Respiratory Therapy

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This pathway constitutes the first two years of a four-year Allied Health degree that must be completed at a four-year university.

Degree Requirements

Areas A-E of the Core Curriculum (42 Credit Hours)

See 1410 Core Curriculum Requirements in the Undergraduate Catalog.

Area A: Essential Skills
Area B: Institutional Foundations
Area C: Humanities and Fine Arts
Area D: Natural and Computational Sciences
Area E: Social Science

Recommendations

Area A

Recommended course:

MATH 1111 - College Algebra 3 Credit Hours (if taking PHYS 1111 in Area F) (MATH 1001 is acceptable in Area A; however, MATH 1111 is recommended because the prerequisites for PHYS 1111 in Area F are MATH 1111 and MATH 1113 with a C or higher.)

Area D

Recommended courses:

CHEM 1151 - Survey Of Chemistry I 3 Credit Hours and
CHEM 1151L - Survey Of Chemistry I Laboratory 1 Credit Hours
CHEM 1152 - Survey Of Chemistry II 3 Credit Hours and
CHEM 1152L - Survey of Chemistry II Laboratory 1 Credit Hours
MATH 1401 - Elementary Statistics 3 Credit Hours (formerly MATH 1070)

Area F: Courses Appropriate to the Pathway (18 Credit Hours)

All separate lecture and lab course combinations above (e.g., BIOL 2107 and BIOL 2107L; CHEM 1211 and CHEM 1211K) are commonly offered as a combined course at Georgia State University-Atlanta (e.g., BIOL 2107K; CHEM 1211K. The combined (K) courses and separate lecture and lab (L) courses cover the same subject matter and are considered equivalent courses.

Required Courses (15 Credit Hours)

BIOL 2110 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I 3 Credit Hours and
BIOL 2110L - Human Anatomy and Physiology I Laboratory 1 Credit Hours
BIOL 2120 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II 3 Credit Hours and
BIOL 2120L - Human Anatomy and Physiology II Laboratory 1 Credit Hours
BIOL 2300 - Microbiology and Public Health 3 Credit Hours and
BIOL 2310 - Microbiology and Public Health Laboratory 1 Credit Hours
PHYS 1111 - Introductory Physics I 3 Credit Hours
or
RT 2011 - Application of Physical Principles in Healthcare 3 Credit Hours (An alternative to taking PHYS 1111, which requires both MATH 1111 and MATH 1113, is for students to take RT 2011 at the downtown campus as a cross-level course.)

Select from the following to complete 18 credit hours in Area F

Any course except Kinesiology and Health (The B.S program in Respiratory Therapy recommends [CNHP 2010] Medical Terminology for Healthcare as an elective. This course is only offered on the downtown campus but can be taken by Perimeter students as a cross-level course.)