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Dental Hygiene

Dental Hygiene Curriculum Outline

Associate of Applied Science Degree Program (Major Code: DH13)
Credit Required for Graduation: 90 semester credit hours

Credits
General Education 22
Area I: Language Arts and Communications 6
*  ENGL 1101 Composition and Rhetoric 3
*  SPCH 1101 Public Speaking 3
Area II: Social and Behavioral Sciences 6
*  PSYC 1101 Introductory Psychology 3
*  SOCI 1101 Introduction to Sociology 3
Area III: Mathematics and Natural Sciences 7
*  CHEM 1151 Survey of Inorganic Chemistry 3
  AND    
*  CHEM 1151L Survey of Inorganic Chemistry Lab 1
  OR    
*  CHEM 1211 Chemistry I 3
  AND    
*  CHEM 1211L Chemistry I Lab 1
*  MATH 1101 Mathematical Modeling 3
  OR    
*  MATH 1111 College Algebra 3
Area IV: Humanities and Fine Arts 3
Students must choose from the following courses:
*  ARTS 1101 Art Appreciation 3
*  ENGL 2130 American Literature 3
*  ENGL 2310 English Literature from the Beginnings to 1700 3
*  HUMN 1101 Introduction to Humanities 3
*  MUSC 1101 Music Appreciation 3
 
Dental Hygiene Core 15
*  BIOL 2113 Anatomy and Physiology I 3
*  BIOL 2113L Anatomy and Physiology I Lab 1
*  BIOL 2114 Anatomy and Physiology II 3
*  BIOL 2114L Anatomy and Physiology II Lab 1
*  BIOL 2117 Introductory Microbiology 3
*  BIOL 2117L Introductory Microbiology Lab 1
*  COMP 1000 Introduction to Computers 3
 
Dental Hygiene Major 53
*  DHYG 1000 Tooth Anatomy and Root Morphology 2
*  DHYG 1010 Oral Embryology and Histology 1
*  DHYG 1020 Head and Neck Anatomy 2
*  DHYG 1030 Dental Materials 2
*  DHYG 1040 Preclinical Dental Hygiene Lecture 2
*  DHYG 1050 Preclinical Dental Hygiene Lab 3
*  DHYG 1070 Radiology Lecture 2
*  DHYG 1090 Radiology Lab 1
*  DHYG 1110 Clinical Dental Hygiene I 2
*  DHYG 1111 Clinical Dental Hygiene I Lab 3
*  DHYG 1206 Pharmacology and Pain Control 3
*  DHYG 2010 Clinical Dental Hygiene II 2
*  DHYG 2020 Clinical Dental Hygiene II Lab 3
*  DHYG 2050 Oral Pathology 3
*  DHYG 2070 Community Dental Health 3
*  DHYG 2080 Clinical Dental Hygiene III 2
*  DHYG 2090 Clinical Dental Hygiene III Lab 4
*  DHYG 2110 Biochemistry and Nutrition Fundamentals for the Dental Hygienist 3
*  DHYG 2130 Clinical Dental Hygiene IV 2
*  DHYG 2140 Clinical Dental Hygiene IV Lab 5
*  DHYG 2200 Periodontology 3

* Students must pass courses with a grade of C or higher.