BS in Dental Hygiene

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College of Health Professions

BS in Dental Hygiene (2024 - 2025)

Note

Admission into the professional dental hygiene curriculum requires an application process. Grades of C/2.0 or higher required in all pre-program and program courses.

1st year
Fall Semester	Fall Hours	Spring Semester	Spring Hours
ENGL 101 College English I 010	3	ENGL 102 College English II 010	3
MATH 111 College Algebra 030	3	HS 290 Human A&P with Lab ² 040	5
CHEM 103 Chemistry with Lab 040	5	PSY 111 General Psychology 050	3
First Year Seminar or Electives ¹	3	MLS 303 Medical Terminology	3
Fall Total Hours	14	Spring Total Hours	14

Total hours for 1st year: 28

2nd year
Fall Semester	Fall Hours	Spring Semester	Spring Hours	Summer Semester	Summer Hours
BIOL 220 Microbiology with Lab ² 040	4	HS 301 Clinical Pharmacology	3	Open Electives	3
COMM 111 Public Speaking 020	3	SOC 111 Sociology 050	3	Open Electives	3
PHS 331 Nutrition	3	GEN ED: Fine Arts/Humanities, Subject 2 060	3
GEN ED: Fine Arts/Humanities, Subject 1 060	3	Open Electives	3
GEN ED: Diversity Content 070	3
Fall Total Hours	16	Spring Total Hours	12	Summer Total Hours	6

Total hours for 2nd year: 34

3rd year
Fall Semester	Fall Hours	Spring Semester	Spring Hours	Summer Semester	Summer Hours
DH 311 Preclinical Dental Hygiene	5	DH 314 Intro Periodontics	3	DH 333 Dental Hygiene Clinic II	2
DH 317 Clinical Radiology	4	DH 331 Dental Hygiene Concepts I	3
DH 318 Oral Anatomy, Histology & Embryology	3	DH 332 Dental Hygiene Clinic I	3
DH 319 Dental Materials	3	DH 334 Evidence-Based Practice	2
		DH 335 General & Oral Pathology	3
		HS 315 Head & Neck Anatomy	2
Fall Total Hours	15	Spring Total Hours	16	Summer Total Hours	2

Total hours for 3rd year: 33

4th year
Fall Semester	Fall Hours	Spring Semester	Spring Hours
DH 410 Community Oral Health Management I	3	DH 407 Ethics & Jurisprudence	3
DH 416 Pain Management	2	DH 432 Dental Hygiene Concepts III	3
DH 431 Dental Hygiene Concepts II	3	DH 435 Dental Hygiene Clinic IV	4
DH 434 Dental Hygiene Clinic III	4	DH 440 Community Oral Health Management II	3
Fall Total Hours	12	Spring Total Hours	13

Total hours for 4th year: 25

Hours needed to complete the degree: 120

All incoming freshman are required to take one First-Year Seminar as part of their General Education program. Students who are exempt from First-Year Seminar requirements may take an open elective.
These courses also apply toward institutionally designated gen ed requirements (070).

Systemwide General Education (SGE) Key

010 English
020 Communications
030 Math/Statistics
040 Natural and Physical Science
050 Social and Behavioral Science
060 Arts and Humanities
070 Institutionally Designated/Diversity