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

The major is offered at the Newark College of Arts and Sciences (NCAS). A major in Allied Health Technologies (AHT) leading to the bachelor of science degree is offered jointly by the Department of Biological Sciences at Rutgers-Newark and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-School of Health Related Professions in Newark (UMDNJ-SHRP). 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 coursework at Rutgers-Newark and must apply to the senior clinical year at UMDNJ-SHRP through a separate admissions process in the fall semester of their junior year. 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 the faculty adviser for Allied Health Technologies at Rutgers-Newark, Dr. Douglas W. Morrison, at 973-353-1268 or dmorrison@andromeda.rutgers.edu.

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

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

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

  21:120:301  Foundations of Biology: Cell and Molecular Biology (3)

  21:120:302  Foundations of Biology Laboratory (1)

  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)

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

    HSTC4100  Advanced Patient Care (3)    

    HSTC4370  Introduction to Noninvasive Vascular Testing (2) 

    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  

    HSTC4151  Cross-Sectional Abdominal Ultrasound (2)  

    HSTC4360  Introduction to Echocardiography (1)  

    VSTC4333  Clinical Applications in Vascular Technology (2)  

    VSTC4343  Clinical Practice III (3)

    VSTC4382  Vascular Physics and Instrumentation (1) 

    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)      

    NUCM4211  Radiopharmacy and Chemistry (3)

    NUCM4222  Instrumentation II (2)

    NUCM4343  Clinical Applications III (2)  

    Fall II  

    NUCM4351  Clinical Correlations (2)  

    NUCM4499  Clinical Practice IV (6)  

    D.  Respiratory Care (35 credits)

    Summer

    RSTN2100  Fundamentals of Respiratory Care (4)

    RSTN2189  Clinical Practice I (1)

    RSTN2231  Applied Cardiopulmonary Pathophysiology I (2)    

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

    RSTN2289  Clinical Practice II (2)

    Spring  

    RSTN2340  Patient Management in Critical Care (3)  

     RSTN2355  Pediatric/Neonatal Respiratory Care (3)     

    RSTN2389  Clinical Practice III (3)  

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

    RSTN4990  Independent Study in Respiratory Care (3)