2023-2024 College Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2023-2024 College Catalog

Surgical Technology, AAS


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Award Granted: Associate in Applied Science in Surgical Technology

Major Code: 03/385
Credits/Contacts Required: 60/91 CIP Code: 510909

Description

The Surgical Technology Program is an Associate in Applied Science degree program.  The Educational Programs in Collaboration (EPiC) Consortium Program is hosted by Muskegon Community College on behalf of the partner colleges, that will be accredited by the Commission of Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP).  Consortium students will take their general education courses through Bay College.  Core Surgical Technology courses will be taken through the EPiC Consortium learning management system.  The curriculum includes selected science courses, which provide the basis for in-depth consideration of both theory and clinical application of principles utilized in Surgical Technology.  Basic courses in the theoretical aspects of Surgical Technology encompass lecture, clinical, and online instruction.  The student’s general education and consortium courses combine and a student attains the Associate of applied Science degree in Surgical Technology

Throughout the program, students are provided with hands-on experience in cooperation with various hospitals, under the direction of the Program Director (Academic Team Leader), program faculty, teaching clinicians, and clinical preceptors. Graduates of the program are eligible to sit for the National Board Certification Examination to become a Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) through the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA), www.nbstsa.org.

Suggested Sequences Per Semester


First Semester Total - Credit(s): 11 | Contacts: 12


Second Semester Total - Credit(s): 12 | Contacts: 13


Third Semester


Third Semester Total - Credit(s): 6 | Contacts: 6


Fourth Semester Total - Credit(s): 14 | Contacts: 19


Fifth Semester Total - Credit(s): 17 | Contacts: 41


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