EMT Program

At the Foothill College Sunnyvale Center, 1070 Innovation Way, Sunnyvale, CA  94089.

Visit the Sunnyvale Center website for more information.

In addition to the lectures and hands-on skills labs, there is a required internship in the final quarter of the program!  You will be working one shift in an ER, and one shift on a 911 ambulance.  Note that this is NOT just observation - you will be performing actual EMT-level work during your shifts.

No.  You must take the 2-class series in successive quarters.  This way, you keep your skills/knowledge progressing over 6 months and have a much better chance of passing the NREMT national test.

Currently, we do not. We have one session in the Winter and Spring quarters and another in the Summer and Fall quarters.

EMT and EMR classes are held in the evening on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Please go to foothill.edu/schedule for quarterly class information. Search for EMR and EMT classes using EMS dept code.

No. You only need to apply with the regular college application, meet the prerequisite requirements and register at the appropriate time as listed in the schedule of classes and on this web site.

Yes!  Most quarters, Foothill offers EMS 203, Basic Continuing Education courses.  You will need to complete the general Foothill College application to obtain your CollegeWide ID number if you don't have one already.  All EMS 203 students are required to attend the first scheduled class, but the amount of class hours/days you need to attend after that will vary depending on how long your license has expired.  The instructor will discuss this in greater detail with you the first day of class. 

If your license has expired more than 2 years, you are not eligible to take EMS 203 and must re-take an entire EMT program.

A paramedic is licensed to perform more advanced duties than an EMT.  Students are required to become EMT-certified before qualifying for paramedic school.  For more information about Foothill's Paramedic program, click here

The noncredit classes (EMS 400, EMS 401 and EMS 402) covers the exact same material as the credit classes (EMS 50, EMS 52, EMS 53 ). The benefit of taking the noncredit class sequence is that you don't pay the per-unit fees, thus saving you money. However, noncredit classes are non-transcriptable, so these classes won't appear on any official transcripts you may order, nor are any grades officially given. Furthermore, you aren't allowed to switch from noncredit to credit, or credit to noncredit.

For more specific fee information, click here: Enrollment Fee/Basic Fee,