Undergraduate Catalog 2018-2019

Cardiovascular Technology, B.S.

Cardiovascular Technology Curriculum Outline

In Addition to meeting all Piedmont College General Education and graduation requirements, all students must also earn a C or better in all prerequisite, supporting, and cardiovascular technology core courses and have a cumulative 2.7 GPA to graduate.

Bachelor of Science Degree

General Education

Total Credit Hours:46

Piedmont College Requirement

PDMT 1101Intro to College Life and Liberal Arts Tradition

1

Total Credit Hours:1

Students who have not completed a minimum of 24 semester credit hours of college-level coursework upon admission to Piedmont College must meet this college requirement.

Cardiovascular Technology Foundation

BIOL 1101General Biology I

3

BIOL 2150Medical Microbiology

4

MATH 2450Calculus I

4

Total Credit Hours:11

BIOL 2100, BIOL 2110, BLAB 1101, MATH 2100, PSYC 2290: Courses required by Cardiovascular Technology included under General Education and not counted again here.

Cardiovascular Technology Concentration

All Required.

CHEM 1101General Chemistry I

3

CHEM 1102General Chemistry II

3

CVTE 4010Ultrasound Physics

4

CVTE 4012Electrocardiographic Anatomy and Physiology

2

CVTE 4014Echocardiography Pathology I

5

CVTE 4016Electrocardiography

2

CVTE 4020Cardiac Pharmacology

2

CVTE 4022Principles of Vascular Ultrasound

5

CVTE 4024Cardiovascular Technology

2

CVTE 4026Echocardiography Pathology II

4

CVTE 4028Practicum I

2

CVTE 4400Practicum II

2

HSCS 1101Emergency Techniques

2

HSCS 3301Physiology of Exercise

4

HSCS 3330Health Care Finance

3

HSCS 4410Research Methodology in Health Sciences

3

HSCS 4411Health Policy, Law, and Issues

3

HSCS 4450Health Sciences Capstone (Capstone Course)

3

PHYS 2110General Physics I

4

HSCS 2220Introduction to Health Processes

3

Total Credit Hours:67

PHYS 2110: (MATH 2450 is the pre-requisite)

Students must choose one of the following courses:

HSCS 2200Introduction to Health Professions

3

HSCS 3395Cross-Cultural Health

3

Total Credit Hours: 124