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Academic CredentialAssociate in Science (AS)
Total Credit Hours73
Average Time to Complete2 yrs.
Academic PathwayPublic Safety
Related ProgramsEmergency Medical Technician
Related ProgramsParamedic, C.T.
AdvisorLiliana Zamora - NRP, BS
EMS Program Director
850.769.1551 ext. 5623
lzamora@gulfcoast.edu

Senior Administrative AssistantVictoria Byrd
850.769.1551, ext. 5615
vbyrd1@gulfcoast.edu
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Emergency Medical Services, AS

Communications Area
•+*ENC 1101English Composition I3 credit hours
Humanities Area
  See General Education Core Requirement 3 credit hours
Natural Sciences Area
  See General Education Core Requirement 3 credit hours
Social Sciences Area
•@POS 2041Amer National Government3 credit hours
  OR
•@AMH 2020United States History II3 credit hours
Major Courses
+#*EMS 1761Assistant Teaching in EMS3 credit hours
+#*EMS 1119Emergency Medical Tech5 credit hours
+#*EMS 1335Emergency Vehicle Operator I1 credit hours
+#*EMS 1401EMT Lab5 credit hours
+#*EMS 1555EMS Trauma Management1 credit hours
+#*EMS 2231Paramedic I9 credit hours
+#*EMS 2232Paramedic II8 credit hours
+#*EMS 2233Paramedic III2 credit hours
+#*EMS 2425Paramedic Internship6 credit hours
+#*EMS 2435Paramedic I Lab7 credit hours
+#*EMS 2436Paramedic II Lab7 credit hours
+#*EMS 2553Ped Adv Life Sup1 credit hours
+#*EMS 2934Adv Med Life Suppt1 credit hours
*#EMS 1310EMS Management1 credit hours
+*#RET 1934Selected Topics Seminar1 credit hours
Total Degree Hours73


Additional graduation requirements:  Students must have fulfilled the requirement for the chosen major, earned a minimum of 25 percent of the total hours required for the degree in residence at Gulf Coast State College, and be registered as a student at Gulf Coast State College during the semester of graduation.  


• General Education Core.
+ Prerequisites and/or corequisites required. See course descriptions.
# Applies to AS degree and certificate programs.
= Career Certificate course.
* Minimum grade of "C" required.
@ Civic Literacy.

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