State Control Number: 04980
Program Code: EMS.AS
Program Length: 24 months
Approved for Federal Financial Aid: Yes
This major includes specific admission requirements. Please visit the VVC Paramedic website for more information.
To earn this degree, complete the major coursework with “C” grades or better and all of the following graduation requirements:
- 60 minimum degree-applicable units (including a maximum 4 units of activity) and 12 degree-applicable units through VVC;
- the VVC General Education pattern;
- Information Competency; Global Citizenship; Kinesiology; and
- 2.0 minimum overall degree-applicable GPA.
Courses may be double-counted in the major and in a general education category. Courses counted in one AA/AS major may not be used in another AA/AS major.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| EMS 80 | Paramedic Anatomy & Physiology | 3.5 |
| EMS 81 | Paramedic Introduction to Emergency Medical Services | 3.5 |
| EMS 82 | Paramedic Cardiology | 4.5 |
| EMS 83 | Paramedic Pharmacology | 3.5 |
| EMS 84 | Emergency Medical Services | 10.0 |
| EMS 85 | Paramedic Clinical | 4.0 |
| EMS 86 | Paramedic Field Internship | 11.5 |
| Total Units | 40.5 | |
Suggested Plan of Study
Career, salary, and labor market data information.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Summer | Units | |
| EMS 80 | Paramedic Anatomy & Physiology * | 3.5 |
| EMS 81 | Paramedic Introduction to Emergency Medical Services | 3.5 |
| Units | 7 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| EMS 82 | Paramedic Cardiology | 4.5 |
| EMS 83 | Paramedic Pharmacology | 3.5 |
| EMS 84 | Emergency Medical Services | 10.0 |
| Units | 18 | |
| Winter | ||
| EMS 85 | Paramedic Clinical | 4.0 |
| Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| EMS 86 | Paramedic Field Internship | 11.5 |
| Units | 11.5 | |
| Summer | ||
| HLTH 102 | Contemporary Problems in Personal and Community Health 2 | 3.0 |
| Units | 3 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| ENGL 101.0 | English Composition and Reading 2 | 4.0 |
| CMST 106 or CMST 109 |
Interpersonal Communication or Public Speaking |
3.0 |
| Units | 7 | |
| Winter | ||
| ART 104 | Film As an Art Form 2 | 3.0 |
| HIST 117 |
History of U.S to 1876 or History of U.S From 1876 or African American History or Women in U.S. History or Introduction to American Government And Politics |
3.0 |
| Units | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| SOC 101 | Introduction to Sociology | 3.0 |
| MATH 105 or MATH 120 |
College Algebra or Introduction to Statistics |
4.0 |
| Units | 7 | |
| Total Units | 63.5 | |
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Prerequisite before enrollment in this course and certificate: EMS 60 – Emergency Medical Technician with a grade of “B” or better or an EMT card equivalent, as well as acceptance into the Paramedic Academy.
- 2
Double counts for General Education and Competency.