Program Overview

Health Sciences, AAS-T with Dental Assistant, Certificate of Completion

The Health Sciences AAS-T degree prepares students for various healthcare-related training programs with strong knowledge and skills in college-level academics such as math, English, natural sciences, humanities, and social science. Students will be prepared to apply for admission to selective admissions health sciences programs or applied baccalaureate programs. This degree is designed to provide formal educational opportunity to students with professional certificates in health sciences areas or to provide skills to students who have general education credits but no professional training.

Health Sciences AAS-T graduates will:

• be prepared to obtain employment in a specialty within health sciences or transfer to a health sciences baccalaureate program
• work effectively as a member of a healthcare team
• describe how health sciences professions contribute to health care delivery
• advocate on behalf of patients to diverse health care practitioners and patient care teams
• demonstrate communication, critical thinking, cultural humility, information literacy, and teamwork skills
• meet Humanities, Natural Science, Quantitative Reasoning, Social Science, and Written Communication general education distribution area outcomes

Program Requirements

The courses listed below are a suggested sequence for students completing the Dental Assistant certificate as the professional certification requirement of the Health Sciences degree. As long as prerequisites are met, courses may be taken in a different order.

• Quarter One
  • HLSC 100 College and Career Success for Health Sciences 3 credits
  • CMST& 240 Intercultural Communication 5 credits (or CMST& 210 Interpersonal Communication if taken with a DSJ designated ENGL/ENGL& course)
  • ENGL& 101 English Composition I 5 credits (Students who place into ENGL 93 or ENGL 99 should enroll in the appropriate ENGL course in Quarter One.)
  • MATH& 146 Introduction to Statistics 5 credits strongly recommended for students who plan to apply to selective admissions programs (Any college-level, transferable Quantitative Reasoning course will meet the AAS-T requirement; students who place into MATH 87 or AHSE 66 or MATH 98 should enroll in the appropriate MATH course in Quarter One.)
• Quarter Two
  • DAS 101 Essentials of Dental Assisting I 4 credits
  • DAS 102 Dental Sciences I 4 credits
  • DAS 105 Dental Radiography 6 credits
• Quarter Three
  • DAS 201 Essentials of Dental Assisting II 8 credits
  • DAS 202 Dental Sciences II 4 credits
  • DAS 203 Clinical Externship 2 credits
  • SOC& 101 Introduction to Sociology 5 credits
• Quarter Four
  • CHEM& 121 Introduction to Chemistry 5 credits
  • BIOL& 160 General Biology with Lab 5 credits
  • ENGL& 102 English Composition II 5 credits (or ENGL& 235 Technical Writing)
• Quarter Five
  • BIOL& 241 Anatomy and Physiology 1 6 credits
  • PSYC& 200 Lifespan Psychology 5 credits
• Quarter Six
  • BIOL& 242 Anatomy and Physiology 2 6 credits
  • BIOL& 260 Microbiology 5 credits
  • NUTR& 101 Nutrition 5 credits

Professional Certificate

Dental Assistant, Certificate of Completion

General Education Requirements

All General Education requirements are met within the Program Requirements listed above.

Diversity and Social Justice Requirement

Within the degree requirements, students must complete a 3-5 credit course that meets the college’s Diversity and Social Justice (DSJ) requirement. DSJ courses are designated in the college schedule and are designed to meet other general education or technical requirements simultaneous to meeting the DSJ requirement (e.g., ENGL& 101 with the DSJ attribute meets both the ENGL& 101 requirement and the DSJ requirement). Note: Not all sections of a course meet the DSJ requirement. Students should review the class information to ensure the class section includes “course attributes: meets diversity requirement.”

Total Program Credits: 90