Bachelor of Emergency Services Administration (475)
The Bachelor of Emergency Services Administration degree is tailored to cater to the progressive Physician's Assistant major requiring a Bachelor's degree. The Biology and Chemistry courses required by most P.A. schools comprise the two clusters in lieu of a minor. The paramedic coursework teaches invaluable assessment skills; while the arduous clinical requirement for the paramedic certification normally apply toward clinical time mandates of the P.A. schools. The built-in Critical Care Paramedic endorsement is another progressive course and marketing tool available to the graduate in pursuit of the physician's Assistant matriculation.
This degree is also engineered to provide firefighter/paramedics the enviable skill set to lead as chief administrators in either career civil service or private industry ambulance services. Be it fire service, emergency medical service or a combination department, the curriculum prepares the paramedic to engage in the operational aspects of administration with a proficiency in accounting, administrative law, and human resource relations and management.
The Bachelors degree includes 40 credits of foundation courses, 20 credits in Minor of Emergencies Services Management, 54 credits in Paramedicine and 6 Critical Care credits. If you choose this degree you must still complete the prerequisites for the Paramedic Program, apply, and be accepted into the Paramedic Program.
AAS in Paramedicine (356)
The Paramedicine degree's intent is to prepare graduates for National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians Paramedic certification and licensure in most States. Course work follows the U.S. Department of Transportation model.
BIO 264, BIO 265, MATH 108 or higher, CHEM 101, and PARA 181 are prerequisites to admission to the Paramedic Program. The prerequisites and all foundations course requirements can normally be completed in two semesters. Concurrent enrollment in the required courses at time of application for admission to the Program is allowed. Admission assumes students attend the next three semesters consecutively. Applications can be downloaded from http://www.buyi.edu/paramedicine/.
Minor in Emergency Services Management
This is an attractive option for those management majors not pursuing a paramedicine venue.