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6.00 Credits
The Foundational Skills for Dental Assisting module is one of the four prerequisite modules for entering dental assistant students. This module includes an overview of academic strategies; general concepts of nutrition, law, and ethics; mathfundamentals; an introduction to pharmacology, infection control, and vital signs; and complementary and alternative medicine. Also included is a focus on dental anatomy and basic setup and instrumentation. This module is also designed to develop professional skills and proactive career management.
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5.00 Credits
The Operative Assisting module includes an overview of general dentistry and chairside assisting. This module focuses on the tasks associated with working with the dentist, equipment, instruments, tray setups, patient seating, four-handed dentistry, charting, anesthetic, amalgams, resins, and various other chairside procedures. This module also focuses on passing instruments correctly and the operation and maintenance of dental equipment, in addition to fundamental skills such as oral evacuation, placing rubber dams, syringe pass, and assembling the matrix band.
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6.00 Credits
The Dental Materials module includes an overview of the properties and proper uses of dental materials. The lab portion of this module focuses on mixing materials, taking impressions, pouring and trimming study models, and fabricating custom trays and temporary crowns. This module is also designed to develop professional skills and proactive career management.
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6.00 Credits
The Chairside Specialties module focuses on the specialty practices, such as periodontal surgery, root canal treatment, extractions, orthodontics, crown preparations, assisting with a child patient, assisting with crown and bridge procedures, and the process of fabricating a denture or partial in the Chairside Specialties unit. Students learn critical regulations issues in the Law and Ethics unit. This module is also designed to develop professional skills and proactive career management.
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3.00 Credits
The Specialty Dentistry Externship module is the opportunity for students to focus on dental assisting skills in a specialty practice. The externship is designed to provide practical, on-the-job experiences that augment the student's in-class experiences. Students are required to complete the 80-hour externship program at a work site connected with their field of study, which will normally include health care facilities such as private or group practices, clinics, and industrial clinics.
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6.00 Credits
The Technology and Terminology for Dental Assisting module is one of the four prerequisite modules for entering dental assistant students. This module includes an overview of computer applications, medical emergencies, including first aid and CPR, human behavior, medical terminology, and anatomy and physiology. Students are required to develop a plaque control program. This module emphasizes the prenatal development of teeth, the development of structures surrounding the tooth, and tissues of the oral cavity, and provides instruction on the expanded duties of a dental assistant. This module is
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5.00 Credits
The Diagnostic Assisting module includes an overview of general dentistry and chairside assisting, and focuses on the tasks associated with working hand-in-hand with the dentist. Emphasis is placed on equipment, instruments, tray setups, patient seating, four-handed dentistry, charting, anesthetic, and various other chairside procedures. There is also a focus on maintaining dental equipment, oral evacuation, instrument passing, placing rubber dams, syringe passing, and matrix band assembly. This module is also designed to develop professional skills and proactive career management.
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8.00 Credits
The General Dentistry Externship module is the opportunity for students to focus on dental assisting skills in a general practice. The externship is designed to provide practical, on-the-job experiences that augment the student's in-class experiences. Students are required to complete the 240-hour externship program at a work site connected with their field of study, which will normally include health care facilities such as private or group practices, clinics, and industrial clinics.
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5.00 Credits
The Student Teaching/Internship I course is the first part of the capstone experience for Master of Arts in Teaching teacher candidates. This extended field experience provides a laboratory in which candidates test theories they have studied, discover the strategies and styles that work best for them and their students, and practice reflective decision making. During this experience, candidates begin to develop their skills in the nine Master of Arts in Teaching program competencies and engage regularly in professional discussion of their practice with their field supervisor, school mentor or
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5.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide an introduction to the study of environmental politics and policy in the United States from federal to state and local levels. It explores the role of key policy groups in environmental policy formation and implementation. Additionally, there is an examination of the role of grassroots movements in shaping public policies.
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