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2013-2014 CATALOG 
    
2013-2014 CATALOG [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Dental Assisting A.A.S.


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Admission Information 

This program is designed to provide a career ladder for individuals who have graduated from or who are currently enrolled in an American Dental Association accredited dental assisting certificate program and seek to obtain an Associate of Applied Science degree. The program is designed to broaden the student’s education through the addition of a broad general education core and additional electives. There are two pathways by which students may meet the requirements of this degree, as described below:

 

Summary of Required Hours - Traditional Pathway


 Students may become eligible for the A.A.S. in Dental Assisting by completing the following summary of required hours:

DAST courses*           36 hours

ENGL 1010                  3 hours

Humanities/Fine Arts  3 hours

PSYC 1030                  3 hours

BIOL 2010                   4 hours

BIOL 2020                   4 hours

Directed Electives**    7 hours

TOTAL      60 hours

*Must be taken at Chattanooga State.

** Any combination of seven (7) hours must be taken from courses with the following prefixes: BIOL, CHEM, INFS, HE, HS, HUM, MATH, PE, PHED, PHIL, SOCI, SPCH.

Summary of Required Hours - Advanced Placement Pathway


Total Hours: 60


Note(s)


 *Advanced placement credit of 36 semester house may be awarded to dental assistants who have current state or national certification or registration as a result of graduation from an American Dental Association accredited certificate program in dental assisting.

* Hours earned as a result of current state or national certification or registration as a result of graduation from an American Dental Association Accredited Certificate program in Dental Assisting will count toward the degree but carry no quality points, do not count in calculation of the grade point average, and may not be used toward satisfaction of the graduation residency requirements for the A.A.S. degree.

** Any combination of seven (7) hours must be taken from courses with the following prefixes: BIOL, CHEM, INFS, HE, HS, HUM, MATH, PE, PHED, PHIL, SOCI, SPCH.

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