The Bachelor degree program for Respiratory Therapy at Indiana University School of Medicine prepares students to work as registered respiratory therapists. The program provides curricular content related to the acquisition of skills in management, education and research to build student competence in the cognitive, psychomotor and affective learning domains of respiratory care practice.
Courses in this professional program are sequential and must be taken in the order specified by the program faculty.
Junior Year Courses
| Fall Semester | Course | Credits |
| Introduction to Human Disease for Respiratory Therapists | PULM-F 303 | 2.0 |
| Cardiorespiratory Physiology | PULM-F 311 | 3.0 |
| Cardiorespiratory Assessment and Patient Care | PULM-F 315 | 3.0 |
| General Respiratory Care | PULM-F 325 | 4.0 |
| Respiratory Care Techniques I | PULM-F 326 | 2.0 |
| Cardiorespiratory Pharmacology I | PULM-F 333 | 2.0 |
| Total | 16.0 | |
| Spring Semester | Course | Credits |
| Cardiorespiratory Diseases | PULM-F 350 | 3.0 |
| Life Support | PULM-F 355 | 3.0 |
| Respiratory Care Techniques II | PULM-F 356 | 2.0 |
| Respiratory Care Practicum I | PULM-F 385 | 3.0 |
| Neonatal-Pediatric Respiratory Care | PULM-F 405 | 3.0 |
| Cardiorespiratory Pharmacology II | PULM-F 444 | 2.0 |
| Total | 16.0 | |
| Summer Session I | Course | Credits |
| Respiratory Care Practicum II | PULM-F 395 | 4.0 |
| Total | 4.0 |
Senior Year Courses
| Fall Semester | Course | Credits |
| Pulmonary Diagnostics | PULM-F 371 | 3.0 |
| Introduction to Research in Respiratory Care | PULM-F 420 | 2.0 |
| Cardiorespiratory Monitoring and Special Techniques | PULM-F 451 | 3.0 |
| Respiratory Care Practicum III | PULM-F 456 | 6.0 |
| Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Geriatrics | PULM-F 461 | 3.0 |
| Total | 17.0 | |
| Spring Semester | Course | Credits |
| Management and Leadership for Respiratory Care | PULM-F 430 | 3.0 |
| Advanced Cardiac Life Support | PULM-F 440 | 2.0 |
| Seminar in Cardiorespiratory Care | PULM-F 445 | 3.0 |
| Patient Education Techniques | PULM-F 480 | 3.0 |
| Respiratory Care Practicum IV | PULM-F 485 | 6.0 |
| Total | 17.0 |