Surgical Technology, CC

Prerequisites and General Education Requirements

Prerequisite courses must be completed with the required grades for admission to the surgical technology program.

• Choose one Anatomy & Physiology sequence.

  A minimum grade of “C+” is required in each course.

• BIO 23500 Anatomy & Physiology I 4 cr. and
• BIO 23600 Anatomy & Physiology II 4 cr.

• or

• BIO 25000 Human Anatomy 4 cr. and
• BIO 25100 Human Physiology 4 cr.

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• ENG 10303 English Composition I 3 cr. A minimum grade of “C” is required.
• MTH 12000 Intermediate Algebra 4 cr. or MTH-120PR based on test scores.  A minimum grade of “C” is required.  
• PSY 10100 Intro to Psychology 3 cr. A minimum grade of “C” is required.

Surgical Technology Program Requirements

Program admission is required before the following courses may be taken.  A minimum grade of “C+” is required in each course in order to continue in the program.

• SUR 10000 Fundamentals of Surgical Technology 3 cr.
• SUR 10300 Surgical Pharmacology 2 cr.
• SUR 10400 Basic Operative Procedures 2 cr.
• SUR 10700 Fundamental Surgical Techniques 5 cr.
• SUR 10800 Surgical Terminology 2 cr.
• SUR 10900 Surgical Pathophysiology 2 cr.
• SUR 20001 Advanced Surgical Procedures 2 cr.
• SUR 20300 Surgical Professional Practice 2 cr.
• SUR 20400 Integrated Surgical Sciences 2 cr.
• SUR 29901 Surgical Technology Internship 12 cr.

Minimum Program Credits: 48

Sequence of Surgical Technology Courses

Notes:

• Prerequisite courses may be repeated one time only to obtain the required grade.
• Felony convictions and certain misdemeanor convictions will prohibit admission to the surgical technology program. If in doubt, please check with Cynde Kochensparger, clinical coordinator (cynde.kochensparger@kirtland.edu).
• Drug testing of all students will be required prior to final program acceptance.
• Students requesting admission to the program must submit a “Request for Admission to the Surgical Technology Program” application packet (available online) to the Health Sciences Office by May 1 of the calendar year in which the student is requesting admission to the Surgical Technology program. Late applications will be accepted if seats are available after all on-time applicants have been evaluated. Acceptance notifications will be emailed to students via their Kirtland email account in June. Note: If applicants exceed the number of available seats in the program, priority will be given to students with required prerequisites completed, then by date of KCC application where Surgical Technology is declared to be the program of study or by the date the Program of study was changed to Surgical Technology, and then by residence within the local service area. Local service area consists of Kirtland’s four-county district, those counties that have portions within Kirtland’s district, and certain counties that are contiguous to Kirtland’s district.
• Immunization records are required for final admission (refer to the Surgical Technology website for details.)
• Students are ranked for acceptance into the program based on: (1) anticipated date of completion of prerequisite course work; (2) date of college application declaring surgical technology as program of study; (3) Preference is given to those applicants who reside within our local service area.
• Each class of Surgical Technology students is considered a cohort (group) and courses/schedules are assigned. Students are expected to complete the program specific sequence of courses within the two stated semesters. All others would be required to follow the program reentry policy as stated in the program handbook.
• Students should seek additional information and/or advising from the Student Success Center at ssc@kirtland.edu or phone 989-275-5000, ext. 280.