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The Department of Respiratory Care operates two research labs, three teaching labs, and a four-bed sleep lab that is fully accredited to diagnose and treat patients suffering from sleep disorders. Students have access to internationally recognized faculty and the most up-to-date equipment to complement learning and research opportunities.

The Master of Science in respiratory care (MSRC) graduate will be a leader in acute care, specialty clinics, pulmonary rehabilitation, home care, and academic settings.

Course Work

The 36-credit-hour non-thesis program consists of a core curriculum and a concentration in leadership or polysomnography. Students enrolled in the leadership concentration have the option to minor in polysomnography, completing a total of 48 credit hours. The core curriculum focuses on cardiopulmonary physiology, clinical practice guidelines/protocols, research methods/designs, patient education, academic leadership, and diagnostics/therapeutics. The leadership concentration focuses on financial theory, healthcare law, organizational behavior/theory, and financial management while the polysomnography concentration provides advanced study on sleep physiology, instrumentation, sleep staging, and diagnostics/therapeutics. The core and leadership courses are taught online. The polysomnography courses are delivered online and in a hybrid format with the option of face-to-face contact in a sleep clinic and campus laboratory. Full-time, non-minor students can complete the program in four semesters.

Career Options

Faculty member in an academic institution

Director of clinical education in a respiratory care program

Program director of a respiratory care program

Director/manager in a hospital respiratory care department or sleep lab

Clinical specialist in a healthcare/equipment company

Research scientist

Research project manager

Clinical educator for a hospital or respiratory care company

Bedside clinician as a respiratory therapist or sleep technologist