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Program Objectives <br />• To provide a learning environment that correlates well with the actual workplace and a clinical experience that <br />correlates with classroom instruction, <br />• To instill in the student a sense of professional behavior, attitude, and dress consistent with medical standards. <br />• To provide the student with entry-level knowledge and skills in the field of respiratory care, <br />• To prepare students for advanced -level competency as Registered Respiratory Therapists. <br />• To supply competent Respiratory Therapists to the national work pool, <br />California State Licensure Requirements <br />• Must be a graduate from an accredited respiratory care program, with a minimum of an associate degree. <br />• Must successfully complete a Board -approved Law and Professional Ethics Course prior to llcensure, <br />• Must successfully complete, at a minimum, the RRT examination, <br />Course # Course Title Theory Hours Lab Hours Clinical Hours Semester Credit <br />(Ground/Ontine) (Ground/Online) (Ground/Online) Hours <br />ENGL1310 English Composition 1 45 (0 / 45) 0 0 <br />BIOL1310 Anatomy & Physiology 1 45 (o / 45) 0 0 3 <br />BIOL1320 <br />Anatomy & Physiology II <br />45 (o / 45) <br />0 <br />0 <br />3 <br />BIOL1330 <br />Microbiology <br />45 (o / 45) <br />O <br />0 <br />3 <br />PHIL1310 <br />Critical Thinking <br />45 (0 / 45) <br />0 <br />0 <br />3 <br />MATH Elective <br />MATH1310 Contemporary <br />Mathematics or MATH1320 <br />College Algebra <br />45 (o / 45) <br />0 <br />0 <br />3 <br />PSYC1310 <br />General Psychology <br />45 (0 / 45) <br />0 <br />0 <br />3 <br />COMM1310 <br />Elements of Human <br />Communication <br />45 (o / 45) <br />0 <br />0 <br />3 <br />RT210 <br />Introduction to & Applied <br />Respiratory Therapeutics <br />180 We / Be) <br />60 (60 / o) <br />0 <br />1z <br />RT22o <br />Clinical Medicine 1 <br />30 (10 / 20) <br />30 (25 / 5) <br />315 (315 / 0) <br />10 <br />RT236 <br />Clinical Medicine II <br />30 (30 / 0) <br />30 (30 / o) <br />315 (315 / 0) <br />10 <br />RT240 <br />Clinical Specialty Areas/ <br />Comprehensive Review <br />75 (55 / 20) <br />30 (25 / 5) <br />180 (180 / o) <br />10 <br />RT25o <br />Advanced Clinical Practice <br />100 (60 / 40) <br />40 (30 / 10) <br />go (go / o) <br />10 <br />Subtotal <br />775 (275/S00) <br />190 (170/20) <br />900 (900/0) <br />76 <br />These courses may be offered entirely online or entirely on -ground at the campus. <br />This applies to all students starting on or after January 22, 2022 <br />Program Delivery <br />The Respiratory Therapy program is delivered in a blended format. Courses will be delivered entirely online, entirely <br />on -ground or with an appropriate blend of both online and on -ground hours in the same course. Of the 1,865 <br />program hours, a maximum of 465 course hours (24.9%) may be offered online (Including general education courses). <br />Campuses may have the option to deliver general education courses either online or on -ground depending on local <br />need and availability. <br />Course# <br />Course Title <br />Theory Hours <br />Lab Hours <br />Clinical Hours <br />Semester Credit <br />(Ground/Online) <br />(Ground/Online) <br />(Ground/Online) <br />Hours <br />BIOL1310 <br />Anatomy & Physiology 1 <br />45 (o / 45) <br />0 <br />0 <br />3 <br />2022-2023 Garden Grove Catalog I Publication Date; May 20, 2023 1 Effective July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023 <br />29 <br />