Program Description A.S.
A.S., Dental Hygiene
Students earning an associate in science degree in dental hygiene must complete 97–99 credit hours. Courses must include the University core requirements for associate degree students and the required courses listed below. Students enrolled in the dental hygiene clinical course sequence (DH 220, 240, 330, 350, 460) must be enrolled full time. Those students earning an associate degree must enroll in the clinical course during the designated summer session.
Required Courses
| DH 105-110 | Introduction to Dental Hygiene I and II |
| CH 105 | Introduction to General and Organic Chemistry with Laboratory |
| CS 107 | Computers and their Applications |
| E 105 | Composition |
| E 110 | Composition and Literature |
Foundations of the Western World or | |
| M 109 or M127 | 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 |
| 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 455 | Dental Hygiene Public Health |
| DH 460 | Advanced Dental Hygiene Practice |
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