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Certificate & Degree Programs 2020-2021 Required HCC courses may be taken prior to program entrance or concurrent with required courses. HCC courses must be completed prior to clinical placement if taken concurrent with required courses. POLYSOMNOGRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE DEGREE IN POLYSOMNOGRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY (64-84 CREDITS; CODE 3135) To qualify, students must earn a grade of C or better in all courses required within the program. Division: Health Sciences Program Director: Baljeet Gill The Associate in Applied Science (AAS) in Polysomnographic Technology includes parallel clinical training in various Valley hospitals and free-standing sleep centers. The Polysomnographic Technology program prepares polysomnographic technologists (sleep technologists) to assist physicians specializing in sleep medicine in the clinical assessment, physiological monitoring and testing, diagnosis, management, and treatment of sleep related disorders with the use of various diagnostic and therapeutic tools providing care to patients of all ages. Upon successful completion of the program, the student will be prepared to sit for the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists examination to become a Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (RPSGT). Program Notes: Students must earn a grade of C or better for all courses required within the program. + indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites. Students may opt to transfer from the Polysomnography program into the Electroneurodiagnostic (END) Technology while in the first semester of the program. A seat in the END program will be granted if there is no waitlist and Program Director approval is granted at the time of transfer. HCC courses may be taken prior to admission or concurrently during enrollment in the program. Admission Criteria: 1. Formal admission to the Polysomnography or Electroneurodiagnostic (END) Technology program is required. 2. Formal application can be made at any time. 3. Background check requirements: Admission to an Allied Health program requires that students be in compliance with the Maricopa County Community College District Background Check Standards. Upon conditional program enrollment, the student must comply with all requirements of the MCCCD Background Check Policy. 4. Clinical health and safety requirements must be met. Upon conditional program enrollment, the student must comply with all requirements of the MCCCD Clinical Health and Safety Policy. 5. Inability to comply with background check requirements and/or clinical health and safety requirements at the start of classes may result in cancellation of enrollment. 6. Proof of current American Heart Association Healthcare Provider CPR Certification. Program Prerequisites: 10-21 Students selecting BIO201 and BIO202 must complete the prerequisite courses BIO156 or BIO181. 206