Surgical Technology (ST) Degree/Diploma
Advising & Planning Checklist
PREREQUISITES TO ADMISSION
Check a program: ☐ Diploma ☐ AAS Degree
Completed prior to applying for admission to ST program
General Requirements
☐ Attend an ST Information Session (required)
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Submit a Durham Tech enrollment application
☐ Submit official transcript(s) (high school and college)
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Apply for Financial Aid
☐ Attend a ConnectSession (Student Orientation)
Prospective students with 12 or more college credit hours
are not required to attend a ConnectSession but it is
recommended
Meet Course Placement Requirements
Students must demonstrate that they are college ready
in one of the following ways:
☐ Provide proof of an unweighted US high school
GPA of 2.8 or higher within the last ten years
☐ Transfer college credit for English and math (algebra)
☐ Provide proof of completion of an associate’s
or bachelor’s degree
☐ Provide proof of satisfactory scores on ACT, SAT,
GED, HiSET, NCDAP, COMPASS, ASSET, or
ACCUPLACER within the last ten years
☐ Demonstrate mastery on RISE English placement
test 2 and RISE Math placement test 2; OR
successfully complete ENG 002 through Tier 2 (grade
of P2) and MAT 003 through Tier 2 (grade of P2)
Natural Sciences
☐ CHM 094 Basic Biological Chemistry (only requiredif
taking BIO 168) OR biology and chemistry in high school
not older than 10 years or college biology and chemistry
with a lab with a grade of C (70%) or above in both the
lecture and lab (no time limit).
Submit Forms (download forms and submit with application)
☐ English Language Requirement form
for students who meet the definition of non-native
speaker on the English Language Requirement form
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Clinical Training form
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Program application (accepted Nov. 1 – Mar. 31)
☐ Essential Skills form
☐ Technology Proficiency form
General Education
May be completed prior to admittance to the ST program.
☐ (1) ACA 122 College Transfer Success (AAS)
☐ (3) ENG 111 Writing and Inquiry
☐ (3) MED 120 Survey of Med Terminology (Diploma)
☐ (3) MED 121 Medical Terminology I (AAS)
☐ (3) MED 122 Medical Terminology II (AAS)
☐ (4) BIO 168 Anatomy and Physiology I
☐ (4) BIO 169 Anatomy and Physiology II
☐ (4) BIO 275 Microbiology (AAS) (AAS)
☐ (3) PSY 150 General Psychology (AAS)
☐ (3) COM 231 Public Speaking (AAS)
☐ (3) PHI 240 Introduction to Ethics (AAS)
AFTER ADMISSION IN THE PROGRAM
Core courses can only be taken following formal
application and admission into the program
Fall
☐ (3) SUR 110 Introduction to Surgical Technology
☐ (7) SUR 111 Perioperative Patient Care
Spring
☐ (6) SUR 122 Surgical Procedures I
☐ (7) SUR 123 Surgical Clinical Practice I
Summer
☐ (5) SUR 134 Surgical Procedures II
☐ (4) SUR 135 Surgical Clinical Practice II
Fall (AAS)
☐ (2) SUR 211 Advanced Theoretical Concepts
☐ (4) SUR 212 Surgical Clinical Supplement
Spring (AAS)
☐ (1) SUR 137 Professional Success Preparation
☐ (2) SUR 210 Advanced Surgical Clinical Practice
Revised 3/20
