Northwest Career College School Catalog - 2018

780-Hour Dental Administrative Assisting Program
Program Description and Objectives
The program listed below will help prepare you for a career in dental administration and is designed for students
with little or no experience in the dental field. The program is a blended learning program and instruction is
provided with online distance learning for lecture materials, hands-on experience with instructor supervision for
laboratory skills and externship. Upon satisfactory completion of the program detailed below, students will be
granted a diploma from NCC, which will qualify them to become a certified dental administrative specialist and
obtain an entry-level administrative position in a dental practice. A computer meeting the technical
specifications listed under Computer System Requirements in the Academic Policies section of the catalog and
internet access are required for completion of this program.
Program Schedule
Night Program (37 weeks* of Class and Externship/780 hours/59.0 quarter credits)
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday............................................ 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
*Actual program length (in weeks) may vary due to holidays and externship schedules.
Course List
LIST EACH COURSE:
(Name & Number)
DAA101 – Introduction to Dental
Administration
DAA102 – Health Information and Dental
Records Management
DAA103 – Introduction to Dental
Terminology
DAA104 – Diagnostic and Procedural
Terminology
DAA105 – Introduction to Billing and
Coding
DAA106 – Accounts Receivable and
Claims Management
DAA107 – Financial and Practice
Management
MOS101 – Microsoft Office
Fundamentals
LECTURE
HOURS
LAB
HOURS
EXT/INT
HOURS
CREDIT
HOURS
CONTACT
HOURS
65 15 0 7.0 80
65 15 0 7.0 80
65 15 0 7.0 80
65 15 0 7.0 80
65 15 0 7.0 80
65 15 0 7.0 80
65 15 0 7.0 80
40 0 0 4.0 40
DAA201 – Dental Administrative
Externship
0 0 180 6 180
TOTALS 495 105 180 59.0 780
46 Northwest Career College, Effective – 03/26/2018