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Program Requirements

Program Requirements

DHYG 123 Oral Anatomy and Embryology I 4 credits
DHYG 124 Radiology 3
DHYG 127 Pharmacology for the Dental Hygienist 2
DHYG 129 Clinical Practice I 4
DHYG 130 Clinical Practice II 4
DHYG 140 Introduction to Periodontology 1
DHYG 227 Clinical Practice III 5
DHYG 228 Clinical Practice IV 5
DHYG 230 Local Anesthesia for the Dental Hygienist 1
DHYG 232 Community Dental Health 4
DHYG 233 General and Oral Histo-Pathology 3
DHYG 241 Periodontology 2
DHYG 250 Dental Materials 3
BIOL 106 Elementary Microbiology 4
NUTR 204 Nutritional Biochemistry 3

Total Hours Program Requirements 48

General Education Requirements

BIOL 113 Anatomy and Physiology I 4
BIOL 114 Anatomy and Physiology II 4
ENGL C101 Composition & Rhetoric 3
FYS 101 First Year Seminar 3
MATH 105 Intermediate Algebra 3
SoSc C201 Social Science 3
Soc 101 Principles of Sociology 3

Total Hours for General Education 23

Total Semester Hours 71