RESP at Kent State University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate RESP coursework.

• RESP 11008Blood Gas Analysisopens 6 courses (3 directly)
• RESP 11002Cardiopulmonary Diseasesopens 5 courses (2 directly)
• RESP 11004Therapeuticsopens 5 courses (2 directly)
• RESP 11001Respiratory Care Pharmacologyopens 5 courses (1 directly)
• BSCI 21020Anatomy and Physiology IIopens 4 courses (1 directly)
• BSCI 11020Foundational Anatomy and Physiology II (kbs) (klab)opens 4 courses (0.5 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate RESP work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 20 RESP and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 2 more RESP courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in RESP. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at RESP 21013

  1. BSCI 11010Foundational Anatomy and Physiology I (kbs) (klab)
  2. BSCI 11020Foundational Anatomy and Physiology II (kbs) (klab)
  3. RESP 21001Mechanical Ventilation
  4. RESP 21000Critical Care
  5. RESP 21013Respiratory Therapy Capstone

• 3 courses deep, ending at RESP 21003

  1. RESP 11003Application and Mechanisms of Cardiopulmonary Anatomy and Physiology
  2. RESP 11001Respiratory Care Pharmacology
  3. RESP 21003Perinatal and Pediatric Respiratory Therapy

• 3 courses deep, ending at RESP 21004

  1. RESP 10000Introduction to Respiratory Therapy
  2. RESP 11008Blood Gas Analysis
  3. RESP 21004Advanced Diagnostics

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for RESP yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under RESP yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

RESP does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Kent State campus feed.