Associate in Applied Science Degree

A 300-hour internship at a local hospital is required once all core courses (HPI prefix) have been completed with a grade of "C" or better.

** Admission requirements include:

• Fulfillment of the general admission requirements of Harper College.
• Submission of an official copy of ACT results. (This requirement will be waived for students who have completed 12 or more semester hours of college work.)
• High school graduation or equivalent (GED).
• High school grade point average of 2.0 or better (on a 4.0 scale), or if 12 semester hours of college credit have been completed, a college grade point average of 2.0 or better (on a 4.0 scale). Students who have previously enrolled at Harper College must be in good academic standing.
• Completion of at least two semesters of high school biology with grades of "C" or better or one semester of college biology with a grade of "C" or better. Once college biology has been completed, only college biology will be used to determine if the biology requirement has been fulfilled.
• Attendance at a Cardiac Technology Program information meeting.
• Satisfactory interview with the Cardiac Technology program director.
• Completion of the Harper College writing/reading Assessment or a college-level English composition course with a grade of "C" or better.
• Satisfactory Harper College Cardiac Technology admission score.

  FIRST YEAR

  Summer semester:
  HPI 100	Introduction to the Cardiac Technology Program	1
  First Semester:
  BIO 160	Human Anatomy	4
  English elective (1)		3
  HPI 101	Fundamentals of Exercise Testing	3
  HSC 112	Medical Terminology	3
  Mathematics elective (2)		3
  total:		16
  Second Semester:
  English elective (1)		3
  HPI 105	Electrocardiography	4
  HPI 113	Ultrasound Physics (2)	2
  HPI 116	Cardiac Anatomy and Physiology	4
  total:		13

  SECOND YEAR

  First Semester:
  HPI 103	Prevention and Treatment of Cardiac Emergencies	3
  HPI 106	Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathology	3
  HPI 109	Diagnostics I	3
  HPI 117	Laboratory Techniques I	2
  total:		11
  Second Semester:
  CHM 100	Chemistry for the Health Sciences	4
  HPI 110	Diagnostics II	3
  HPI 115	Clinical Laboratory Skills	3
  HPI 118	Laboratory Techniques II	2
  Humanities or Social Science elective		3
  total:		15
  Summer Semester:
  HPI 107	Cardiac Technology Internship (3)	4

  
  

  * Cardiac Technology is a limited enrollment program. See limited enrollment programs section of this Catalog for details.
  ** Subject to change. Contact the Admissions Office for additional information.

  1. Students should seek the advice of a Student Development faculty member to determine the appropriate English course.
  2. A competency test, available in the Assessment Center, may be utilized to meet the mathematics elective requirement. Students in this program who utilize the competency test to meet the mathematics requirement must complete a three (3) credit hour elective.
  3. HPI 107 may also be taken in fall or spring.