Coordinator: Douglas W. Morrison, 973/353-1268

The major is offered at NCAS. A major in allied health technologies (AHT) leading to the bachelor of science degree is offered jointly with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-School of Health Related Professions in Newark (UMDNJ-SHRP) and the Department of Biological Sciences at Rutgers-Newark. Graduates become members of health care teams contributing to the diagnosis and treatment of disease in a variety of health care, industrial, governmental, and educational settings.

AHT majors take three years of course work at Rutgers-Newark and must apply to the senior clinical year at UMDNJ-SHRP beginning the fall term of their junior year through a separate admissions process. Admission requirements for the senior clinical year include a cumulative grade-point average of 2.75 and grades of C or better in all prerequisite core science courses taken at Rutgers-Newark. Students may specialize in diagnostic medical sonography, vascular technology, nuclear medicine technology, or respiratory care. For more information about the joint program, contact Michael Teters, M.S., at UMDNJ, 908/889-2449, nuc-med@umdnj.edu, or the undergraduate coordinator at Rutgers-Newark.

Course requirements to be taken at NCAS and at UMDNJ-SHRP for the four options are as follows:

Core Rutgers-NCAS courses required of all AHT majors (59-60 credits)

  21:120:101-102  General Biology (4,4)

  21:120:301  Foundations of Biology: Cell and Molecular Biology (4)

  21:120:320  Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates (4)

  21:120:340  Mammalian Physiology (4)

  21:120:352  Genetics (3)

  21:160:113-114  General Chemistry Laboratory (1,1)

  21:160:115-116  General Chemistry (4,4)

  21:160:331  Organic Chemistry Laboratory (2)

  21:160:335-336  Organic Chemistry (4,4)

  21:640:114 or 135  Precalculus (3) or Calculus I (4)

  21:750:203,204  General Physics (4,4)

  21:750:205,206  Introductory Physics Laboratory (1,1)

  21:960:211  Statistics (3)

Year 4 (Professional courses at UMDNJ-School of Health Related Professions)

1. Interdisciplinary Core (4 credits)

  Summer, Fall, or Spring 
  IDST2210  Computer Applications in Health Care (1)

  IDST3510  Principles of Scientific Inquiry (3)

2. Specialization
   
    A. Diagnostic Medical Sonography (42 credits)

    Summer I

    HSTC4100  Advanced Patient Care (3)

    HSTC4151  Cross-Sectional Abdominal Ultrasound (2)

    DXMS4171  Gynecology Ultrasound (2)

    Fall

    DXMS4111  Acoustic Physics I (2)

    DXMS4131  Abdominal Ultrasound I (2)

    DXMS4161  Obstetrical Ultrasound I (2)

    DXMS4172  Gynecology Ultrasound II (2)

    DXMS4199  Clinical Practice I (4)

    Spring

    DXMS4212  Acoustic Physics II (2)

    DXMS4232  Abdominal Ultrasound II (2)

    DXMS4240  Neurosonography (2)

    DXMS4262  Obstetrical Ultrasound II (2)

    DXMS4299  Clinical Practice II (4)

    Summer II

    DXMS4350  Critique and Clinical Correlation (2)

    HSTC4360  Introduction to Echocardiography (1)

    HSTC4370  Introduction to Noninvasive Vascular Testing (2)

    DXMS4399  Clinical Practice III (6)

    B. Vascular Technology (43 credits)

    Summer

    HSTC4370  Introduction to Noninvasive Vascular Testing (2) 

    HSTC4100  Advanced Patient Care (3)  

    VSTC4300  Vascular Laboratory Practices (2)  

    VSTC4381  Introduction to Vascular Physics and Instrumentation (1)  

    Fall  

    DXMS4111  Acoustic Physics I (2)  

    VSTC4111  Vascular Physiology, and Pathophysiology (3)     

    VSTC4121  Noninvasive Diagnosis of Vascular Disease I (2)  

    VSTC4131  Clinical Correlation I (1)  

    VSTC4141  Clinical Practice I (4)

    Spring  

    DXMS4212  Acoustic Physics II (2)  

    VSTC4212  Vascular Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathophysiology II (2)  

    VSTC4222  Noninvasive Diagnosis of Vascular Disease II (2)

    VSTC4232  Clinical Correlation II (1)  

    VSTC4242  Clinical Practice II (4)

    Summer II  

    HSTC4360  Introduction to Echocardiography (1)  

    HSTC4151  Cross-Sectional Abdominal Ultrasound (2)  

    VSTC4382  Vascular Physics and Instrumentation (1)  

    VSTC4333  Clinical Applications in Vascular Technology (2)  

    VSTC4343  Clinical Practice III (3)

    C. Nuclear Medicine Technology (44 credits)

    Fall I

    HSTC4100  Advanced Patient Care (3)  

    NUCM4111  Nuclear Physics I (2)  

    NUCM4141  Clinical Applications I (3) 

    NUCM4299  Clinical Practice I (5)

    Spring  

    NUCM4121  Instrumentation I (2)  

    NUCM4212  Nuclear Physics II (2)

    NUCM4242  Clinical Applications II (3)  

    NUCM4399  Clinical Practice II (5)

    Summer  

    IDST2210  Computer Applications in Health Care (1)      

    NUCM4343  Clinical Applications III (2)  

    NUCM4499  Clinical Practice III (6)  

    NUCM4222  Instrumentation II (2) 

    NUCM4211  Radiopharmacy and Chemistry (3)

    Fall II  

    NUCM4499  Clinical Practice IV (6)  

    NUCM4351  Clinical Correlations (2)

    D.  Respiratory Care (35 credits)

    Summer

    RSTN2100  Fundamentals of Respiratory Care (4)
   
    RSTN2231  Applied Cardiopulmonary Pathophysiology I (2)
   
    RSTN2189  Clinical Practice I (1)

    Fall  
   
    RSTN2232  Applied Cardiopulmonary Pathophysiology II (2)
   
    RSTN2250  Principles of Ventilatory Support (4)  
   
    RSTN2220  Cardiopulmonary Pharmacology (2)  
   
    RSTN2230  Cardiopulmonary Evaluation (2)  
   
    RSTN2289  Clinical Practice II (2)

    Spring  

    RSTN2355  Pediatric/Neonatal Respiratory Care (3)  

    RSTN2340  Patient Management in Critical Care (3)  

    RSTN2389  Clinical Practice III (3)  

    RSTN4510  Long-Term, Home, and Rehabilitative Care (3) 

    RSTN4990  Independent Study in Respiratory Care (3)