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Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________ Bulletin: 2021-2022 Undergraduate Bulletin Program: Dental Assisting Certificate Minimum Credits Required:__________________

Dental Assisting Certificate

College of Nursing and Health Professions >> Dental Assisting 

41 hours; C or better required in all courses

Gainful employment information, as required by the Higher Education Opportunity Act, can be found at  www.usi.edu/gainful-employment/dentalassisting.html.

Certificate Requirements

  • A minimum of 6 credit hours toward the certificate must be completed at the University.
  • Credit hours earned for a certificate may be applied toward another degree program. However, a student cannot earn a certificate that is fully embedded (or subsumed) with the requirements of his/her majors or minor, but must include at least three (3) unique credit hours.
  • Coursework taken more than 4 years before the certificate is awarded may not be applied toward certificate requirements.

Pre-requisite Courses (8 hours)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ENG 101 - Rhetoric and Composition I: Literacy and the Self

USI Core 39: Foundations-Rhetoric and Composition I


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer		 Credits: 3
CMST 101 - Introduction to Public Speaking

USI Core 39: Foundations-Communication


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer		 Credits: 3
HP 115 - Medical Terminology for the Health Professions
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer		 Credits: 2

First Semester (16 hours)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
DTAS 122 - Clinical Science I
Term(s) Offered: Fall		 Credits: 5
DTAS 156 - Human Systems I
Term(s) Offered: Fall		 Credits: 3
DTHY 303 - Oral Radiology
Term(s) Offered: Fall		 Credits: 3
DTHY 308 - Applied Dental Materials
Term(s) Offered: Fall		 Credits: 3
DTHY 314 - Oral Anatomy
Term(s) Offered: Fall		 Credits: 2

Second Semester (17 hours)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
DTAS 111 - Oral Pathology
Term(s) Offered: Spring		 Credits: 1
DTAS 158 - Practice Management, Ethics, and Jurisprudence
Term(s) Offered: Spring		 Credits: 3
DTAS 166 - Human Systems II
Term(s) Offered: Spring		 Credits: 3
DTAS 175 - Preventive Dentistry
Term(s) Offered: Spring		 Credits: 2
DTAS 181 - Clinical Science II
Term(s) Offered: Spring		 Credits: 5
DTAS 183 - Clinical Science Applications
Term(s) Offered: Spring		 Credits: 3

Optional Elective (3 hours)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
DTAS 291 - Expanded Functions Dental Assisting
Term(s) Offered: Spring		 Credits: 3
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