Program Description B.S.
B.S., Dental Hygiene
Students earning a bachelor of science degree in dental hygiene must complete 126–128 credits. Courses include the university core requirements for bachelor's degree students and the required courses listed below. Once students are enrolled in the dental hygiene clinical course sequence (DH 220, 240, 330, 350, 460), they must be enrolled full time.
Required Courses
| CH 105 | Introduction to General and Organic Chemistry with Laboratory |
| CS 107 |
Computers and their Applications |
| DH 105-110 | Introduction to Dental Hygiene I and II |
| E 105 |
Composition |
| E 110 | Composition and Literature |
| Foundations of the Western World or Western World in Modern Times | |
| M 109 or M 127 |
Intermediate Algebra or |
| P 111 | Introduction to Psychology |
| SO 113 | Sociology |
| BI 121 |
General and Human Biology with Laboratory I |
| DI 215 | Principles of Nutrition |
| DH 214 | Oral Facial Structures |
| DH 215 | Radiology |
| DH 220 | Dental Hygiene Concepts I |
| E 230 or CO 100 |
Public Speaking and Group Discussion or Human Communication |
| DH 240 | Dental Hygiene Concepts II |
| BI 259/260 | Vertebrate Anatomy and Physiology I and II with Laboratory |
| BI 261 | Introduction to Biochemistry |
| BI 301 | Microbiology with Laboratory |
| PA 308 | Health Care Delivery Systems |
| DH 320 | Pharmacology and Pain Management |
| DH 325 | General and Oral Pathology |
| DH 327 | Periodontology |
| DH 330 | Dental Hygiene Concepts III |
| DH 342 | Dental Materials |
| DH 350 |
Dental Hygiene Concepts IV |
| DH 360 | Local Anesthesia |
| DH 423 | Instructional Planning and Media |
| DH 438 | Dental Hygiene Research |
| DH 455 | Dental Hygiene Public Health |
| DH 460 | Advanced Dental Hygiene Practice |
| DH 461 | Oral Medicine |
| DH 462 | Dental Hygiene Internship |
| DH 468 | Dental Hygiene Senior Project |
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| Plus two electives | |