Program Prerequisites

• ENG 1010        
• MATH 1240 or higher  Effective Fall 2022     
• BIO 2331        
• BIO 2341        
• DMS 1071    (offered Fall & Spring)    
• DMS 1303    (offered Fall & Spring)    
• DMS 1320    (offered  Spring only)   
• DMS 1351     (offered Summer, Fall & Spring)   
• Shadowing Form  (DMS will waive the shadowing form due to COVID restrictions)      

When scheduling or while in the admission courses, keep the following in mind:

• Plan when you will take your admission courses taking into consideration that some of the courses have prerequisite or co-requisite requirements or may be offered only once a year. DMS 1320, Introduction to Scanning is only offered in Spring semester due to lab availability.
• Biology and Math requirements should be scheduled early in your course plan; delaying them delays your application from being complete.
• Health Career programs do not accept Pass/No Pass grades for admission courses taken at Tri-C.
• A letter grade of "C" or better must be achieved.
• Only two of the admission courses may be repeated once to improve from a previous attempt. A "W" is counted as an attempt.
• Admission GPAs calculated using only the Tri-C specific admission course credit hours listed.
  
  • Minimum 3.0 GPA for DMS 1303, DMS 1320 and DMS 1071 (total 5 credits).
  • Minimum 3.0 GPA for BIO 2331 and BIO 2341 (total 8 credits).
• If you transferred in college courses, such as English, Math, Physics, Psychology, or Anatomy & Physiology, you will need an override to register for the some of the admission courses. Contact a counselor or program director to request the override; provide them your Tri-C student ID number and the course section number (CRN).
• There are no time limits for required courses; due to their importance, the course content is built upon (not reviewed) in the remaining Program courses.
• Minimum Tri-C cumulative GPA of 2.4 must be maintained during the entire length of the Program.

• Due to COVID, the DMS program will waive the shadowing requirement until further notice.  

• Complete the online DMS application.
  ALL applicants must apply for the DMS Program through the online system. Do not submit an application to the Health Career Enrollment Center. 
  
  You can apply once you have successfully completed all required program admission courses with the required program GPA. Only students who have completed all the program admission courses and obtained the associated GPAs will be accepted to the DMS program. The DMS program accepts students upon return of the program specialty verification email not the completion of the application. Available program seats are filled based on the time stamp from the return of that specialty verification email. 
  
  Click here to access the new online application. Make sure to check the program status page for updates to admission timelines.