Mar 29, 2024  
2015-2016 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2015-2016 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED PUBLICATION]

Dental Assisting Major, A.S.


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60 hours; C or better required in all courses

The associate of science degree is available to certificate program graduates who complete a second academic year. Of the 60 hours required to graduate with an associate of science degree 25 hours must be Core 39 courses. At the completion of the dental assisting certificate curriculum the student will have earned 41 hours;six of the 41 credits are Core 39* courses. Nineteen additional hours of Core 39 courses are needed to graduate with an associate of science degree in dental assisting. The 19 Core 39 hours can be selected from the following categories:

Dental Assisting Associate of Science Degree, Core 39 coursework (19 hours)

Foundations-Composition 3 hours
Foundations-Mathematics 3-4 hours
Ways of Knowing-Creative and Aesthetic Expression 3 hours
Ways of Knowing-Historical Inquiry 3 hours
Ways of Knowing-Moral and Ethical Reasoning 3 hours
Ways of Knowing-Scientific and Mathematical Inquiry 3 hours
Ways of Knowing-Social Inquiry 3 hours
Ways of Knowing-World Languages and Culture 3 hours
Natural Science 8-9 hours
*See USI Bulletin for appropriate Core 39 courses.

 

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