Major: 3021
Catalog Year: 2023-2024
Effective Term: 2019 Fall
Last Admit Term: 2022 Summer
Award: AAS Total Credits: 60-69 CIP Code: 51.1007 |
Primary College: Phoenix College
Initiating College: Phoenix College
Program Availability: Not Found
Program Availability: College-Specific
Field of Interest: Health Sciences
Instructional Council: Allied Health (51) GPA: 2.00 |
SOC Code: Upon completion of this degree, students may pursue a career as:
29-2011.03 Histotechnologists and Histologic Technicians |
Program Prerequisites: None
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Required Courses | |||||||||||
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+ HST180 Overview of Histology (Anatomic) Laboratory 2 | Credits: 24 |
Restricted Electives | |||
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None. | Credits: |
General Electives | |||
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Select additional courses 100-level or higher to complete the minimum credits required for this degree. | Credits: 2 |
General Education Requirements | |||
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General Education Requirement | Credits: 0 | ||
General Education Core | Credits: 0 | ||
First-Year Composition | Credits: 0 | ||
Met by any approved general education courses from the First-Year Composition courses in the Program Prerequisites area. | |||
Oral Communication | Credits: 0 | ||
Met by any approved general education course from the Oral Communication courses in the Program Prerequisites area. | |||
Critical Reading | Credits: 0 | ||
Met by any approved general education course from the Critical Reading area OR Equivalent as indicated by assessment in the Program Prerequisites area. | |||
Mathematics | Credits: 0 | ||
Met by MAT140, MAT141, or MAT142 or Satisfactory completion of a higher level mathematics course in the Program Prerequisites area. | |||
General Education Distribution | Credits: 0 | ||
Humanities, Arts and Design | Credits: 0 | ||
Met by any approved general education course from the Humanities, Arts and Design in the Program Prerequisites area. | |||
Social-Behavioral Sciences | Credits: 0 | ||
Met by any approved general education course from the Social-Behavioral Sciences in the Program Prerequisites area. | |||
Natural Sciences | Credits: 0 | ||
Met by BIO156 or BIO181 or Equivalent Biology course in the Program Prerequisites area. | |||
Learning Outcomes | |||
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1. Application of safety and government standards and compliance to the histology laboratory setting. (HCC130, HCC130AA-AF, HST180, HST181, HST182, HST183, HST184, HST185, HST186, HST187, HST188)
2. Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct in all histology practices. (HCC130, HCC130AA-AF, HST180, HST181, HST182, HST183, HST184, HST185, HST186, HST187, HST188, [HU], [SB]) 3. Communicate utilizing sufficient medical terminology to serve the public, patients and members of the healthcare team. (HCC145AA, HST180, HST181, HST182, HST183, HST184, HST185, HST186, HST187, HST188, [FYC], (COM), (CRE)) 4. Implement quality assurance and quality control principles to tissue collection, tissue preparation, frozen section procedures, and microtomy and microscopy procedures. (BIO156, BIO181, BIO201, BIO202, CHM130, CHM130LL, HST180, HST181, HST182, HST183, HST184, HST185, HST186, HST187, HST188, [MA]) 5. Application of proper collection, preparation, staining, processing, and analysis of biological specimens and other substances including reporting of results. (BIO156, BIO181, BIO201, BIO202, CHM130, CHM130LL, HST180, HST181, HST182, HST183, HST184, HST185, HST186, HST187, HST188) 6. Application of methodologies and techniques including problem solving and troubleshooting for histology techniques and instrumentation. (BIO156, BIO181, BIO201, BIO202, CHM130, CHM130LL, HST180, HST181, HST182, HST183, HST184, HST185, HST186, HST187, HST188) 7. Utilize computer applications of laboratory information systems and laboratory instrumentation in performing histology techniques. HST180, HST181, HST182, HST183, HST184, HST185, HST186, HST187, HST188) | |||
+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites.
++ indicates that any suffixed course may be selected. MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: January 22, 2019 |