Entrance/Admission Requirements
Admission Requirements
- Attendance at a program information session or call 410-777-7310 for schedule. You may also view the online information sesion. Detailed information regarding program, profession, admission and academic requirements and selection criteria will be discussed.
- Submit a completed program application to Florestano Building Room 100.
- For degree: Eligibility for MAT 135 .
- Take the Arithmetic Placement Test and receive a score of 27 or higher within 7 years of the date the application is submitted or enroll in MAT 005 and complete it with a grade of C or better.
- A grade of C or better in prerequisite courses.
- Must have a minimum adjusted grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 at this college.
- Affiliation with Maryland Emergency Medical Services (EMS) jurisdiction.
- Foreign educated students: must have college transcripts evaluated by one of the following credential evaluators: ECE (Educational Credential Evaluators) at www.ece.org, WES (World Education Services) at www.wes.org or SpanTran: The Evaluation Company at www.spantran.com.
- Foreign educated students: must successfully pass the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) with a minimum score of 550 (213 is the equivalent computer score and 79 is the equivalent Internet based score) OR must have completed ENG 101 / ENG 101A and ENG 102 with grades of C or better prior to applying to the Paramedic program. Anne Arundel Community College’s code for TOEFL is 5019.
- Submission of current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) CPR certification card.
Selection Criteria
Students will be admitted to the Paramedic course sequence each August and March on a rolling admission basis. Students will apply for the Paramedic program only after meeting all academic and admission criteria. Once the applicant’s admission criteria have been verified, that student receives conditional acceptance for the next available seat. Applications will be rejected if incomplete. Incomplete applications will be sent back to the student and can be resubmitted once they are complete. Students need only apply once to the program, providing their application is complete. A future seat will be slotted for them once the student meets the criteria for admission.
To be considered for conditional acceptance, applicants must meet the following criteria:
- First consideration will be given to candidates whose resident address is in Anne Arundel County for at least three months prior to the date the application is submitted.
- Must satisfactorily complete all academic and admission requirements.
- Length of EMT certification and active affiliation with an EMS jurisdiction.
- Final acceptance into the program shall be contingent upon satisfactory completion of a criminal background check, health examination record, urine drug screen, and submission of current American Heart Association Basic Life Support CPR certification card by designated deadline. Information and deadline for completion will be sent in the applicant’s conditional acceptance packet. These are not to be completed prior to acceptance notification.
Technical Standards
Students who are conditionally accepted to this program of study will be required to submit a health examination record completed by a physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant validating that the student meets the technical standard of good physical and mental health as established by the School of Health Sciences, and verifying that the student is free of communicable diseases as evidenced by required immunizations/titers.
CPR
Students must successfully complete the American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) CPR certification course by designated deadline.
Criminal Background Check and Drug Screening
This program requires the satisfactory completion of a criminal background check and drug screening. For complete details, see the Health Sciences section of this catalog.
Enrollment Restrictions
Limitations of health care facilities for clinical and field rotations necessitate enrollment restrictions.
Students enrolled in the Paramedic course sequence must comply with all Maryland Advanced Life Support Protocols and Regulations and maintain current certification as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) or Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate (EMT-I). Students who fail to maintain current EMT and/or EMT-I certification or are decertified will not be eligible to continue in the program.
Program Readmission and Completion
Degree-seeking students who have not been consecutively enrolled in the Paramedic curriculum must meet the curriculum requirements in effect at the time of application for graduation. Please refer to graduation requirements in this catalog.
An A.A.S. degree in Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic will only be granted to those students who have completed all EMT courses at this college. (The BIO requirement can be transferred from another accredited college.)
Students must complete any interrupted coursework within two years from last enrollment or all Paramedic courses must be repeated.
Other certificate and A.A.S. degree program requirements regarding re-entry after a lapse in program attendance are available from the EMT department.
Articulation Agreement
Students may transfer up to 60 credits to the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) Emergency Health Services curriculum and up to a maximum of 64 credits to the Towson University Allied Health program in pursuit of an advanced degree. For information call the EMT department at 410-777-7310.
