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Home / Academics / Medical Education and Allied Health Programs / Respiratory Care Program / Curriculum

Curriculum

You can find a course description in the course catalog on the Delaware County Community College website.

*Please see note below concerning the accreditation of this program.

PRE-REQUISITE COURSES

ENG 100 English Composition I

MAT 128 Algebra

CHE 110 General Chemistry I with Lab

 

3

4

4

Total

11

 

First Year

 

 

Course Number

Course Name

Crs.

Fall Semester

 

 

RTH 110 Respiratory Therapy Principles and Practicum 1

8

BIO 150

Human Anatomy & Physiology 1

4

COMM 100 or
COMM 111

Intro to Interpersonal Communications or
Public Speaking

3

 

Total

15

Spring Semester

 

 

RTH 102

Respiratory Therapy Principles 2

2

RTH 103

Respiratory Therapy Practicum 2

6

BIO 151

Human Anatomy & Physiology 2

4

Elective

Elective that meets both Diversity and Global Understanding College Learning Goals.

3

 

Total

15

Summer I

 

 

RTH 104

Summer Clinical 1

5

Summer II

 

 

RTH 105

Summer Clinical 2

5

AHM 220

Applied Microbiology

1

 

Total

11

SECOND YEAR

 

 

Fall Semester

 

 

RTH 200

Respiratory Therapy Principles 3

3

RTH 201

Respiratory Therapy Practicum 3

6

RTH 204

Pulmonary Pathophysiology 1

2

 

Total

11

Spring Semester

 

 

RTH 202

Respiratory Therapy Principles 4

3

RTH 203

Respiratory Therapy Practicum 4

6

RTH 205

Pulmonary Pathophysiology 2

2

 

Total

11

Summer I

 

 

RTH 206

Summer Clinical 3

4

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS FOR PROGRAM

78

* The Crozer/DCCC Respiratory Care Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC). The Program #200088 is fully accredited through 2029. The CoARC’s main webpage is www.coarc.com. 

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.

To view the accreditation data for the program outcomes, please follow this link directly to the Programmatic Outcomes Data page https://coarc.com/students/programmatic-outcomes-data/.

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Patti Curran
Program Director

Email: patti.curran@crozer.org

Phone: 610-447-2440

Fax: 610-447-6353

School of Respiratory Therapy 
Crozer-Chester Medical Center
1 Medical Center Blvd.
Upland, PA  19013

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