 - Cardiopulmonary Sciences 3
• RESP 0105 - Cardiopulmonary Anatomy and Physiology 3
• RESP 0107 - Respiratory Therapy Procedures 3
• RESP 0108 - Respiratory Therapy Procedures Laboratory 3
• RESP 0120 - Cardiopulmonary Pathology 3
• RESP 0125 - Clinical Respiratory Therapy Experience I 3
• RESP 0129 - Cardiopulmonary Pharmacology 3
• RESP 0222 - Introduction to Mechanical Ventilation (Life Support Technology) 4
• RESP 0226 - Cardiopulmonary Diagnostics 3
• RESP 0239 - Clinical and Laboratory Experience II 5
• RESP 0307 - Cardiopulmonary Assessment 3
• RESP 0311 - Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care 3
• RESP 0312 - Advanced Mechanical Ventilation (Advanced Life Support) 3
• RESP 0313 - Alternate Site Respiratory Care 3
• RESP 0340 - Advanced Level Respiratory Therapy Clinical Experience 5
• RESP 0341 - Research Issues, Methods, and Problems in Respiratory Care 2
• RESP 0348 - Capstone Simulation Learning 2

Total Hours: 82

BIO 121 fulfills General Education Core Curriculum Requirements Area 3 (3 hours).

Institutional requirement UE 0100  may also be met by HNRS 0101  (2 credit hours).

Students must pass the National Board for Respiratory Therapy Self Assessment Exam (SAE) for both CRT and RRT prior to graduation from Missouri Southern State University.