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    • Surgical Services – AS

    Application Deadline: October 2024
    Next Program Start Date: January 2025

    South Florida State College’s (SFSC) Associate in Science in Surgical Services prepares you for employment as a surgical technologist. 

    Team of doctors or surgeons with electrocardiogram monitor in hospital surgery operating emergency room showing patient heart rate, medical concept.You will learn how to:

    • prepare operating rooms for surgery
    • sterilize equipment
    • ready patients for surgery
    • maintain a sterile environment
    • pass sterile instruments and supplies to surgeons during surgery

    The Associate in Science in Surgical Services:

    • is 64 credit hours
    • is a limited access program with 12-15 students accepted each time the program is offered
    • requires students to be at least 18 years of age
    • requires applicants to complete an online SFSC application and select Surgical Services as major/program

    Courses in Program

    Prerequisites

    Prefix Number Course Title Credit Hours
    #BSC 1085C Human Anatomy and Physiology I (GE) 4
    *^ENC 1101 Freshman English I (GE) 3
    #HSC 1532 Medical Terminology 3
    SLS 1106 First-Year Experience Seminar 1
    #STS 1302 Introduction to Surgical Technology 2
          13

    # – Prerequisites

    First Term

    Prefix Number Course Title Credit Hours
    BSC 1086C Human Anatomy and Physiology II (GE) 4
    STS 1303 Fundamentals of Surgical Technology 2
    *   Mathematics Core (GE) 3
    PSY 1307

    Surgical Equipment and Instrumentation 

    		 3
    STS 1327L

    Principles and Practices of Surgical Technology Lab

    		 2
          14

    Second Term

    Prefix Number Course Title Credit Hours

    STS

    1323

    Surgical Procedures I 

    		 3
    STS 1304L

    Operating Room Techniques Laboratory 

    		 3
    STS 2944

    Surgical Clinical I 

    3
    **  

    Humanities Core

    (GE) 3
          6

    Third Term

    Prefix Number Course Title Credit Hours

    AMH

    POS

    		 1020 or 1041

    Introductory Survey Since 1877 or

    American Government

    (GE) 3 
    PSY 2012

    Introduction to Psychology 

    		 (GE) 3 
    STS 1308

    Perioperative Patient Care Concepts

    		 2
    STS 2324 Surgical Procedures II 2
    STS 2945 Surgical Clinical II 3
          13

    Fourth Term

    Prefix Number Course Title Credit Hours
    STS 2340

    Surgical Pharmacology 

    		 2
    STS 2360

    Professional Skills for the Surgical Technologist 

    		 2
    STS 1931

    Surgical Technology Special Topics Seminar 

    		 3
    STS 2179

    Surgical Biomedical Fundamentals 

    		 2
    STS 2946 Surgical Clinical III 3
          12

     

    * Check the course descriptions for prerequisites.
    ** It is your responsibility to meet with the instructional supervisor or counselor to select the proper course to fulfill this requirement.
    ^ It may be necessary to first enroll in a lower-level English, math, or reading course depending on college placement test scores.

    NOTES: CGS 1100C Introduction to Microcomputers using Windows and SPC 2608 Fundamentals of Speech Communication general education requirements are covered within the Surgical Services curriculum for the associate degree.

    Students beginning an Associate in Science degree program in fall of 2022 or after must pass AMH 1020 or POS 1041 and the Florida Civic Literacy Exam (FCLE) prior to graduation.

    Approximate Program Costs

    Admission fee $15
    Background check/drug screen/document manager $132
    Graduation fee $15
    Lab fees $0
    Medical costs (varies by provider) $500
    CPR $65
    Tuition $6,762.88
    Approximate Total = $7,489.88

    *Cost of textbooks = $587

    For more information about Surgical Services at SFSC, please call 863-784-7027 or email healthsciences@southflorida.edu.