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Core Curriculum for Respiratory Therapy

Courses to Take the First Two Years
The courses required to graduate from MCG comprise a core curriculum divided into six categories (Areas A-F). The options for completing these prerequisites for transfer to MCG are listed below.

A. Essential Skills

9 semester hours

  • English Composition I (3 hours)
  • English Composition II-Literature based (3 hours)
  • College Algebra, Mathematical Modeling, Trigonometry, Pre-calculus or Calculus (3 hours)
B. Institutional Options**

4 - 5 semester hours

  • Introduction to Computers
  • Critical Thinking
  • Creative Writing
  • Ethics
  • Health and Wellness
  • Statistics
  • Economics
  • Speech
  • Medical Terminology
  • Any approved guided elective from Area F
C. Humanities and Fine Arts**

6 semester hours

  • Ethics
  • Foreign Language
  • Speech, Oral Communications
  • Literature
  • Philosophy
  • Drama, Art or Music Appreciation
  • Logic
  • Electives in Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Religion
D. Science, Mathematics and Technology

10 - 11 semester hours

One eight-hour laboratory course sequence in biology, chemistry or physics and an additional course in mathematics, science or technology.
E. Social Sciences**

12 semester hours

  • United States History
  • United States Government
  • Other History
  • Economics
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Anthropology
  • Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups
  • Lower division electives in Psychology and Sociology
F. Courses Appropriate to the Major

18 semester hours

  • Anatomy and Physiology I and II w/labs 8 hours
  • Microbiology 4 hours
  • Guided electives 6 hours
    Biology*, Chemistry*, Research Methods, Human Development, Physics, Statistics
* If this is taken in another area of the core, additional hours would be taken in additional guided electives to a total of 18 semester hours.

** If a student planning to transfer to MCG from another school in the University System of Georgia has completed this area with courses taken there or at another institution from which MCG accepts transfer credit, MCG will accept the area as satisfied. A student planning to transfer from a school not in the University System of Georgia should choose from the list of courses.


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September 20, 2006