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Purpose: This study aims to provide suggestions for improving the liberal arts curriculum for the 3-year emergency medical technology course by conducting a comparative research on the liberal artscurricula across 10 colleges. Methods: Various aspects of liberal arts subjects, such as basic directions set out by the curriculum,credit scores, and distribution, were studied. Results: Of the 10 colleges, 9 did not stated purpose of liberal arts education. All 10 offered coursesincluding foreign language, computer, and self-management, however each subjects did not havereflections of course visions. Findings revealed the credit score ratio of liberal arts subjects to berelatively lower than the major subjects. Students had limited opportunity to choose liberal artssubjects, with only a small proportion of the course available for elective subjects. Most liberal artssubjects were completed in the first year. Subjects' experience was not expanded and deepenedgradually. Subject choices often overlapped, with limited variety of available subjects. Conclusion: For competent emergency medical technicians, the 3-year emergency medical technologycourse should improve the quality of its liberal arts offerings. The study of liberal arts provides theopportunity to develop broad perspectives and mature attitudes.