Theory Course Advanced Standing
Credit Based on the RRT Credential
Individuals providing documentation that they hold the RRT credential may receive credit for the following theory courses:

Required Courses
The RRT Student must enroll in and complete the following required courses:

Elective Courses
The RRT student must select a minimum of 9 quarter hours from the following courses.

Sample Advanced Standing Program Student Schedule:

Note regarding RC 591, Clinical Practice III:  The purpose of this clinical practice will be to allow the student to acquire special clinical skills and/or expertise which is not normally achieved in an associate’s degree program or through work experience.  The student may also use this course to refine or upgrade clinical skills which may have been used infrequently due to the nature of their work environment or experiences.  A course proposal or prospectus for clinical practice will be designed by the student and submitted to the Director of Clinical Education.  The prospectus or proposal must be reviewed and approved by the Committee on Progress and Promotion for Respiratory Care.  The prospectus must include course goals and objectives; methodology to achieve these goals and objectives to include clinical or laboratory facilities to be utilized; time spent in a given clinical or laboratory area; and proposed method of evaluation.  Areas of concentration which may be included are: 
Pulmonary Function Laboratory
Cardiac and/or Pulmonary Stress Testing
Diagnostic Sleep Laboratory
Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy
Physiologic Monitoring to include Hemodynamics
Adult Critical Care
Pediatric and/or Neonatal Respiratory Care               
ECMO
Mechanical Circulatory Assistance
Respiratory Home Care
Sub-Acute/Long-Term Care Facilities     
Pulmonary and/or Cardiac Rehabilitation
Invasive and/or Non-invasive Cardiology
Hyperbaric Medicine                               
Applied Research
Respiratory Care Education
Management
Advanced Generalist (to include two or more subspecialties
With the program director’s permission this 12 hour course (RC 591) may be divided into two parts RC 591 A (6 hours) and RC 591 B (6 hours) accomplishing the same course goals outlined above over two quarters.   
Substitutions for the above courses to meet individual student needs may be made from other respiratory care curriculum course work if approved by the program director.
Students who desire additional course work related to supervision and management may request that specific courses taken at the graduate level in another Rush University department be substituted for specific required or elective courses.

Summary of Minimum Requirements for the MS Degree for RRT Students Holding a Bacholor’s Degree: