Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________	Bulletin: 2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin Program: Dental Assisting Major, A.S. Minimum Credits Required:__________________
Dental Assisting Major, A.S. College of Nursing and Health Professions >> Dental Assisting 60 hours; C or better required in all courses
Dental Assisting Admission Requirements Acceptance to the University of Southern Indiana Completion of pre-requisite courses with a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.50 (on a 4.00 scale) The following prerequisite courses must be completed by the end of the spring semester in the year the student desires admission to the program: ENG 101, CMST 101, and HP 115. All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of C or higher. Program candidates must be in good health and capable of fulfilling clinical practice requirements.
Pre-requisite Courses (8 hours)
Course Name	Credits:	Term Taken	Grade	Gen 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
Required Coursework (33 hours)
Course Name	Credits:	Term Taken	Grade	Gen Ed
DTAS 111 - Oral Pathology Term(s) Offered: Fall	Credits: 1
DTAS 122 - Clinical Science I Term(s) Offered: Fall	Credits: 5
DTAS 144 - Introduction to Dental Specialties Term(s) Offered: Spring	Credits: 1
DTAS 156 - Human Systems I Term(s) Offered: Fall	Credits: 3
DTAS 158 - Practice Management, Ethics, and Jurisprudence Term(s) Offered: Spring	Credits: 2
DTAS 166 - Human Systems II Term(s) Offered: Spring	Credits: 3
DTAS 175 - Preventive Dentistry Term(s) Offered: Spring	Credits: 2
DTAS 177 - Dental Assisting Skills Laboratory Term(s) Offered: Spring	Credits: 2
DTAS 181 - Clinical Science II Term(s) Offered: Spring	Credits: 6
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
Dental Assisting AS degree, Core 39 coursework (19 hours) 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 AS 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 coursework must be selected from the following categories (see Core 39 for approved courses): Foundations-Composition II (3 hours) Foundations-Mathematics (3-4 hours) Ways of Knowing (choose one course from up to 4 categories/max 12 hours); no two courses can have the same prefix Creative and Aesthetic Expression Historical Inquiry Moral and Ethical Reasoning Scientific and Mathematical Inquiry Social Inquiry World Languages and Culture Natural Science (7-8 hours, no more than one non-lab course)
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Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________

Bulletin: 2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin Program: Dental Assisting Major, A.S. Minimum Credits Required:__________________

Dental Assisting Major, A.S.

College of Nursing and Health Professions >> Dental Assisting

60 hours; C or better required in all courses

Dental Assisting Admission Requirements

Acceptance to the University of Southern Indiana
Completion of pre-requisite courses with a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.50 (on a 4.00 scale)
- The following prerequisite courses must be completed by the end of the spring semester in the year the student desires admission to the program: ENG 101, CMST 101, and HP 115.
- All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of C or higher.
Program candidates must be in good health and capable of fulfilling clinical practice requirements.

Pre-requisite Courses (8 hours)

Course Name

Credits:

Term Taken

Grade

Gen 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

Required Coursework (33 hours)

Course Name

Credits:

Term Taken

Grade

Gen Ed

DTAS 111 - Oral Pathology
Term(s) Offered: Fall

Credits: 1

DTAS 122 - Clinical Science I
Term(s) Offered: Fall

Credits: 5

DTAS 144 - Introduction to Dental Specialties
Term(s) Offered: Spring

Credits: 1

DTAS 156 - Human Systems I
Term(s) Offered: Fall

Credits: 3

DTAS 158 - Practice Management, Ethics, and Jurisprudence
Term(s) Offered: Spring

Credits: 2

DTAS 166 - Human Systems II
Term(s) Offered: Spring

Credits: 3

DTAS 175 - Preventive Dentistry
Term(s) Offered: Spring

Credits: 2

DTAS 177 - Dental Assisting Skills Laboratory
Term(s) Offered: Spring

Credits: 2

DTAS 181 - Clinical Science II
Term(s) Offered: Spring

Credits: 6

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

Dental Assisting AS degree, Core 39 coursework (19 hours)

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 AS 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 coursework must be selected from the following categories (see Core 39 for approved courses):

Foundations-Composition II (3 hours)
Foundations-Mathematics (3-4 hours)
Ways of Knowing (choose one course from up to 4 categories/max 12 hours); no two courses can have the same prefix
- Creative and Aesthetic Expression
- Historical Inquiry
- Moral and Ethical Reasoning
- Scientific and Mathematical Inquiry
- Social Inquiry
- World Languages and Culture
Natural Science (7-8 hours, no more than one non-lab course)

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