Likes Received: 79. Hi Guys, I live in Australia where we don't have EMT's so I was wondering what the role, responsibilities and clinical skills for EMT's are. Where I live all Ambulances are crewed by 2 paramedics. Paramedic training is now a university degree course only and takes 3 years to complete.
You are talking about quarter hours whereas most colleges in the US use semester hours. There's a significant difference in the number of hours but no difference in the amount of time they take to get. 120 semester hours for a bachelor's degree. 180 quarter hours for a bachelor's degree. about 1,920 actual contact hours in a classroom for a bachelor's degree. [if college was a full-time job for 40 hours a week, the bachelor's degree would be only 1 year] No matter which way you slice the hours up - about 4 years for a bachelor's degree.
1 A bachelorâs degree from an accredited college or university which includes at least twenty-four (24) semester hours of course work to include: