Bachelor of Science

RESPIRATORY THERAPY (51.0812)

Graduation Requirements (A Minimum of 120 Credits)

The purpose of this program is to enhance the education of RRT graduates with a current NBRC credential to provide them with professional growth and skills in areas of management, cultural diversity, and supervisory skills across various healthcare settings. FNU awards a Bachelor of Science degree upon completion. The program is designed to be taken on line in its entirety, and or to be taken partly on line and partly on campus.

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General Education (41 Credits)

Student Life Skills (1 Credit)
Credit Hours
  • SLS 1501
    College Study Skills
    1
English and Communications (9 Credits)
Credit Hours
  • ENC 1101
    English Composition I
    3
  • ENC 1102
    English Composition II
    3
  • SPC 1017
    Fundamentals of Oral Communications
    3
Humanities (6 Credits)
Credit Hours
  • PHI 1600
    Ethics
    3
  • Any Humanities Course
    3
Social Science (6 Credits)
Credit Hours
  • DEP 2004
    Human Growth and Development
    3
  • PSY 1012
    General Psychology
    3
Natural Science (12 Credits)
Credit Hours
  • BSC 1085C
    Anatomy and Physiology I
    4
  • BSC 1086C
    Anatomy and Physiology II
    4
  • CHM 1033
    Chemistry
    3
  • CHM 1033L
    Chemistry Lab
    1
Mathematics (7 Credits)
Credit Hours
  • MAC 1105
    College Algebra I
    3
  • STA 2014
    Introduction to Statistics
    4

Lower Level Requirements (6 Credits)

Courses
Credit Hours
  • HSC 1531C
    Medical Terminology
    3
  • MCB 2000C
    Microbiology
    3

Lower Level with RRT Credential (39 Credits)

Courses
Credit Hours
  • RET 1026C
    Respiratory Care Equipment
    4
  • RET 2286
    Management of Intensive Care Patient
    2
  • RET 2264C
    Mechanical Ventiliation I
    3
  • RET 2265C
    Mechanical Ventilation II
    3
  • RET 2414C
    Cardiopulmonary Function
    3
  • RET 2484C
    Cardiopulmonary Pathophysiology
    3
  • RET 2503L
    Advances in Cardiopulmonary Functions
    3
  • RET 2714C
    Pediatrics/Neonatal Respiratpory Care
    3
  • RET 1832L
    Respiratory Therapy Clinical I
    3
  • RET 2833L
    Respiratory Therapy Clinical II
    3
  • RET 2834L
    Respiratory Therapy Practicum III
    3
  • RET 2835L
    Respiratory Therapy Practicum IV
    3
  • RET 2836L
    Respiratory Therapy Practicum V
    3

Upper Level (35 CREDITS)

Courses
Credit Hours
  • HSA 3412
    Cultural Diversity in Health Care
    3
  • PLA 4522
    Health Care Law
    3
  • HSA 4502
    Risk Management
    3
  • RET 4050
    Research Methods
    3
  • RET 4715
    Advanced Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care
    3
  • RET 3419
    Diagnostics & Nontraditional Health Care Delivery
    3
  • RET 4536
    Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation
    3
  • RET 3023
    Introduction to Cardiopulmonary Science
    3
  • HSC 3612
    Clinical Exercise Physiology for Health Science
    3
  • RET 4034
    Problems in Patient Management
    3
  • RET 4445
    Cardiopulmonary Diagnostics
    3
  • RET 4616
    Advanced Seminar in Respiratory Therapy
    2

Faculty

Program Director
Frank Pupo, MM, BS, RRT, CCT
305-821-3333 Ext. 1121
fpupo@fnu.edu

Program Goal

To provide graduates of entry into respiratory care professional practice degree programs with additional knowledge, skills, and attributes in leadership, management, education, research, and/or advanced clinical practice that will enable them to meet their current professional goals and prepare them for practice as advanced degree respiratory therapists.

Additional Program Goals

  1. Graduates will possess the core knowledge and skills necessary for employment and/or upper-level studies. (Linked to Institutional Goal I and III.)
  2. Graduates will have acquired the required skills needed for the successful completion of their program of studies.

III. Graduates will demonstrate personal and professional development skills as well as the ethical awareness necessary for success in their careers. (Linked to
Institutional Goal I and IV.)

Program Outcomes

  1. Upon completion of the program, graduates will be able to apply knowledge and skills to create. Participate in, and manage a pulmonary rehabilitation program, have management skills required to run a facility’s respiratory therapy department, have basic knowledge of the legal aspects of the profession, and be prepared to conduct in-field research as well added soft skills.
  2. Demonstrate understanding of the ethics and legal responsibilities as an allied health worker and maintain a professional attitude according to these principles.

III. Demonstrate mastery in all areas of Respiratory Care management, pulmonary rehabilitation COPD education, home care, and legal issues affecting the profession.

Accreditation

Accreditation information: www.coarc.com

Program #: 510003

Programmatic outcomes: https://coarc.com/students/programmatic-outcomes-data/

CoARC accredits respiratory therapy education programs in the United States. To achieve this end, it utilizes an ‘outcomes based’ process. Programmatic outcomes are performance indicators that reflect the extent to which the educational goals of the program are achieved and by which program effectiveness is documented.