Bachelor of Science - Respiratory Therapy

Area A Essential Skills
Req. Hours: 9
ENGL 1101 (with a grade of "C" or better)
ENGL 1102 (with a grade of "C" or better)
Select one of the following courses:
MATH 1101/1111/1112/1113/1125/1131

Area B Institutional Options
Req. Hours: 5
COMM 1110
Select one of the following courses:
CSUS 1106/ITDS 2726/ITDS 2727/ITDS 2735/ITDS 2745/ITDS 2746/ITDS 2748/ITDS 2749/ITDS 2755/ LEAD 1705/LEAD 1706/LEAD 2705/LEAD 2706/LIBR 1105/UNIV 1105

Area C Humanities/Fine Arts
Req. Hours: 6
Select one of the following humanities courses:
ENGL 2111/ENGL 2112/ITDS 1145*/ITDS 1155/ PHIL 1105
Select one of the following fine arts courses:
ARTH 1100/ITDS 1145*/MUSC 1100/THEA 1100
*ITDS 1145, though listed under both human-ities and fine arts, may be taken only once.

Area D Science/Math/Tech.
Req. Hours: 10
CHEM 1151/1151L
CHEM 1152/1152L
Select one of the following courses or an Area D science course:
CPSC 1105/MATH 1112/MATH 1113/MATH 1125/MATH 1131/MATH 1132/MATH 1127/MATH 1165/PHIL 2105

Area E Social Sciences
Req. Hours: 12
HIST 2110
POLS 1101
Select one behavioral science course from the following courses:
ECON 2105/ECON 2106/PHIL 2135/PSYC 1101/SOCI 1101
Select one world cultures course from the following courses:
ANTH 1105/ANTH 1107/ANTH 2105/GEOG 1101/HIST 1111/HIST 1112/HIST 2116/ITDS 1146/ITDS 1156

Wellness Requirement
Req. Hours: 3
PELM 1205
Select any one PED course.

Area F Courses Rel. to Major
Req. Hours: 18
BIOL 2221 Human Anatomy and Physiology I
BIOL 2222 Human Anatomy and Physiology II
BIOL 2225 Microbiology for Health Sciences
RESP 2105 Medical Terminology
Select four semester hours of general electives (1000 or 2000 level)

Area G Prog. Requirements
Req. Hours: 63
RESP 2115 Cardiopulmonary Physiology
RESP 2117 Respiratory Pathophysiology
RESP 2118 Pharmacology for Respiratory Care
RESP 2215 Respiratory Care Procedures/Equip
RESP 2216 Blood Gases/Hemodynamic Mon
RESP 2217 Mechanical Ventilation
RESP 2218 Cardiopul Assess/ Pul Funct Test
RESP 2305 Clinical Practicum 1
RESP 3115 Health Care System/Ethical Issues
RESP 3116 Gerontology and Rehabilitation
RESP 3117 Clinical Appl of Respiratory Care
RESP 3119 Neonatal Respiratory Care
RESP 3225 Intensive Respiratory Care
RESP 3226 Clinical Simulations
RESP 3227 Cardiovascular Intensive Care
RESP 3305 Clinical Practicum 2
RESP 4305 Clinical Special: Intensive Care
Select two courses from the following four courses:
RESP 4306 Clinical Special: Polysomnography
RESP 4307 Clinical Special: Resp Care Educ
RESP 4308 Clinical Special: Neonat Resp Care
RESP 4309 Clinical Special: Home Resp Care

Total Hours Required: 126

Also see the program requirements listed on the College of Science page.