SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES RASMUSSEN COLLEGE SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST ASSOCIATE’S DEGREE FLEX CHOICE CREDIT BY ASSESSMENT COURSES AVAILABLE 11-Week Quarters (5.5-Week Terms) Associate of Applied Science Degree CAREER OPPORTUNITIES: • Surgical Technologist • Surgical Assistant OBJECTIVE: Graduates of this program know basic concepts of anatomy and physiology, pathology, microbiology, and pharmacology. They understand operating room design, surgical equipment and instrumentation, safety standards, and asepsis and sterile techniques. Graduates can prepare, clean, and restock operating rooms, use and maintain surgical equipment, perform scrub and circulator duties in a number of surgical specialties, and contribute to pre- and post- operative patient care. They value critical thinking, communication, diverse perspectives, technology and information literacy, and patient safety and care. GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES LOWER DIVISION English Composition (Required course) ENC 1101 English Composition Communication (Select 1 course)+ Humanities (Select 2 courses)+ *PSY 1012 General Psychology+ Math/Natural Sciences (*Required, select 1 additional course)+ *PHA 1500 Structure and Function of the Human Body Social Sciences (*Required, select 1 additional course)+ MAJOR AND CORE COURSES LOWER DIVISION BSC 2346 Human Anatomy and Physiology I BSC 2347 Human Anatomy and Physiology II CGS 1240 Computer Applications and Business Systems Concepts+ E242 Career Development+ HSC 1531 Medical Terminology MEA 2203 Pathophysiology STS 1005C Fundamentals of Surgical Technology STS 1186C Surgical Procedures I STS 1260 Surgical Pharmacology STS 1347 Surgical Microbiology STS 2080C Surgical Procedures II STS 2180C Surgical Procedures III STS 2304 Surgical Tech Practicum I STS 2305 Surgical Tech Practicum II Total Associate’s Degree Credits General Education Credits Major and Core Credits TOTAL DEGREE CREDITS 4 4 8 8 8 5 5 3 2 4 5 4 4 2 2 4 4 8 8 32 60 92 SEE PAGE 64 FOR GENERAL EDUCATION COURSE SELECTIONS. +Flex Choice Credit by Assessment courses available; see page 108 for details. The Surgical Technologist Associate’s Degree is only offered in Minnesota at the Brooklyn Park/Maple Grove, Moorhead, and St. Cloud campuses; and in Illinois at the Romeoville/Joliet campus. The Surgical Technologist Associate’s Degree program at the Brooklyn Park/Maple Grove, Moorhead, and St. Cloud campuses is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (caahep.org), upon the recommendation of the Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (ARC/STSA). Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), 1361 Park Street, Clearwater, FL 33756, 727 210-2350, caahep.org This program requires specific immunizations prior to professional practice experience. Applicants to this program must meet program-specific admissions requirements, in addition to all general Rasmussen College admissions requirements. Please see the application procedures for this program under Academic Information and College Policies. In addition to meeting all other admissions requirements, Minnesota campus applicants to this program must successfully complete and pass only a Minnesota Department of Human Services background check. Moorhead campus applicants to this program must also successfully complete and pass a criminal background check in addition to completing and passing the Minnesota Department of Human Services background check. Illinois campus applicants must successfully complete and pass a criminal background check. 40 rasmussen.edu STUDENT INVESTMENT DISCLOSURE: For more information about our graduation rates, the median debt of students who completed the program, and other important information, please visit our website at rasmussen.edu/SID.
