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Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________ Bulletin: 2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin Program: Dental Assisting Certificate Minimum Credits Required:__________________

Dental Assisting Certificate

Kinney College of Nursing and Health Professions >> Dental Assisting department 

41 hours; C or better required in all courses

Undergraduate Certificate Requirements

  • Credit hours earned for a certificate may be applied toward another degree program.
  • A minimum of 6 credit hours toward the certificate must be completed at the University.
  • Coursework taken more than 4 years before the certificate is awarded may not be applied toward certificate requirements.
  • Students earning an undergraduate certificate are not eligible to participate in commencement exercises, but the credential will be added to their official transcript record.

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 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 (17 hours)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
DTAS 111 - Oral Pathology
Term(s) Offered: Fall		 Credits: 1
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 (16 hours)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
DTAS 144 - Introduction to Dental Specialties
Term(s) Offered: Spring		 Credits: 1
DTAS 158 - Practice Management, Ethics, and Jurisprudence
Term(s) Offered: Spring		 Credits: 2
DTAS 166 - Human Systems II
Term(s) Offered: Spring		 Credits: 2
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 315 - Oral Embryology and Histology
Term(s) Offered: Spring		 Credits: 1

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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