Course Number | Course Title | Credits |
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1st Year: Fall Semester | ||
RESPCARE 105 | Interdisc. Patient Care Skills Lab | 2 |
RESPCARE 203 | Foundations of Respiratory Care | 3 |
RESPCARE 204 | Foundations of Respiratory Care Lab | 2 |
RESPCARE 208 | Clinical Practicum I | 1 |
RESPCARE 217 | Pulmonary Assessment | 1 |
RESPCARE 220 | Cardiopulmonary Renal Physiology | 3 |
RESPCARE 302 | General Pathology | 2 |
UF 200 | Civic and Ethical Foundations | 3 |
TOTAL | 17 | |
1st Year: Spring Semester | ||
RESPCARE 223 | Respiratory Care Therapeutics and Introduction to Mechanical Ventilation | 4 |
RESPCARE 224 | Respiratory Care Therapeutics and Introduction to Mechanical Ventilation Lab | 2 |
RESPCARE 228 | Clinical Practicum II | 4 |
RESPCARE 229 | Cardiopulmonary Diagnostics | 3 |
RESPCARE 282 | Intro to Evidence-Based Inquiry | 3 |
TOTAL | 16 |
Our curriculum is cohort based and takes three years to complete once accepted into the program.
Pre-Professional Year
During your pre-professional year schedule an appointment to meet with our academic advisor, Olga Salinas.
Course Number | Course Title | Credits |
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Pre-Professional Year: 1st Semester | ||
BIOL 227 | Human Anatomy & Physiology (FN) | 4 |
ENGL 101 | Introduction to College Writing | 3 |
HLTH 101 | Medical Terminology | 3 |
MATH 254 or Math 153 | Introduction to Statistics | 3 |
UF100 | Intellectual Foundations | 3 |
TOTAL | 16 | |
Pre-Professional Semester: 2nd Semester | ||
BIOL 228 | Human Anatomy & Physiology | 4 |
CHEM 101 | Chemistry (FN) | 4 |
COMM 101 | Foundations of Communication (FC) | 3 |
ENGL 102 | Intro to College Writing & Research | 3 |
Foundations of Social Sciences (FS) | 3 | |
TOTAL | 17 |
*Curriculum is subject to change.
Our on campus program meets the Commission for Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC) goals defining expectations for entry into respiratory care professional practice “to prepare graduates with demonstrated competence in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains of respiratory care practice as performed by registered respiratory therapists (RRTs)”, and “to prepare leaders for the field of respiratory care by including curricular content with objectives related to the acquisition of skills in one or more of the following: management, education, research and advanced clinical practice (which may include an area of clinical specialization).”