Paramedic Four Year Academic Pathway (Fall 2015 and Later)

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EHS Paramedic Four Year Academic Pathway

Year 1

Fall

Spring

Benchmark Requirements: EHS 200 or 200Y, BIOL 101, EHS 115, CHEM 123-124 + Lab

University Requirements
ENGL 100 (or equivalent) and a credit-bearing math course to be completed within the first year of academic study.

Credits

Credits

EHS 200/200Y (SS)

4

PSYC 100 (SS)

4

CHEM 123

4

ENGL 100

3

EHS 202

3

EHS 203

4

BIOL 101 (S)

3

CHEM 124 (S)

3

EHS 115

3

CHEM 124L (Lab) (S)

2

<GEP> (PHED)

(1.5)*

Total

17

Total

15

Year 2

Fall

Spring

Benchmark Requirements: EHS 202-203, BIOL 251-252 + Labs, Completion of Paramedic Application Process (see page 2)

Credits

Credits

BIOL 251 with Lab

4

BIOL 252 with Lab

4

PSYC 285 (SS)

3

STAT 121 (M)

4

<GEP> Arts & Humanities (AH)

3

<GEP> Arts & Humanities (AH)

3

EHS 360

3

<GEP> Arts & Humanities (AH)

3

<GEP> (PHED)

(1.5)*

<GEP> Culture (C)

3

EHS 320

3

Total

16

Total

17

Year 3

Fall

Spring

Major Requirements: ALL LISTED COURSES
 

Credits

Credits

EHS 301 (WI)

3

EHS 351

3

EHS 461

3

EHS 464

3

EHS 462

3

EHS 465

3

EHS 463

3

EHS 466

3

EHS 481

3

EHS 482

4

Total

15

Total

16

Year 4

Fall

Spring

Major Requirements: ALL LISTED COURSES, One EHS Elective

Credits

Credits

EHS 430

3

**<EHS Elective>

3

EHS 470

3

EHS 350

3

EHS 467

3

EHS 468

3

EHS 483

6

EHS 484

6

Total

15

Total

15

   Total Credits Required for Graduation = 126

* PHED credits do not count towards Major credit total

University Requirements
GEP / GFR (pre Summer 2007 higher ed start)

Requirements:

Course

Credits

Arts & Humanities (AH) see Note below
Arts & Humanities (AH)
Arts & Humanities (AH)
Social Sciences (SS) see Note below

EHS 200

3

Social Sciences (SS)

PSYC 100

3

Social Sciences (SS)

PSYC 285

3

Sciences (S) – with lab

CHEM 124

3

Lab

CHEM 124L

2

Sciences (S) – with or without lab

BIOL 101

3

Math (M)  [GFR = (MS)]

STAT 121

4

Language (L) – through 201 level
Global Culture (C) [GFR may replace w/ 2nd lang]
English Composition
Writing Intensive (WI)

EHS 301

3

Physical Ed (PHED) – *Institutional credit only
Physical Ed (PHED) – *Institutional credit only
Note: AH & SS from at least 2 disciplines for GEP/ AH & SS from at most 2 disciplines for GFR

Additional UMBC Graduation Requirements:

  At least 120 academic credits
  At least 30 credits earned at UMBC
  At least 45 upper level credits (300 and 400 level)
  At least 2.0 GPA

 

 

 

EHS COURSE REQUIREMENTS

EHS COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Other Requirements:

Course

Credits

Other Requirements:

Course

Credits

Introduction to Paramedic Practice 461

3

Planning Emergency Health Systems

301

3

Fundamentals of Patient Management 462

3

Disaster Management

320

3

Basics of Cardiology 463

3

Supervision and Operations

350

3

Advanced Cardiac & Respiratory 464

3

Financial Mgt. & Budgeting 351 3
Medical Emergencies I 465

3

Instructional Issues In EHS

360

3

Medical Emergencies II 466

3

Research Topics in EHS 430 3
Introduction to Trauma Emergencies 467

3

EMS Capstone Experience 468

3

EHS ELECTIVES
**Must Choose One
Emergency Response to Crisis

470

3

 Stress and Burnout  311  3
ALS Field & Clinical Experience I

481

3

 Management: Search & Rescue 330  3
ALS Field & Clinical Experience II

482

4

Death and Dying 345 3
ALS Field & Clinical Experience III

483

6

ALS Field & Clinical Experience IIII

484

6

Major Requirements

BENCHMARKS PRIOR TO JUNIOR YEAR

PARAMEDIC APPLICATION PROCESS

Benchmark Requirements

Year

Credits

-GPA of 2.5

EHS 200/200Y

1

4

-Minimum of 100 patient contacts

ENGL 100

1

3

-Drug Screening

EHS 202

1

3

-Background Check

EHS 203

1

3

-Completion of Paramedic Program

BIOL 101

1

3

-Application

BIOL 251 + Lab

2

4

-Submission of 4 references

BIOL 252 + Lab

2

4

-EMT Knowledge examination

PSYC 100

1/2

4

-Completion of interview process

PSYC 285

2

3