Required Dental Hygiene Courses
DENT 307 Medical Emergencies in
Dental Practice 3 cr
DENT 308 Oral Histology and
Embryology 2 cr
DENT 309 Oral Pathology 2 cr
DENT 311 Tooth Morphology 2 cr
DENT 312 Head and Neck Anatomy 3 cr
DENT 313 Clinical Dental Hygiene I 3 cr
DENT 313C Clinical Dental Hygiene I,
Clinic 2 cr
DENT 314 Clinical Dental Hygiene II 2 cr
DENT 314C Clinical Dental Hygiene II,
Clinic 3 cr
DENT 315 Preventive Dentistry 2 cr
DENT 316 Dental Materials and
Office Procedures 2 cr
DENT 317 Oral Roentgenology I 1 cr
DENT 318 Oral Roentgenology II 2 cr
DENT 319 Pre-clinical Expanded
Functions 3 cr
DENT 320 Local Anesthesia 2 cr
DENT 321 Introduction to
Periodontology 2 cr
DENT 401 Research Methodology 3 cr
DENT 402 Periodontology 3 cr
DENT 403 Clinical Dental Hygiene III 2 cr
DENT 403C Clinical Dental Hygiene III,
Clinic 4 cr
DENT 404 Clinical Dental Hygiene IV 2 cr
DENT 404C Clinical Dental Hygiene IV,
Clinic 4 cr
DENT 405 Special Procedures Clinic 3 cr
DENT 408 Ethics & Jurisprudence 2 cr
DENT 410 Community Dental Health 3 cr
DENT 411 Expanded Functions I 2 cr
DENT 411C Expanded Functions I, Clinic 1 cr
DENT 412 Expanded Functions II 2 cr
DENT 412C Expanded Functions II, Clinic 1 cr
Dental Hygiene Electives
DENT 420 Dental Hygiene Specialty
Emphasis 2 cr
DENT 481-482 Independent Problems
in Dental Hygiene 4 cr
DENT 499 Special Procedures Clinic 3 cr
Other Required Courses
PCOL 314 Basic and Applied Pharm-
acology for Dental Hygiene 3 cr
Prerequisite Courses
(Pre-Dental Hygiene)
DENT 201 Principles of Dental Hygiene 2 cr
HCA 110 Introduction to Allied Health 2 cr
DENT 299 Introduction to the Dental
Office (Elective) 2 cr
ENGL 101 English Composition 3 cr
ENGL 201 Critical Reading and Writing 3 cr
SPCH 101 Principles of Speech
(satisfies Goal 2) 2 cr
PSYC 111 Intro to Psychology
(satisfies Goal 12) 3 cr
SOC 101 Intro to Sociology
(satisfies Goal 12) 3 cr
BIOS 101-102 General Zoology and Lab
(satisfies Goal 4) 4 cr
BIOS 301-302 Anatomy and Physiology 8 cr
CHEM 107-108 Essentials of Chemistry
(satisfies Goal 5) 10 cr
BIOS 221-223 Introductory Microbiology
and Lab 4 cr
HEC 239 Nutrition 3 cr
MATH 111 Algebra or competency exam 4 cr
MATH 252 Intro to Statistics
(satisfies Goal 3) 3 cr
IN ADDITION:Fulfillment of two of the following General Education Goals: 6, 7, 8. Fulfillment of two of the following Goals: 9, 10, 11.