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Professional Program

Students are admitted into a fall or spring cohort. Courses in the professional program are sequential and must be taken in the order specified by the program faculty.  Both cohorts are shown below.

Sophomore
Entering in Fall Credits
The Paramedic and Pulmonology  EMER-E 210 3.0
Paramedic as Team Member EMER-E 213 4.0
Introduction to Paramedic Practice EMER-E 214 3.0
Pharmacology for the Paramedic EMER-E 215 6.0
Total 16.0
Spring Credits
The Paramedic and Medical Matters  EMER-E 220 5.0
The Paramedic and Trauma EMER-E 221 3.0
Paramedic as Team Player EMER-E 223 5.0
The Paramedic and Cardiology EMER-E 226 3.0
Total 16.0
Summer Credits
Paramedic as Team Leader EMER-E 233 2.0
Paramedic Professional Progress EMER-E 243 4.0
Contemporary EMS Issues  EMER-E 246 3.0
Total 9.0

Sophomore
Entering in Spring Credits
The Paramedic and Pulmonology EMER-E 210 3.0
Paramedic as Team Member EMER-E 213 4.0
Introduction to Paramedic Practice EMER-E 214 3.0
Pharmacology for the Paramedic EMER-E 215 6.0
Total 16.0
Summer Credits
The Paramedic and Medical Matters EMER-E 220 5.0
Paramedic as Team Player EMER-E 223 5.0
The Paramedic and Cardiology EMER-E 226 3.0
Total 13.0
Fall Credits
The Paramedic and Trauma  EMER-E 221 3.0
Paramedic as Team Leader EMER-E 233 2.0
Paramedic Professional Progress EMER-E 243 4.0
Contemporary EMS Issues EMER-E 246 3.0
Total 12.0

 

Awards Based on academic performance or clinical performance and excellence, the program faculty will recommend students for degrees awarded with distinction in accordance with the school's honors criteria.

Graduation Requirements Satisfactory completion of all prerequisites (21 credit hours) and 41 credit hours of professional course work. All course work must be completed in compliance with the program’s and school’s academic and professional policies. All professional courses (EMER-E courses) must be completed within 24 months after beginning the professional program.

Updated: March 2024