Sleep Medicine (Polysomnographic) Technology

The Associate in Applied Science (AAS) in Sleep Medicine (Polysomnographic) Technology includes parallel clinical training in various Valley hospitals and free-standing sleep centers. The Sleep Medicine (Polysomnographic) Technology program prepares sleep (polysomnographic) technologists to assist physicians specializing in sleep medicine in the clinical assessment, physiological monitoring and testing, diagnosis, management, and treatment of sleep-related disorders with the use of various diagnostic and therapeutic tools providing care to patients of all ages. Upon successful completion of the program, the student will be prepared to sit for the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists examination to become a Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (RPSGT).

Details

Field of Interest

Health Sciences

Degree Type

Associate in Applied Science (AAS)

Academic Plan

Sleep Medicine (Polysomnographic) Technology (DEG)

Academic Plan Code

3135

Total credits required

65-87

Catalog Year

2024-2025

Effective Term

Fall 2024

Admissions criteria

1. Formal admission to the Sleep Medicine (Polysomnographic) Technology or Electroneurodiagnostic (END) Technology program is required.
2. Formal application can be made at any time.
3. Background check requirements: Admission to an Allied Health program requires that students be in compliance with the Maricopa County Community College District Background Check Standards. Upon conditional program enrollment, the student must comply with all requirements of the MCCCD Background Check Policy.
4. Clinical health and safety requirements must be met. Upon conditional program enrollment, the student must comply with all requirements of the MCCCD Clinical Health and Safety Policy.
5. Inability to comply with background check requirements and/or clinical health and safety requirements at the start of classes may result in cancellation of enrollment.
6. Proof of current American Heart Association Healthcare Provider CPR Certification.

Notes

Students must earn a grade of C or better in all courses within the program.

Students may opt to transfer from the Sleep Medicine (Polysomnographic) Technology program into the Electroneurodiagnostic (END) Technology while in the first semester of the program. A seat in the END program will be granted if there is no waitlist and Program Director approval is granted at the time of transfer.

HCC courses may be taken prior to admission or concurrently during enrollment in the program.

What You'll Learn

This pathway map will help you gain the expertise needed to:

To prepare competent entry-level sleep (polysomnographic) technologists in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains.
Communicate information effectively in verbal, nonverbal, and written forms between patients and members of multidisciplinary healthcare teams.
Perform a sleep (polysomnographic) study which includes patient hookup, diagnostic evaluation of sleep disorders, technical evaluation for physician, and patient cleanup.
Work independently to perform polysomnographic procedures.
Apply critical thinking to polysomnographic procedures and problem solving.
Manage diverse people and situations.
Demonstrate the ethical and professional standards expected of a sleep (polysomnographic) technologist.

Successful completion of this degree may lead to employment in a variety of different occupations and industries. Below are examples of related occupations with associated Maricopa County-based annual median wages* for this degree. Education requirements vary for the occupations listed below, so you may need further education or degrees in order to qualify for some of these jobs and earn the related salaries. Please visit with an academic advisor and/or program director for additional information. You can click on any occupation to view the detail regarding education level, wages, and employment information.

Neurodiagnostic Technologists

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* Career and wage information provided by Lightcast using data, reports, and forecasts which are generated using government data sources and Lightcast’s proprietary analytical processes. Lightcast’s data covers multiple classes of workers including QCEW, non-QCEW, and those who are self-employed. Disclaimer

Course Sequence by Term

The following is the suggested course sequence by term. Please keep in mind:

Students should meet with an academic advisor to develop an individual education plan that meets their academic and career goals. Use the Pathway Planner tool in your Student Center to manage your plan.
The course sequence is laid out by suggested term and may be affected when students enter the program at different times of the year.
Initial course placement is determined by current district placement measures and/or completion of 100-200 level course and/or program requirements.
Degree and transfer seeking students may be required to successfully complete a MCCCD First Year Experience Course (FYE) within the first two semesters at a MCCCD College. Courses include FYE101 and FYE103. Course offerings will vary by college. See an academic, program, or faculty advisor for details.
Consult with your faculty mentor or academic advisor to determine educational requirements, including possible university transfer options, for your chosen career field.

Full-time
Part-time

Full-time Sequence

Full-time status is 12 credits to 18 credits per semester.

Term 1

A sequence of suggested courses that should be taken during Term 1
Course Number	Course Name	Requisites	Notes	Area	Credits
BIO160 or BIO201	Introduction to Human Anatomy and Physiology or Human Anatomy and Physiology I	No requisites or Prerequisites: C or better in (BIO156, or BIO156XT, or BIO181, or BIO181XT, or 1 yr of high school biology) and (RDG100, or RDG100LL, or higher, or eligibility for CRE101). CHM130 or higher or one year of high school chemistry suggested but not required.	If BIO201 is taken, BIO202 must also be taken prior to admission in the program	SQ or SG	4
ENG101 or ENG107	First-Year Composition or First-Year Composition for ESL	Prerequisites: Writing test score or (C or better in ENG091 or ESL097or WAC101) or (B or better in ALT100) or (ALT100 & Corequisites: ENG101LL or ENG107LL or WAC101 or ENG100A+) or (ESL202 & Corequisites: ENG101LL or ENG107LL or WAC101 or ENG100A+). or Prerequisites: Writing test score or (C or better in ENG091 or ESL097or WAC101) or (B or better in ALT100) or (ALT100 & Corequisites: ENG101LL or ENG107LL or WAC101 or ENG100A+) or (ESL202 & Corequisites: ENG101LL or ENG107LL or WAC101 or ENG100A+).	Critical course	FYC or FYC	3
MAT12+	Intermediate Algebra		Critical course OR Equivalent course OR satisfactory completion of a higher level mathematics course		3–6
HCC130	Fundamentals in Health Care Delivery		OR Work experience or equivalent education as evaluated by the GateWay Health Core Curriculum Coordinator (0) 0-3		0–3
FYE101 or FYE103	Introduction to College, Career and Personal Success or Exploration of College, Career and Personal Success				1–3

Fall Semester (Term 2)

A sequence of suggested courses that should be taken during Fall Semester (Term 2)
Course Number	Course Name	Requisites	Notes	Area	Credits
EEG115	Biomedical Electronic Technology I	Prerequisites: Admission to the Electroneurodiagnostic Technology program or Polysomnographic Technology program.	Critical course Gateway course		2
EEG116	Biomedical Electronic Technology II	Prerequisites: Admission to the Electroneurodiagnostics Technology program or the Polysomnographic Technology program.	Critical course Gateway course		3
EEG130	Introduction to EEG	Prerequisites: Admission to the Electroneurodiagnostic Technology program or Polysomnographic Technology program.	Critical course Gateway course		4
EEG210	Applied Neurophysiology	Prerequisites: Admission to the Electroneurodiagnostic Technology program or Polysomnographic Technology program.			3
HCC145 or HCC146	Medical Terminology for Health Care Professionals or Common Medical Terminology for Health Care Professionals		OR Work experience or equivalent education as evaluated by the GateWay Health Core Curriculum Coordinator		0–3
CRE101	College Critical Reading and Critical Thinking	Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in (ENG101 or ENG107) and (RDG095 or RDG100 or RDG111 or RDG112 or RDG113 or an appropriate district placement or permission of Instructor).	OR Equivalent as indicated by assessment	L	0–3
BIO202	Human Anatomy and Physiology II	Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in BIO201 or BIO201XT.	This course is required only if BIO201 was taken in Term 1	SG	0–4

Spring Semester (Term 3)

A sequence of suggested courses that should be taken during Spring Semester (Term 3)
Course Number	Course Name	Requisites	Notes	Area	Credits
PSG150	Introduction to Sleep Medicine	Prerequisites: Admission into the Polysomnographic Technology program. Corequisites: PSG150LL.	Critical course Gateway course		3
PSG150LL	Introduction to Sleep Medicine Laboratory	Prerequisites: Admission to the Polysomnographic Technology program. Corequisites: PSG150.	Critical course Gateway course		1
PSG160	Polysomnographic Procedures	Prerequisites: Admission into the Polysomnographic Technology program. Corequisites: PSG160LL.			2
PSG160LL	Polysomnographic Procedures Laboratory	Prerequisites: Admission to the Polysomnographic Technology program. Corequisites: PSG160.			1
PSG165	Clinical Polysomnography I	Prerequisites: Admission into the Polysomnography Technology program.			3
COM100 or COM110 or COM225 or COM230	Introduction to Human Communication or Interpersonal Communication or Public Speaking or Small Group Communication	No requisites or No requisites or Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ENG101, or ENG107, or equivalent. or No requisites		SB or SB or L or SB	3
HCC164	Pharmacology for Allied Health	Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in HCC130 or (HCC130AA, HCC130AB, HCC130AC, HCC130AD, HCC130AE, and HCC130AF) or work experience or equivalent course education as evaluated by the Health Core Curriculum Coordinator.			0.5
HCC200	Basic Client Care for Allied Health	Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in HCC130 or (HCC130AA, HCC130AB, HCC130AC, HCC130AD, HCC130AE, and HCC130AF), or equivalent.			0.5
PSY101	Introduction to Psychology			SB	3

Summer Semester (Term 4)

A sequence of suggested courses that should be taken during Summer Semester (Term 4)
Course Number	Course Name	Requisites	Area	Credits
HRC101	Overview of Healthcare Compliance			1
PSG170	Sleep Therapeutics	Prerequisites: Admission into the Polysomnographic Technology program. Corequisites: PSG170LL.		2
PSG170LL	Sleep Therapeutics Laboratory	Prerequisites: Admission to the Polysomnographic Technology program. Corequisites: PSG170.		1
PSG265	Clinical Polysomnography II	Prerequisites: Admission into the Polysomnography Technology program.		2
HU	Humanities, Fine Arts & Design		HU	3
ENG102 or ENG108 or ENG111	First-Year Composition or First-Year Composition for ESL or Technical and Professional Writing	Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in ENG101. or Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ENG107. or Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ENG101 or ENG107 or permission of Instructor.	FYC or FYC or L	3

Fall Semester (Term 5)

A sequence of suggested courses that should be taken during Fall Semester (Term 5)
Course Number	Course Name	Requisites	Credits
PSG140	Respiratory Care Fundamentals and Physiology for Polysomnography	Prerequisites: Admission to the Polysomnographic Technology program.	4
PSG250	Record Scoring	Prerequisites: Admission into the Polysomnographic Technology program. Corequisites: PSG250LL.	2
PSG250LL	Record Scoring Laboratory	Prerequisites: Admission to the Polysomnographic Technology program. Corequisites: PSG250.	1
PSG260	Special Topics in Polysomnography	Prerequisites: Admission into the Polysomnography Technology program.	2
PSG275	Clinical Polysomnography III	Prerequisites: Admission into the Polysomnography Technology program.	3
PSG282AA	Volunteerism for Polysomnographic Technology: Service Learning Experience	Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor.	1

Part-time Sequence

Part-time status is 11 credit hours or less.

Term 1

A sequence of suggested courses that should be taken during Term 1
Course Number	Course Name	Requisites	Notes	Area	Credits
BIO160 or BIO201	Introduction to Human Anatomy and Physiology or Human Anatomy and Physiology I	No requisites or Prerequisites: C or better in (BIO156, or BIO156XT, or BIO181, or BIO181XT, or 1 yr of high school biology) and (RDG100, or RDG100LL, or higher, or eligibility for CRE101). CHM130 or higher or one year of high school chemistry suggested but not required.	If BIO201 is taken, BIO202 must also be taken prior to admission in the program	SQ or SG	4
ENG101 or ENG107	First-Year Composition or First-Year Composition for ESL	Prerequisites: Writing test score or (C or better in ENG091 or ESL097or WAC101) or (B or better in ALT100) or (ALT100 & Corequisites: ENG101LL or ENG107LL or WAC101 or ENG100A+) or (ESL202 & Corequisites: ENG101LL or ENG107LL or WAC101 or ENG100A+). or Prerequisites: Writing test score or (C or better in ENG091 or ESL097or WAC101) or (B or better in ALT100) or (ALT100 & Corequisites: ENG101LL or ENG107LL or WAC101 or ENG100A+) or (ESL202 & Corequisites: ENG101LL or ENG107LL or WAC101 or ENG100A+).	Critical course	FYC or FYC	3
MAT12+	Intermediate Algebra		Critical course OR Equivalent course OR satisfactory completion of a higher level mathematics course		3–6

Term 2

A sequence of suggested courses that should be taken during Term 2
Course Number	Course Name	Requisites	Notes	Area	Credits
HCC130	Fundamentals in Health Care Delivery		OR Work experience or equivalent education as evaluated by the GateWay Health Core Curriculum Coordinator (0) 0-3		0–3
CRE101	College Critical Reading and Critical Thinking	Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in (ENG101 or ENG107) and (RDG095 or RDG100 or RDG111 or RDG112 or RDG113 or an appropriate district placement or permission of Instructor).	OR Equivalent as indicated by assessment	L	0–3
BIO202	Human Anatomy and Physiology II	Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in BIO201 or BIO201XT.	This course is required only if BIO201 was taken in Term 1	SG	0–4
ENG102 or ENG108 or ENG111	First-Year Composition or First-Year Composition for ESL or Technical and Professional Writing	Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in ENG101. or Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ENG107. or Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ENG101 or ENG107 or permission of Instructor.		FYC or FYC or L	3
FYE101 or FYE103	Introduction to College, Career and Personal Success or Exploration of College, Career and Personal Success				1–3

Fall Semester (Term 3)

A sequence of suggested courses that should be taken during Fall Semester (Term 3)
Course Number	Course Name	Requisites	Notes	Credits
EEG115	Biomedical Electronic Technology I	Prerequisites: Admission to the Electroneurodiagnostic Technology program or Polysomnographic Technology program.	Critical course Gateway course	2
EEG116	Biomedical Electronic Technology II	Prerequisites: Admission to the Electroneurodiagnostics Technology program or the Polysomnographic Technology program.	Critical course Gateway course	3
EEG130	Introduction to EEG	Prerequisites: Admission to the Electroneurodiagnostic Technology program or Polysomnographic Technology program.	Critical course Gateway course	4

Spring Semester (Term 4)

A sequence of suggested courses that should be taken during Spring Semester (Term 4)
Course Number	Course Name	Requisites	Notes	Area	Credits
EEG210	Applied Neurophysiology	Prerequisites: Admission to the Electroneurodiagnostic Technology program or Polysomnographic Technology program.			3
HCC145 or HCC146	Medical Terminology for Health Care Professionals or Common Medical Terminology for Health Care Professionals		OR Work experience or equivalent education as evaluated by the GateWay Health Core Curriculum Coordinator		0–3
PSY101	Introduction to Psychology			SB	3

Fall Semester (Term 5)

A sequence of suggested courses that should be taken during Fall Semester (Term 5)
Course Number	Course Name	Requisites	Notes	Credits
PSG150	Introduction to Sleep Medicine	Prerequisites: Admission into the Polysomnographic Technology program. Corequisites: PSG150LL.	Critical course Gateway course	3
PSG150LL	Introduction to Sleep Medicine Laboratory	Prerequisites: Admission to the Polysomnographic Technology program. Corequisites: PSG150.	Critical course Gateway course	1
PSG160	Polysomnographic Procedures	Prerequisites: Admission into the Polysomnographic Technology program. Corequisites: PSG160LL.		2
PSG160LL	Polysomnographic Procedures Laboratory	Prerequisites: Admission to the Polysomnographic Technology program. Corequisites: PSG160.		1
PSG165	Clinical Polysomnography I	Prerequisites: Admission into the Polysomnography Technology program.		3

Spring Semester (Term 6)

A sequence of suggested courses that should be taken during Spring Semester (Term 6)
Course Number	Course Name	Requisites	Area	Credits
COM100 or COM110 or COM225 or COM230	Introduction to Human Communication or Interpersonal Communication or Public Speaking or Small Group Communication	No requisites or No requisites or Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ENG101, or ENG107, or equivalent. or No requisites	SB or SB or L or SB	3
HCC164	Pharmacology for Allied Health	Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in HCC130 or (HCC130AA, HCC130AB, HCC130AC, HCC130AD, HCC130AE, and HCC130AF) or work experience or equivalent course education as evaluated by the Health Core Curriculum Coordinator.		0.5
HCC200	Basic Client Care for Allied Health	Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in HCC130 or (HCC130AA, HCC130AB, HCC130AC, HCC130AD, HCC130AE, and HCC130AF), or equivalent.		0.5
HRC101	Overview of Healthcare Compliance			1
HU	Humanities, Fine Arts & Design		HU	3

Fall Semester (Term 7)

A sequence of suggested courses that should be taken during Fall Semester (Term 7)
Course Number	Course Name	Requisites	Credits
PSG140	Respiratory Care Fundamentals and Physiology for Polysomnography	Prerequisites: Admission to the Polysomnographic Technology program.	4
PSG170	Sleep Therapeutics	Prerequisites: Admission into the Polysomnographic Technology program. Corequisites: PSG170LL.	2
PSG170LL	Sleep Therapeutics Laboratory	Prerequisites: Admission to the Polysomnographic Technology program. Corequisites: PSG170.	1
PSG265	Clinical Polysomnography II	Prerequisites: Admission into the Polysomnography Technology program.	2

Spring Semester (Term 8)

A sequence of suggested courses that should be taken during Spring Semester (Term 8)
Course Number	Course Name	Requisites	Credits
PSG250	Record Scoring	Prerequisites: Admission into the Polysomnographic Technology program. Corequisites: PSG250LL.	2
PSG250LL	Record Scoring Laboratory	Prerequisites: Admission to the Polysomnographic Technology program. Corequisites: PSG250.	1
PSG260	Special Topics in Polysomnography	Prerequisites: Admission into the Polysomnography Technology program.	2
PSG275	Clinical Polysomnography III	Prerequisites: Admission into the Polysomnography Technology program.	3
PSG282AA	Volunteerism for Polysomnographic Technology: Service Learning Experience	Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor.	1

Course Area Key

Gateway Course = Generally the first major-specific course in a pathway.

Critical Course = A course that is highly predictive of future success in a pathway.

FYC = First Year Composition
HU = Humanities, Fine Arts, and Design
L = Literacy & Critical Inquiry

SB = Social-Behavioral Sciences
SG = Natural Sciences General
SQ = Natural Sciences Quantitative

Disclaimer

Students must earn a grade of C or better for all courses required within the program.

Course Sequence total credits may differ from the program information located on the MCCCD curriculum website due to program and system design.

View MCCCD’s official curriculum documentation for additional details regarding the requirements of this award (https://aztransmac2.asu.edu/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MCCCD.woa/wa/freeForm13?id=186338).

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