Description
The Surgical Technology program provides students with the technical ability, knowledge, and skills required for entry-level employment as a member of the healthcare team in hospital or surgical center operating rooms. Students receive training in the essentials of healthcare, surgical instrumentation, anatomy, physiology, medical language and pharmacology. Graduates will be prepared to work in an operating room as a Surgical Technologist.
Objectives
The Surgical Technology program will prepare students for entry level positions as surgical technologists. Students will develop the skills necessary to meet the needs of the allied health community. Students will develop knowledge to integrate the Surgical Technology knowledge base in cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains; and demonstrate skills following established criteria, protocols and objectives in the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains.
Admission Requirements
- Have a high school diploma, GED. or equivalent
- Pass the entrance examination
- Background Check and Drug Screening where applicable
Surgical Technology Associate of Science Degree
Campus Information
Method of Delivery
Course Outline
To receive an Associate of Science in Surgical Technology, students must complete 48.0 credit hours in their major and 24.0 credit hours in General Education courses for a total of 72.0 credit hours. This degree program can be completed in 20 months (80 weeks) for full-time students or 28 months (112 weeks) for part- time students. Evening students will be required to complete the Externship portion of the program during the day.
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Core Courses: 48.0 credit hours
The following courses are taken in the sequence listed below.
After the courses listed above are successfully completed, the following courses may be taken in any sequence.
Once all courses listed above are successfully completed, the following Externship courses are taken in sequence as listed.
General Education Courses (24.0 credit hours)
Credit hours in parenthesis indicate the required number of credit hours in each discipline. The courses listed are not all inclusive.
Behavioral/Social Science (3.0 credit hours)
Communications (3.0 credit hours)
Computers (3.0 credit hours)
English (3.0 credit hours)
Humanities/Fine Arts (3.0 credit hours)
Mathematics (3.0 credit hours)
Natural Science (6.0 credit hours)
The following Natural Science Lab Courses are also available:
Surgical Technology Associate in Applied Science Degree
Campus Information
Method of Delivery
Course Outline
To receive an Associate in Applied Science in Surgical Technology, students must complete 48.0 credit hours in their major and 24.0 credit hours in General Education courses for a total of 72.0 credit hours. This degree program can be completed in 20 months (80 weeks) for full-time students or 28 months (112 weeks) for part- time students. Evening students will be required to complete the Externship portion of the program during the day.
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Core Courses: 48.0 credit hours.
The following courses are taken in the sequence listed below.
After the courses listed above are successfully completed, the following courses may be taken in any sequence.
Once all courses listed above are successfully completed, the following Externship courses are taken in sequence as listed.
General Education Courses (24.0 credit hours)
Credit hours in parenthesis indicate the required number of credit hours in each discipline. The courses listed are not all inclusive.
Behavioral/Social Science (3.0 credit hours)
Communications (3.0 credit hours)
Computers (3.0 credit hours)
English (3.0 credit hours)
Humanities/Fine Arts (3.0 credit hours)
Mathematics (3.0 credit hours)
Natural Science (6.0 credit hours)
ACCREDITATION
Charleston, Charlotte and Columbia campuses are still in the process of becoming accredited through the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES). Students will be able to sit for the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) for its graduates to apply for the national certification examination to become Certified Surgical Technologists (CST) once the accreditation is approved.
Program Disclosures
