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Respiratory Therapy Technology - A.A.S. Program Requirements Download to print

Attribute Legend: KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts; KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core requirements.

DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE (1 credit)
Attribute	Course		Title	Credits	Min. Grade
	UC	10097	Destination Kent State: First Year Experience ¹	1	C
MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (32 credits) Courses count in major GPA
Attribute	Course		Title	Credits	Min. Grade
	RTT	10000	Introduction to Respiratory Therapy ²	4	C
	RTT	11003	Application and Mechanisms of Cardiopulmonary Anatomy and Physiology ¹	3	C
	RTT	11004	Therapeutics	6	C
	RTT	11008	Blood Gas Analysis	2	C
	RTT	21000	Critical Care	4	C
	RTT	21001	Mechanical Ventilation	5	C
	RTT	21003	Perinatal and Pediatric Respiratory Therapy	2	C
	RTT	21004	Advanced Diagnostics	3	C
	RTT	21006	Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Continuing Care	1	C
	RTT	21013	Respiratory Therapy Capstone	2	C
ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (32 credits)
Attribute	Course		Title	Credits	Min. Gra
KBS KBS KBS	BSCI BSCI BSCI BSCI	11010 11020 21010 21020	Foundational Anatomy and Physiology I ³(3) and Foundational Anatomy and Physiology II ³ (3) or Anatomy and Physiology I ³(4) and Anatomy and Physiology II ³ (4)	6-8	C
	BSCI BSCI	20021 30171	Basic Microbiology (3) or General Microbiology (4)	3-4	C
KBS	CHEM CHEM CHEM CHEM	10050 10055 10060 10061	Fundamentals of Chemistry (3) or Molecules of Life (3) or General Chemistry I (4) or General Chemistry II (4)	3-4	C
KBS KBS KBS KBS	PHY PHY PHY PHY PHY	12111 13001 13002 13011 13012	Physics for Health Technologies (3) or General College Physics I (4) or General College Physics II (4) or College Physics I (2) and College Physics II (2)	3-4	C
KSS	PSYC	11762	General Psychology	3	C
	RTT AHS	11001 12000	Respriatory Care Pharmacology (2) or Basic Principles of Pharmacology (2)	2	C
	RTT	11002	Cardiopulmonary Diseases	3	C
Kent Core Composition				3	C
Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts				3	C
Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning				3	C
MINIMUM TOTAL				65

UC 10097 is not required of transfer students with 25 credits (excluding College Credit Plus) or students age 21+ at time of admission.
Enrollment in this course is limited to students accepted to technical study which is a selective process based on the following criteria: Students must have an overall GPA of 2.700; take or test out of MATH 00023 or equivalent; complete the following courses with a minimum C grade: BSCI 11010 or BSCI 21010 or equivalent, and CHEM 10050, CHEM 10055, CHEM 10060 or CHEM 10061; and complete four (4) hours of job shadowing experience for admission to the program.
Students who have successfully completed ATTR/EXSC 25057/25058 Human Anatomy and Physiology I/II may use those courses in place of BSCI 11010/11020 Foundational Anatomy and Physiology I/II or BSCI 21010/21020 Anatomy and Physiology I/II.