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The Cardiopulmonary Science - Respiratory Therapist Program is administered in the Department of Allied Health Sciences. The Bachelor of Science (BSAH) degree provides the general education core and allied health core, cardiopulmonary didactic, and laboratory courses, and clinical internship education necessary for the advanced respiratory care practitioner (click here to see the AARC movie "Life and Breath" on the profession).

Ground classes are held at the Nave Center in Elizabethton.

The Cardiopulmonary Science program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care.

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In celebration of East Tennessee State University's Centennial you are invited to attend a reception for the Cardiopulmonary Science program on October 7, 2011 from 2-5 pm at the Nave Center in Elizabethton, TN. RSVP: Rachel Berry by September 26, 2011.