Respiratory Care: BS
The Bachelor of Science, Respiratory Care Program graduates students 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). The program will 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).
Courses
- BIO 111 — Introductory Biology (MOTR BIOL 100L)
- BIO 203 — General Microbiology I
- BIO 207 — Anatomy and Physiology I (MOTR LIFS 150LAP)
- BIO 208 — Anatomy and Physiology II
- CHM 101 — Fundamentals of Chemistry I (MOTR CHEM 100L)
- CHM 105 — General Chemistry I (MOTR CHEM 150L)
- COM 101 — Oral Communication I (MOTR COMM 100)
- COM 107 — Public Speaking (MOTR COMM 110)
- COM 117 — Health Communication
- COM 200 — Communication Between Cultures (MOTR SBSC 101)
- ENG 101 — College Composition I (MOTR ENGL 100)
- ENG 102 — College Composition II (MOTR ENGL 200)
- ENG 103 — Report Writing (MOTR ENGL 110)
- HIM 101 — Medical Terminology and Language
- MTH 160 — Precalculus Algebra (MOTR MATH 130)
- MTH 160S — Precalculus Algebra with Support (MOTR MATH 130)
- MTH 180 — Introductory Statistics (MOTR MATH 110)
- MTH 180S — Introductory Statistics with Support (MOTR MATH 110)
- PHL 109 — Bio-Medical Ethics
- PSY 200 — General Psychology (MOTR PSYC 100)
- RC 110 — Cardiopulmonary Anatomy and Physiology
- RC 120 — Respiratory Care Practices I
- RC 130 — Patient Assessment
- RC 140 — Respiratory Pharmacology
- RC 150 — Fundamentals of Respiratory Care II
- RC 160 — Mechanical Ventilation I
- RC 180 — Cardiopulmonary Diseases
- RC 200 — Adult Critical Care
- RC 210 — Mechanical Ventilation II
- RC 240 — Respiratory Care Specialties
- RC 300 — Clinical Practice I
- RC 310 — Neonatal Respiratory Care
- RC 320 — Pediatric Respiratory Care
- RC 330 — Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care Lab
- RC 340 — Clinical Practice II
- RC 380 — Clinical Practice III
- RC 400 — Clinical Practice IV
- RC 410 — Respiratory Care Management
- RC 420 — Respiratory Care Research
- RC 430 — Health Education and Disease Management
- RC 440 — Respiratory Care Capstone
- RC 450 — Clinical Practice V
- SOC 101 — Introduction to Sociology (MOTR SOCI 101)