Minor in Emergency Medical Services:
The Emergency Medical Services minor is ideal for undergraduate students enrolled in a science or pre-health profession undergraduate degree program who are also looking for additional clinically focused study and experience. This program requires NREMT certification as an EMT to enroll and builds on that certification through additional EMS core content course work. Units may also be earned in internship and clinical research EM experiences, providing students with employable skills on the day of graduation.
To enroll in this program, students must hold a current NREMT certification as an EMT. Students may choose to complete this coursework at another institution and transfer it to the University of Arizona or take the EMT course offered on campus.
Pre-Minor Requirements:
EMT Certification
- EMD 147 – Emergency Medical Technician (4), or
- Current NREMT certification as an EMT
Minor Requirements:
EMS Core Content: minimum of 12 units
- EMD 310 - Core Competencies (3)
- EMD 350 – Advanced EMS systems (3)
- EMD 420 - Innovations in Community Paramedicine & Alternative Destinations (3)
- EMD 430 - Wilderness Medicine (3)
- EMD 440 - Advanced Pediatric Prehospital Care (3)
- EMD 450 - EMS Special Operations (3)
- EMD 460 - Disaster Medicine (3)
- EMD 493A - EMS Internship (3) or EMD 493B - EMS Leadership (3)
Core Science: minimum of 3 units
- MCB 181R – Introductory Biology I (3)
- PSIO 202 – Human Anatomy and Physiology II (4)
- PSIO 380 - Fundamentals of Human Physiology (4)
Leadership & Healthcare: minimum of 3 units
- CHS 306 – Interprofessional Care (3)
- CHS 309 – Ethical Issues Common to the Helping Professions (3)
- PHPM 310 - Health Care in the U.S. (3)
- PHPM 407 - Health Care Economics and Policy (3)
- EHS 375 – Introduction to Environmental and Occupational Health (3)
- EHS 484 – Fundamentals of Industrial and Environmental Health (3)
- EHS 421 – Introduction to Public Health Law and Ethics (3)