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Program Snapshot
Academic CredentialCertificate
Total Credit Hours1230 CT / 47
Average Time to Complete10 Months
Academic PathwayHealth Sciences
AdvisorLaurie Womble, BHs, CDA
Dental Assisting Coordinator
850.769.1551, ext 5842
lwomble@gulfcoast.edu

Academic Programs SpecialistConnie Pimentel
850.913.3311
HealthSciencesGCSC@gulfcoast.edu

Pathway NavigatorAli Payne
850.769.1551 ext. 5863
apayne7@gulfcoast.edu
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Dental Assisting, Certificate (DEAS-VC)

Courses
  +#=*DEA0020C, Pre-Clinical Procedures 182 ct/6v credit hours
  +#=*DEA0132, Dental Nutrition 32 ct/1v credit hours
  +#=*DEA0133, Introduction to Microbiology 16 ct/1v credit hours
  +#=*DEA0134, Introductory Pharmacology/Dental Office Emergencies 32 ct/2v credit hours
  +#=*DEA0800L, Clinical Practice I 48 ct/1.5v credit hours
  +#=*DEA0801, Clinical Practice II 58 ct/2v credit hours
  +#=*DEA0801L, Clinical Practice II Lab 198 ct/6v credit hours
  +#=*DEA0850L, Clinical Practice III 192 ct/6.5v credit hours
  +#*DEH1400, Oral Pathology 32 ct/2 credit hours
  +#=*DES0501, Dental Practice Management 32 ct/1v credit hours
  +#=*DES0844, Dental Health Education 32 ct/1v credit hours
  +#*DES1000, Dental Anatomy 32 ct/2 credit hours
  +#*DES1010, Head and Neck Anatomy 32ct/2 credit hours
  +#*DES1100C, Dental Materials 62 ct/3 credit hours
  +#*DES1200, Dental Radiology I 32 ct/2 credit hours
  +#*DES1200L, Dental Radiology I Lab 45 ct/1 credit hours
  +#*DES1201, Dental Radiology II 17 ct/1 credit hours
  +#*DES1201L, Dental Radiology II Lab 45 ct/1 credit hours
  +#*DES1320, Basic Comm. and Human Relations 17 ct/1 credit hours
  +#*DES1404, Introductory Anatomy and Physiology 32 ct/2 credit hours
  +#*DES1832, Expanded Functions 17 ct/1 credit hours
  +#*DES1832L, Expanded Functions Lab 45 ct/1 credit hours
  TOTAL CREDIT HOURS 408 ct/19 credit hours
  TOTAL VOCATIONAL HOURS 822 ct/28 credit hours
Total Degree Hours1230 CT / 47


• General Education Core.
+ Prerequisites  and/or corequisites required.  See course descriptions.
# Applies only to AS degree and certificate programs.
= PSAV course.
* Minimum grade of "C" required.

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