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Contact: Kelly Hamontree khamontr@harpercollege.edu
at 847.925.6991.
Admission Requirements
This is a limited enrollment program and has specific admission requirements.
Please contact the Admissions Outreach Office at 847.925.6700 or view
the requirements online at www.harpercollege.edu/apply/limitedenrollment
Associate in Applied Science Degree
Students of this 61 credit-hour program are prepared for positions as cardiodiagnostic
technicians in hospitals, cardiovascular clinics, or physicians’ offices.
Cardiodiagnostics involves skill acquisition in performing resting electrocardiograms,
assisting physicians in running exercise stress tests, scanning heart rhythm
strips and carrying out sophisticated cardiac ultrasound examinations (echocardiography).
Because of the nature of clinical experiences and individualized instruction
required in this program, and specialized technology and the equipment necessary
to offer this program, a higher tuition rate is assessed for career specific
courses. These include courses with the prefix HPI. Tuition for these courses
in this program is 200% of the standard tuition rate.
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.
FIRST YEAR
| Summer semester: |
| HPI 100 |
Introduction to the Cardiac
Technology Program |
1 |
| First Semester: |
| BIO 160 |
Human Anatomy |
4 |
| ENG 101 |
Composition |
3 |
| HPI 101 |
Fundamentals of Exercise
Testing |
3 |
| HSC 112 |
Medical Terminology |
3 |
| MTH 060 |
Foundations of Mathematics
(1) |
4 |
| total: |
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17 |
| Second Semester: |
| English elective
(2) |
3 |
| HPI 105 |
Electrocardiography |
4 |
| HPI 113 |
Ultrasound Physics |
2 |
| HPI 116 |
Cardiac Anatomy and Physiology |
4 |
| total: |
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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: |
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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: |
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15 |
| Summer/Fall
Semester: |
| HPI 107 |
Cardiac Technology Internship
(3) |
4 |
- A placement test, available
in the Assessment and Testing Center, may be utilized to meet the
mathematics requirement. Students who utilize the placement test to
meet the mathematics requirement must complete a four credit-hour
elective.
- English elective: ENG 102, ENG 103, ENG 130 or SPE 101.
- Assignments will be based on site availability.
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