TWO YEAR DELIVERY OPTIONS – A.A.S. :
Option #1: Dental Assistant Associate of Applied Sciences Degree Program.
64 credits – 2 year delivery – Required sequencing is as follows:
First Year
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester | ||
| DA 1200: Dental Communications | 3 cr | DA 1250: Dental Science II | 3 cr |
| DA 1210: Dental Science I | 3 cr | DA 1255: Dental Materials | 4 cr |
| DA 1215: Dental Practice Management | 2 cr | *BIOL 1110: Human Biology | 4 cr |
| *English 1117 | 4 cr | *COMM 1114 or 1130 | 3 cr |
| *PSYC 1611 or PSYC 2618 | 3 or 4 cr | ||
| Total | 15 or 16 cr | Total | 14 cr |
Summer Semester – General Education courses not complete.
Note: All 1st year general education courses must be complete prior to the
2nd year of the program (English, PSYC, Biology & Communication). The Humanities requirement could be completed in the
1st year or Fall semester of the
2nd year.
Second Year
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester | Summer Semester | |||
| DA 1220: Chairside Assisting I | 6 cr | DA 1260: Chairside Assisting II | 4 cr | DA 1280: Dental Assisting Internship | 7 cr |
| DA 1225: Dental Infection Control | 2 cr | DA 1265: Expanded Functions I | 7 cr | ||
| DA 1230: Preventive Dentistry | 2 cr | DA 1275: Dental Radiology | 3 cr | ||
| *Humanities | 3 cr | DA 1270: Expanded Functions II | 1 cr | ||
| Total | 13 cr | Total | 15 cr | Total | 7 cr |
Pre-Admission Criteria for Options #1:
- Diploma from high school/GED. (Applicants in their senior year of high school may be given provisional acceptance into the Dental Assistant Program if they are on track to graduate and meet Pre-Admission criteria #2-4. Final acceptance into the Dental Assistant Program will be awarded upon submission of proof of high school graduation).
- Earned a “2.5” GPA or better from high school or college.
- Earned a “C” letter grade or better in high school Biology or college Biology (BIOL 1101 or its transfer equivalent).
- Apply to RCTC and declare Dental Assisting as your major.
Complete the following two (2) applications and return them to RCTC Admissions and Records:- RCTC General Application: www.rctc.edu/admissions/html/applicationform.html
- Dental Assistant Program Application (after September 1st):
Students must place into College level Reading and English on the ASAP Placement test (or its equivalent).