Dental Assisting AAS (90 Credits)

CIP Code

51.0601

4-5 quarter AAS

Required Courses

Dental Assisting (90 Credits)

DNTA 101	Dental Sciences I	5
DNTA 102	Introduction to Chairside Assisting	5
DNTA 103	Dental Materials I	4
DNTA 112	Biomedical Sciences	5
DNTA 144	Dental Radiology	5
DNTA 115	Chairside Skills	6
DNTA 116	Dental Sciences II	4
DNTA 117	Dental Materials II	5
DNTA 148	Advanced Dental Radiography	5
DNTA 123	Specialty Skills	5
DNTA 125	Office Administration	5
DNTA 126	Advanced Chairside Skills	6
DNTA 135	Practical Lab Applications	3
DNTA 151	Clinical Experience I	5
DNTA 154	Clinical Experience II	5
DNTA 155	Clinical Seminar	2

General Education Requirements

Communications (5 Credits Required)

ENGL& 101

English Composition I

5

Humanities/Social Sciences/Natural Sciences/Other (5 Credits Required)

BIOL& 160	General Biology	5
BIOL& 175	Human Biology with Lab	5
BIOL& 241	Human Anatomy and Physiology I	5
BIOL& 242	Human Anatomy and Physiology II	5
BIOL& 260	Microbiology	5
CMST& 102	Introduction to Mass Media	5
CMST& 152	Intercultural Communication	5
CMST& 210	Interpersonal Communication	5
CMST& 220	Public Speaking	5
ECON& 201	Microeconomics	5
NUTR& 101	Intro to Nutrition	5
CHEM &121	General Chemistry	5
CHEM &131	Introduction to Organic/Biochemistry	5
HREL 111	Interviewing and Career Success	5
HUM &101	Introduction to Humanities	5
PHYS &114	Introductory Physics I (Algebra based Physics)	5
PHYS &221	Engineering Physics I w/LAB	5
PHYS &222	Engineering Physics II w/LAB	5
PHYS &223	Engineering Physics III w/LAB	5
POLS &101	Introduction to Political Science	5
PSYC& 100	General Psychology	5
PSYC& 200	Lifespan Psychology	5
SOC &101	Introduction to Sociology	5

Quantitative (5 Credits Required)

MATH 172	Business Math	5
MATH& 141	Precalculus I	5
MATH& 142	Precalculus II	5
MATH& 146	Statistics	5
MATH& 151	Calculus	5
MATH& 152	Calculus II	5
MATH& 107	Math in Society	5

Note: See a Career Advisor prior to choosing courses that meet general education requirements.