Health Science Major, Respiratory Therapy Option, BS, HS03

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Major Code: HS03

General Education Requirements: 37-38 Hours (44-45 Hours)*

See Baccalaureate Degree General Education Curriculum Requirements.

Health Sciences Core: 18 Hours

HS 0305 - Intercultural Communication 3 *
HS 0350 - Fundamentals of Organizational Management 3
MATH 0310 - Elementary Statistics 3
OR
GB 0321 - Business Statistics I 3
OR
SOC 0405 - Social Science Statistics 3
OR
PSY 0320 - Applied Statistics for the Behavioral and Natural Sciences 3
HS 0380 - Epidemiology 3
OR
HS 0370 - Environmental Health and Safety 3
HS 0390 - Health Care Systems 3

Choose one: 3 Hours

HS 0312 - Biomedical Ethics 3
HS 0340 - Theory & Practice Teaching Health Science 3
HS 0402 - Evidence Based Practice 3

Respiratory 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 6
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 1

Electives: 3-4 Hours

Electives as needed to satisfy 39 upper division hours and to meet 120 total hours.

Total Hours: 120

*BIO 121 meets Area D1 of General Education Requirements (GER) and HS 305 meets Area I of GER..
Students who transfer with an Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care may qualify for upper division retro-credit hours. See Retro Credit Program for details.