Healthcare Science: Pre-Paramedicine Certificate

HS21/PPM1

Program Description

The healthcare science pre-paramedicine certificate provides students with general education courses that serve as a foundation for further study in a degree level nursing program. This is a degree level paramedic certificate. (Program Length: 3 Semesters Minimum)

Employment Opportunities

A variety of entry level positions are available in a wide range of health care settings such as hospitals, rehabilitation and assisted living facilities, and home health care agencies.

Curriculum

Essential General Education Core Courses (15 Credits)

Area I - Language Arts/Communication

(Successful completion of ENGL 1101 is required)

ENGL 1101 - Composition and Rhetoric Credit hours: 3
ENGL 1102 - Literature and Composition Credit hours: 3
COMM 1109 - Human Communications Credit hours: 3
SPCH 1101 - Public Speaking Credit hours: 3

Area II - Social/Behavioral Sciences

(Choose ONE of the following)

ECON 1101 - Principles of Economics Credit hours: 3
ECON 2105 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credit hours: 3
ECON 2106 - Principles of Microeconomics Credit hours: 3
SOCI 1101 - Introduction to Sociology Credit hours: 3
HIST 1111 - World History I Credit hours: 3
HIST 1112 - World History II Credit hours: 3
HIST 2111 - U. S. History I Credit hours: 3
HIST 2112 - U. S. History II Credit hours: 3
POLS 1101 - American Government Credit hours: 3
PSYC 1101 - Introductory Psychology Credit hours: 3

Area III - Natural Sciences/Mathematics

(Successful completion of MATH 1111 or MATH 1103 is required)

MATH 1111 - College Algebra Credit hours: 3
MATH 1103 - Quantitative Skills and Reasoning Credit hours: 3
PHSC 1111 - Physical Science I Credit hours: 3
PHYS 1110 - Conceptual Physics Credit hours: 3
PHYS 1110L - Conceptual Physics Lab Credit hours: 1
PHYS 1111 - Introductory Physics I Credit hours: 3
PHYS 1111L - Introductory Physics Lab I Credit hours: 1
BIOL 1111 - Biology I Credit hours: 3
BIOL 1111L - Biology Lab I Credit hours: 1
CHEM 1211 - Chemistry I Credit hours: 3
CHEM 1211L - Chemistry Lab I Credit hours: 1
CHEM 1212 - Chemistry II Credit hours: 3
CHEM 1212L - Chemistry Lab II Credit hours: 1
MATH 1112 - College Trigonometry Credit hours: 3
MATH 1113 - Precalculus Credit hours: 3
MATH 1127 - Introduction to Statistics Credit hours: 3
MATH 1131 - Calculus I Credit hours: 4
MATH 1132 - Calculus II Credit hours: 4

Area IV - Humanities/Fine Arts

(Choose ONE of the following)

ARTS 1101 - Art Appreciation Credit hours: 3
ENGL 2110 - World Literature Credit hours: 3
ENGL 2130 - American Literature Credit hours: 3
HUMN 1101 - Introduction to Humanities Credit hours: 3
MUSC 1101 - Music Appreciation Credit hours: 3
RELG 1101 - World Religions Credit hours: 3

General Education Elective:

To meet the minimum required 15 semester credit hours in general education courses, an additional 3 semester credit hours must be taken from Area I, Area II, Area III, or Area IV. Students can view the complete list of classes here .

Essential Technical and Occupational Courses:

Pre-Associate Degree Paramedicine Concentration (21 Credits)

PPM1

FYES 1000 - First Year Experience Credit hours: 2
BIOL 2113 - Anatomy and Physiology I Credit hours: 3
BIOL 2113L - Anatomy and Physiology Lab I Credit hours: 1
BIOL 2114 - Anatomy and Physiology II Credit hours: 3
BIOL 2114L - Anatomy and Physiology Lab II Credit hours: 1
XXXX XXXX - Elective(s) Credit hours: 11

Total Hours: 36

Elective(s):

Any ALHS course,

EMSP 1010 - Emergency Medical Responder Credit hours: 4
SOCI 1120 - Introduction to Medical Sociology Credit hours: 3 OR
additional General Education courses from Area I, Area II, Area III, or Area IV. Program Director suggested electives any ALHS course.

Suggested First Semester classes:

FYES 1000 - First Year Experience Credit hours: 2
ENGL 1101 - Composition and Rhetoric Credit hours: 3
MATH 1111 - College Algebra Credit hours: 3
BIOL 2113 - Anatomy and Physiology I Credit hours: 3
BIOL 2113L - Anatomy and Physiology Lab I Credit hours: 1