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.
A total of 36 hours are required for the Masters degree. This area will be dependent upon the number of hours taken and credit hours received per semester. If candidates desire to complete the program in a year and one semester, you must take at least nine hours each of the four semesters.