Catalog 2013-2014

Surgical Technology

Surgical Technology Associate Degree Program (Major Code: ST13)

Credit Required for Graduation: 73 semester credit hours

Curriculum Outline

General Education (12 Credits)

Area I: Language Arts and Communications (3 Credits)

ENGL 1101Composition and Rhetoric

3

Area II: Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 Credits)

Students may choose from one of the following courses:

ECON 2105Macroeconomics

3

ECON 2106Microeconomics

3

HIST 1111World History I

3

HIST 1112World History II

3

HIST 2111U.S. History I

3

HIST 2112U.S. History II

3

POLS 1101American Government

3

PSYC 1101Introductory Psychology

3

SOCI 1101Introduction to Sociology

3

Area III: Mathematics and Natural Sciences (3 Credits)

Students may choose from one of the following courses:

MATH 1100Quantitative Skills and Reasoning

3

MATH 1101Mathematical Modeling

3

MATH 1111College Algebra

3

Area IV: Humanities and Fine Arts (3 Credits)

Students may choose from one of the following courses:

ARTS 1101Art Appreciation

3

ENGL 2130American Literature

3

ENGL 2310English Literature from the Beginnings to 1700

3

HUMN 1101Introduction to Humanities

3

MUSC 1101Music Appreciation

3

MUSC 2040History of Popular Music

3

General Education Electives (3 Credits)

Students may choose a course from Area II, Area III, Area IV, or from the following list:

BIOL 1111Biology I

3

AND

BIOL 1111LBiology I Lab

1

BIOL 1112Biology II

3

AND

BIOL 1112LBiology II Lab

1

CHEM 1151Survey of Inorganic Chemistry

3

AND

CHEM 1151LSurvey of Inorganic Chemistry Lab

1

CHEM 1211Chemistry I

3

AND

CHEM 1211LChemistry I Lab

1

CHEM 1212Chemistry II

3

AND

CHEM 1212LChemistry II Lab

1

ENGL 1102Literature and Composition

3

PHYS 1110Conceptual Physics

3

AND

PHYS 1110LConceptual Physics Lab

1

Health Core (17 Credits)

ALHS 1090Medical Terminology for Allied Health Sciences

2

BIOL 2113Anatomy and Physiology I

3

BIOL 2113LAnatomy and Physiology I Lab

1

BIOL 2114Anatomy and Physiology II

3

BIOL 2114LAnatomy and Physiology II Lab

1

BIOL 2117Introductory Microbiology

3

BIOL 2117LIntroductory Microbiology Lab

1

COMP 1000Introduction to Computers

3

Surgical Technology Major (41 Credits)

SURG 1010Introduction to Surgical Technology

8

SURG 1020Principles of Surgical Technology

7

SURG 1080Surgical Microbiology

2

SURG 1100Surgical Pharmacology

2

SURG 2030Surgical Procedures I

4

SURG 2040Surgical Procedures II

4

SURG 2110Surgical Technology Clinical I

3

SURG 2120Surgical Technology Clinical II

3

SURG 2130Surgical Technology Clinical III

3

SURG 2140Surgical Technology Clinical IV

3

SURG 2240Seminar in Surgical Technology

2

* Students must pass all Health Core and Surgical Technology courses with a grade of C or higher.