BSSA Academic Plans General Information

  • Curriculum is subject to change. 
  • Surgical assisting courses are offered sequentially and must be taken as such. 
  • Courses with the prefix SUR are Bellin College major courses; all other course numbers reflect general education course requirements.
  • Each course is graded in its entirety. A student must be successful in all course components (i.e., class, lab, and/or clinical) to receive a passing grade. Course outcomes are represented in all course components.  
  • Summer semester Junior Year is split into two 5-week sessions. The first session consists of the completion of their ST Core Curriculum with SUR 433C (Surgical Clinical III) and SUR 415 (Surgical Synthesis I).
  • Upon completion of SUR 433C and SUR 415, students are eligible to sit for their national certification exam in Surgical Technology.
  • After challenging the national certification exam at least once, students can proceed into their SA courses for the second 5-week rotation summer semester junior year with SUR 330 (Introduction to Surgical Assisting) and SUR 370 (Introduction to office practice).
  • Students will be granted a certificate of completion for their Surgical Technology curriculum requirements.