Respiratory Care, A.A.S.

Program Notes

• This program prepares students to meet the educational requirements for licensure in the state of Illinois. For information about how this program may meet licensure requirements in other states, see State Licensure/Certification Information on the Parkland website.
• This is a selective admissions program-students must be admitted to the program before taking any RTT course except RTT 117 . See the selective admissions page  for more information regarding admission, progression, and graduation.
• To be admitted to the program, students must have current placement out of MAT 072  and must place into ENG 101  and college level reading.
• A selective admission score of 2.5 or above must be attained to be considered for admission.
• Students who are non-native speakers of English must establish English proficiency through:
  • Minimum TOEFL iBT scores in reading, listening, speaking, and writing: 18-20-26-21; or
  • Minimum IELTS scores in reading, listening, speaking, and writing: 6-6.5-8-6.
• For progression and graduation, students are required to maintain a grade of C (75 percent) or higher in all program courses, maintain a 2.5 minimum PGPA, and must adhere to the Parkland College Code of Conduct and the AARC Statement of Ethics and Professional Conduct. Students are also required to pass both the classroom and skills lab portions to pass the course.
• Clinical rotations may be denied if seasonal flu vaccine or any other required immunization is refused.
• Nontraditional schedules are required to complete some clinical rotations and professional development assignments. Clinical assignments are made by program faculty based on clinical site availability and the need to balance patient case mix with the CoARC requirements for clinical education. Students may be required to travel up to 100 miles from Parkland campus to complete all required clinical specialty rotations.

Graduation Requirements

Suggested Full-time Sequence