Health Sciences
Associate Degree. Transfer.

Admission, Advisement& Registration Letter
Pre-Admission Course Recommendations
Health Science Admissions Guidelines
Health Science Professions
Health Science Transcript Evaluations
FAQ's

Admission, Advisement/Registration Letter

Dear Prospective Student,

Thank you for your interest in Health Sciences at Kilgore College. This letter is to provide you with some general guidelines for admissions, advisement and registration. As a new or returning student to K. C., you must complete the 3-step admission/advisement/registration process:

1. An application or status update sheet, official copy of a high school transcript or a copy of G.E.D.must be on file in the admission office, (complete 2 weeks before testing).
   
   
2. Another important item is your are TASP/THEA status. Please provide an official transcript to the admission office to verify your TASP/THEA status. Please note that while you maybe TASP/THEA exempt, if you lack your English/Math curriculum requirements, you will be required to provide placement scores. You may wish to ask our Testing office, whether your ACT/SAT scores (if available) can used for placement.
   
   If you are TASP/THEA required and you have not taken the TASP/THEA, please call the Testing office.* Please ask for the local placement testing schedule and TASP/THEA information. After placement testing is completed, you should wait for a copy of the results.
   
   
3. Now, you are ready for advisement and registration!!
   Please call for appointment information.**
   
   Your plans for the future are very important to me! It is my desire to teach, support, and encourage you to find all your educational experiences very rewarding. However, you know much will be expected from you. May I encourage you to actively involve yourself early in this process. It is very rewarding for me to work with you in your educational endeavors of your chosen health occupation. My desire is to be available for the small questions! Please call at your convenience.***
   
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Students are encouraged to complete all of the pre-admission courses prior to acceptance and enrollment in chosen Health Science Program. Courses may be completed at any accredited junior or senior college or university.

To facilitate course selection, the Health Science Counselor has identified the content, which must be included in a course for it to be accepted.

The following is not a composite list:

 

* There is no time limit for Associate Degree Nursing (RN) Program.

Please see specific pre-admission course requirements. Please refer to the current catalog and/or call the Health Science Counselor for final course approval at: (903) 983-8184.

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• Students should maintain a strong academic record.
  
  
• All science and professional courses require a “C” or better and must be taken within a seven year period prior to entrance to the professional clinical training. Exception: Associate Degree Nursing (RN) Program has dropped their recency requirement.
  
  
• Students are encouraged to satisfactorily complete 6-12 months of pre-admission studies. This may include general education courses and anatomy and physiology courses (See curriculum). Exception: ADN/RN program requires all ten support courses completed before entering 16 month program.
  
  
• The Health Science Counselor should be contacted prior to making application to the professional Health Science curriculum at (903) 983-8184.
  
  
• Students should request and maintain an up-to-date degree plan evaluation of all official transcripts from other institutions using a Health Science Evaluation obtained from the Counseling Center.
  
  
• Students must submit two separate applications; one for admission to Kilgore College (obtained from the Office of Admission) and one for admission to the specific Health Science Program (obtained from the Program Chair)
  
  
• Admission to Kilgore College in no way implies or guaranteed admission to the professional Health Science curriculum.
  
  
• All students must meet the admission requirements given in the catalog in effect at the time of application to the desired Health Science Program.
  
  
• Program application deadlines vary, but in general, applications to the specific programs are submitted during the spring semester (by March and April). Students should contact each program department or the Health Science Counselor for the specific application deadlines.
  
  
• Students must satisfactorily complete all developmental studies and TASP requirements (if applicable) prior to admission to the professional clinical training.
  
  
• If the student is TASP exempt, the student must show evidence of no developmental requirements through an appropriate testing assessment or show evidence of the completion of one college-level English and/or one college-level math course (if applicable)
  
  
• All applicants are expected to be proficient in communication, math, science, and learning skills, and have the physical characteristics to practice their chosen health profession. Health examinations are required.
  
  
• The student is responsible for seeking advice, knowing and meeting the requirements of the Health Science Program of interest, enrolling in courses appropriate to that program, and taking courses in the proper sequence to ensure orderly and timely progress toward acceptance, progression, and completion of the program.
  
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Thank you for selecting Kilgore College to provide your higher educational needs. We’re sure your education will bring you a sense of pride and satisfaction. To ensure your continued satisfaction, Kilgore College is dedicated to providing you with the highest quality of instruction along with the very best guidance services available. That’s our Kilgore College Commitment.

We believe that you deserve quality guidance services in every area of your education. Good communication with your receiving institution is vitally important in helping us do a better job of understanding and meeting your needs.

Kilgore College offers a practice of customizing degree plans to meet the prerequisites of your chosen health science program and to meet the graduation requirements at Kilgore College. The Associate of Science accommodates virtually all prerequisites. Listed below are some of the broad health science areas:

• ADMINISTRATION
• BIOMEDICAL COMMUNICATION
• CHIROPRACTIC
• DENTAL (DENTAL HYGIENE)
• INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (MEDICAL ASSISTANT, MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTIST, MEDICAL RECORDS, MEDICAL CODING SPECIALIST)
• MEDICAL LABORATORY (MEDICAL ASSISTANT), CYTOTECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
• MEDICINE (OPTOMETRY, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT,
• PODIATRY, ANESTHETIST, MD OSTEOPATHIC
• PHARMACY
• NURSING (C.N.A., L.V.N., AND R. N., BSN/RN, NURSING ANESTTHETIST OR PRACTITIONER
• SUPPORT SERVICES (DIETETICS, RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE TECHNOLOGY, REHABILIATION SERVICES, GERONTOLOGY,(PROSTHETICS- ORTHOTICS) SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY, SOCIAL WORKER
• THERAPY (PHYSICAL, OCCUPATIONAL, RESPIRATORY, PTA, OTA, SPEECH & LANGUAGE
• VETERINARY MEDICINE

Transcripts for Health Sciences at Kilgore College should be evaluated by the Health Science Counselor. Over the years, many hours have been invested in the evaluation the major feeder schools catalogs. This allows for a quick, consistent and reliable way to respond to questions from distant campuses about transfer. This information provides a way to place in writing the pre-requisites and the equivalent courses needed for the chosen health science program. The Counselor provides course equivalencies information daily and monitors course equivalencies essential for good advisement and correct course selection.

With the increased competition for admission to professional health science programs at Kilgore College, it is essential to have the Health Science Counselor evaluate transcripts continuously as the need occurs. Thereby, setting a "benchmark" to determine a list of deficiencies. Granted, the Health Science department chair have unofficially evaluated their own transcripts for years to screen their applicants. The Health Science Counselor with extensive study in course equivalencies can offered a final opinion on transferability.

It is our practice to evaluate only official transcripts and post grades directly to the computer. A copy of the degree audit and evaluation is sent to the student within two weeks of receipt of the transcript. The student is encouraged to proof-read and respond for updates and corrections. This allows the student to know the results and improves and maintains the accuracy of transcript evaluation. All health science students are ask to send their official transcripts directly to the Health Science Counselor. After evaluating the transcript, the counselor will date, specify the program and initial. The official transcript is filed in the Office of Admissions.

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How many are accepted each year?
Each year, these programs should receive over 100 applicants; interview 50+ and select (14) for Physical Therapy Assistant, (14) for Medical Assisting Technology, (14) for Radiological Technology and (12) for Surgical Technology.

What describes the "ideal" applicant?

No. 1 Completion of the Pre-admission studies:

The pre-admission studies is a 6-12 month period of both academic and vocational preparation. During this time,(1) students are encouraged to complete the basic support courses, (2) to complete all assessment and developmental requirements, if applicable. (3) to seek out career information exposure in their chosen health occupation.

No. 2 Career Information Exposure:

Ideally, you should seek out career information exposure, one year prior to interviews. "How well you interview relates to the amount of career information exposure." You need to meet with someone who works in the career field and learn as much as possible about the nature of the work. A wide range of career information exposure will increase your vocational maturity.

For the Physical Therapy Assistant and the Radiological Technology programs; it is true that you will be required to spent a day of observation in a hospital; assigned to a contact person. "You are being evaluated during your day of observation."

No. 3 Character:

Generally, we think most persons, who want to enter a helping profession can find good character references, so #1 and #2 are very important.

admission(05/19/06)

What are the Health Occupations Admission Guidelines?
The admission guidelines for all Health Occupations programs at Kilgore College were approved in the fall of 1992 and placed in the 1993-94 catalog. Please take time to read and fully understand the admission guidelines and their implications.

What are the basic support courses?
Please refer to your chosen health occupation curriculum in the K. C. catalog. The courses marked with a (*) are courses that can be taken during the pre-admission studies.

How long will it take to complete all the requirements?
You are encouraged to complete the pre-admission studies and then apply to your chosen health occupation program. The first year is to prepare and qualify you to enter the program, Once you have been accepted to a health occupation program, you begin a * two year period of professional, sequential clinical training. This means that from start to finish, you are looking at a minimum of three years.

* The exceptions to the two remaining years of clinical training is in the one year Surgical Technology program and the 16 months for the Associate Degree (RN) Program.