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Respiratory Care Option

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Academic CredentialAssociate in Arts (AA)
Total Credit Hours60
Average Time to Complete2 yrs.
Academic PathwayHealth Sciences
AdvisorJennifer Barber
Program Coordinator
850.872.3837
jbarber@gulfcoast.edu

Academic Program SpecialistConnie Pimentel
850.913.3311
Health SciencesGCSC@gulfcoast.edu

Pathway NavigatorCindy Penny
850.769.1551 ext. 3268
cpenny@gulfcoast.edu
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Respiratory Care Option, Liberal Arts AA (RET-AA)

Communications Area
•+*ENC 1101English Composition I3 credit hours
+*ENC 1102English Composition II3 credit hours
Mathematics Area
+*MAC 1114Plane Trigonometry3 credit hours
•+*MAC 1140Precalculus Algebra3 credit hours
Natural Sciences Area
•+PHY 2053College Physics I3 credit hours
•+BSC 2085Human Anat/Phy I3 credit hours
Additional Common Prerequisites
+BSC 2085LHuman Anat/Phy I Lab1 credit hours
+BSC 2086Human Anat/Phy II3 credit hours
+BSC 2086LHuman Anat/Phy II Lab1 credit hours
+PHY 2053LCollege Physics I Lab1 credit hours
•+*BSC 2010Biology for Science Majors I3 credit hours
+BSC 2010LBiology for Sci Majors I Lab1 credit hours
+MCB 2004Microbiology3 credit hours
+MCB 2004LMicrobiology Laboratory1 credit hours
•+CHM 1045General Chemistry3 credit hours
+CHM 1045LGeneral Chemistry Laboratory1 credit hours
SPC 1608Intro to Public Speaking3 credit hours
CGS 1570Microcomputer Applications3 credit hours
Total Degree Hours60


Completing this AA option will not result in eligibility to sit for the licensing exam to become a registered respiratory therapist. Please refer to the AS degree option for Respiratory Care should that be your goal at Gulf Coast State College.


• General Education Core. Students must complete at least one identified core course in each area of study—Communications, Humanities, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences—as part of the general education course requirements.
+ Prerequisites and/or corequisites required. See course descriptions.
* Minimum grade of "C" required.
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