Program Curriculum

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Dental Hygiene
(72 semester credit hours)

An Associate of Applied Science degree program offered by the Division of Allied Health.

Course

Course Title

Semester Hours

Prerequisite semester:

BIOL 2401

Human Anatomy & Physiology I

4

BIOL 2402

Human Anatomy & Physiology II

4

 

8 sem. hrs

Freshman Year, First Semester

DHYG 1301

Orofacial Anatomy, Histology & Embryology

3

DHYG 1311

Periodontology

3

DHYG 1431

Preclinical Dental Hygiene

4

BIOL 2420*

Microbiology

4

Humanities or Performing/Visual Arts*

3

 

17 sem. hrs

Freshman Year, Second Semester

DHYG 1339

General and Oral Pathology

3

DHYG 1304

Dental Radiology

3

DHYG 1261

Clinical Dental Hygiene I

2

DHYG 1227

Preventive Dental Hygiene Care

2

DHYG 1307

General & Dental Nutrition

3

ENGL 1301*

Composition I

3

 

16 sem. hrs

Summer Session I

DHYG 1319

Dental Materials

3

 

3 sem. hrs

Sophomore Year, First Semester

DHYG 1235

Pharmacology for the Dental Hygienist

2

DHYG 2362

Clinical Dental Hygiene II

3

DHYG 1315

Community Dentistry

3

DHYG 2201

Contemporary Dental Hygiene Care I

2

SOCI 1301*

Sociology

3

 

13 sem. hrs

Sophomore Year, Second Semester

DHYG 2363

Clinical Dental Hygiene III

3

DHYG 2231

Contemporary Dental Hygiene Care II

2

DHYG 1223

Dental Hygiene Practice

2

DHYG 1271

Service Learning for Local Need

2

Speech

SPCH 1315, 1318, or 1321

3

PSYC 2301*

Psychology

3

 

15 sem. hrs

Capstone Experience: During the last semester of the program, the capstone experience consists of a Mock National Board Dental Hygiene Examination that tests comprehensive cognitive abilities. The Mock examination assesses the ability to understand important information from basic biomedical, dental, and dental hygiene sciences and also the ability to apply such information in a problem-solving context. Successful completion of the Mock examination is a prerequisite to taking the National Board Dental Hygiene Examination prior to graduation.