Nov 22, 2024

2023-2024 Undergraduate Bulletin

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Dental Assisting Certificate

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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)

ENG 101 - Rhetoric and Composition I: Literacy and the Self Credits: 3
CMST 101 - Introduction to Public Speaking Credits: 3
HP 115 - Medical Terminology for the Health Professions Credits: 2

First Semester (16 hours)

DTAS 122 - Clinical Science I Credits: 5
DTAS 156 - Human Systems I Credits: 3
DTHY 303 - Oral Radiology Credits: 3
DTHY 308 - Applied Dental Materials Credits: 3
DTHY 314 - Oral Anatomy Credits: 2

Second Semester (17 hours)

DTAS 111 - Oral Pathology Credits: 1
DTAS 158 - Practice Management, Ethics, and Jurisprudence Credits: 3
DTAS 166 - Human Systems II Credits: 3
DTAS 175 - Preventive Dentistry Credits: 2
DTAS 181 - Clinical Science II Credits: 5
DTAS 183 - Clinical Science Applications Credits: 3

Optional Elective (3 hours)

DTAS 291 - Expanded Functions Dental Assisting Credits: 3