Click and download the Emergency Medical Science Program Planning Guide for course requirements and suggested sequencing.

Possession of a valid and active North Carolina EMT Credential, NREMT or other states EMS
Credential prior to the start of the clinical or field component. All students must start
clinical/field at the same time, staggered start dates will not be accepted.

||High school diploma or high school equivalency. If an Institution is presented with documents
that the Institutions Advisors, Counselors or Registrar will accept as an equivalent (Home School,
International schooling, etc.) then there must be some form of documentation placed into the
students file acknowledging acceptance of same.

||Successful completion of college-level English, or within the previous 12 months complete a
written assessment placing the individual into college-level English. Placement by RISE
without the use of a written assessment will not meet this requirement.
||Successful completion of college-level Math, or within the previous 12 months complete a
written assessment placing the individual into college-level Math. Placement by RISE without
the use of a written assessment will not meet this requirement.
||Proof of successful completion of BIO 163 or BIO 168 and BIO 169. OR the student can show a plan to take BIO 163 while in the Paramedic program.
||Diploma and certificate admission requirements may vary. Contact the Admissions Office for details.
||An interview with the lead instructor to review requirements of course and answer all questions.
||A letter of interest – accepted topics include: why they want to be a paramedic, why they chose Piedmont Community College, or the journey they have taken in the life of emergency medicine.
||Committee review of student to determine if they meet the criteria to be in the paramedic program.