Offered by Health Science Programs:
Health Science Comprehensive Major
Respiratory Therapy Comprehensive Option
Bachelor of Science
NSS BS 5607
- Minimum General Studies = 45
- + 5 hours General Studies coursework required by major = 49
- English Language minimum = 9 including:
- ENG 101GS, Expository Writing I - 3 hours
- ENG 102GS, Expository Writing II - 3 hours
- Humanities minimum = 9
- Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 3
- MATH 102*, College Algebra - 3 hours
- *Students with sufficient preparation may enter the mathematics program at a higher
level.
- Natural Sciences minimum = 13
- CHEM 160GS, General Chemistry - 3 hours (see prerequisites)
- CHEM 160LGS, General Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour
- CHEM 161GS, General Chemistry - 3 hours
- CHEM 161LGS, General Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour
- PHYS 205GS, General Physics - 5 hours
- Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 12 including:
- PSY 203GS, General Psychology - 3 hours
- PSY 230GS, Human Development - 3 hours
- Personal Development minimum = 3
- CSIS 108GS, Computers in Society - 3 hours
- BS Science-related course requirements = 8
- BIOL 225, Anatomy and Physiology - 4 hours
(Prereq: CHEM 145 or CHEM 150 or CHEM 160; three years of high school science including
biology and a minimum score of 20 on the ACT or equivalent or a college science course)
- BIOL 226, Anatomy and Physiology - 4 hours
- Major Option = 67
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 124
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 1
- Minimum total hours required for BS in Respiratory Therapy Technology = 125
- All UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for
all UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above
taken at a 4-year college or university.
- A. Respiratory Therapy Comprehensive Requirements (12 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- BIOL 325, Medical Terminology - 1 hour
- BIOL 360, Genetics - 4 hours
- BIOL 400, Microbiology - 4 hours
HSCI 125G, Orientation to Respiratory Therapy - 1 hour
- Take one from the following non-field biology courses:
- BIOL 107GS, General Zoology - 4 hours
- BIOL 309, Cellular Biology - 4 hours (Prereq: CHEM 161, CHEM 161L, and CHEM 250; or CHEM 360, CHEM 360L, CHEM 361 and CHEM 361L)
- BIOL 401, Principles of Immunology - 4 hours
- BIOL 404, Developmental Biology - 3 hours (Prereq: BIOL 104GS, BIOL 107GS or
equivalent, and one year of Chemistry)
- BIOL 450, Molecular Biology I - 4 hours (Prereq: BIOL 309, BIOL 360 and CHEM 351)
- BIOL 465, Physiology - 3 hours (Prereq: BIOL 107GS, BIOL 309, CHEM 161, CHEM 161L and
organic chemistry)
- BIOL 485, Advanced Genetics - 3 hours (Prereq: BIOL 360 or BIOL 461)
- B. Respiratory Therapy Comprehensive Electives (20 hours required)
- Students must take a total of 90 hours including General Studies and BS
Science-related course requirements and Respiratory Therapy Comprehensive Requirements and
Electives; minimum elective hours = 21.
- Take approved electives from BIOL, CHEM,
PHYS, PSY, CSIS
and MATH.
- (Elective hours may include the prerequisites needed for upper level courses. FCSC 110, Introduction to Nutrition, is also an approved
elective.)
- C. Clinical Year. (35-37 hours required)
- Students' fourth year will be their Clinical Year at an affiliated School of Respiratory
Therapy. Admission to an affiliated school is very competitive and not guaranteed.
16 May 2005
