Program Director of Dental Hygiene: Susan Moss, RDH, BS
Program Secretary: Jean Hill

 

Degree Program

Associate of Applied Science Dental Hygiene Degree Curriculum Outline

Course Number Course Title Lecture Hours Lab
Hours
Contact
Hours
Credit Hours

Pre Entrance Requirements

BIOL 2401 Anatomy & Physiology I 3 4 112 4
BIOL 2402 Anatomy & Physiology II 3 4 112 4
1 CHEM 1405 Introduction to Chem I 3 4 112 4
TOTAL:
9 12 336 12


First Year

First Semester
BIOL 2421 Microbiology 3 4 112 4
DHYG 1301 Oral Anat., Hist./Emb. 3 1 64 3
DHYG 1304 Dental Radiology  2 2 64 3
DHYG 1331 Preclinical Dent. Hyg. 2 6 128 3
2 ENGL 1301 Composition/Rhetoric 3 1 64 3
TOTAL:
13 14 432 16
Second Semester
DHYG 1207 General and Dental Nutrition 2 0 32 2
DHYG 1227 Preventive Dent. Hygiene Care 2 0 32 2
DHYG 1235 Pharmacology for Dental Hyg. 2 0 32 2
DHYG 1261 Clinical I - Dental Hygienist 0 8 128 2
DHYG 1319 Dental Materials 2 2 64 3
PSYC 2301 General Psychology 3 0 48 3
TOTAL:
11 10 336 14


Second Year

First Semester
DHYG 1123 Dental Hygiene Practice 1 0 16 1
DHYG 1215 Community Dentistry 1 4 80 2
DHYG 1311 Periodontology 3 0 48 3
DHYG 1339 General & Oral Pathology 3 0 48 3
DHYG 2201 Contemporary Dental Hygiene Care I 2 0 32 2
DHYG 2361
Clinical II - Dental Hygienist 0 18 288 3
TOTAL:
10 22 512 14
Second Semester
DHYG 2275 Community Dental Health Applications 1 4 80 2
DHYG 2375 Strategies of Oral Medicine (Capstone) 3 0 48 3
DHYG 2231 Contemporary Dental Hygienist Care II 2 0 32 2
DHYG 2363 Clinical III - Dental Hygienist 0 18 288 3
3 HUMA 1301 Intro. to the Humanities 3 0-1 48-64 3
SOCI 1301 Introduction to Sociology 3 0 48 3
TOTAL:
12 22-23 544-560 16
Grand Total     2160-2176 72

1 May substitute CHEM 1411

2 May substitute ENGL 1302.

3 May substitute:   ARTS 1301, ARTS 1303, ARTS 1304, DANC 2303, DRAM 1310, DRAM 2361, DRAM 2362, ENGL 2322, ENGL 2323, ENGL 2327, ENGL 2328, ENGL 2332, ENGL 2333, ENGL 2342, ENGL 2343, FREN 2303, FREN 2304, MUSI 1306, MUSI 1307, PHIL 1301, PHIL 1304, PHIL 2303, PHIL 2306, PHIL 2307, PHIL 2321, SPAN 2321, SPAN 2322.

All dental hygiene applicants must be certified in CPR, American Heart Association, Course C for the Health Professionals: Adult, Child and Infant prior to admittance into Dental Hygiene Clinic I (DENH 1301).

Please direct all questions regarding this website or program requirements to Jean Hill .
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