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Curriculum:
Code:AAS.HP.DENTL
Degree: AAS
Program: Health Programs,  Dental Hygiene
Please see Page 29 of the current College Catalog [2009-2010] for further details regarding entrance requirements for Health Professions Programs.
Program Length: 24 months
Preadmission Test: Dental Admissions Exam
GPA for admissions eligibility: 2.50
High School prerequisite courses: Chemistry, with lab; Biology, with lab; Algebra
College substitutions: BIO-109; MAT-035; CHM-100
Application Deadline: March 1
Program Admits: Fall semester
Note: High School Biology is waived if College Biology, preferably BIO-109, is successfully completed. Eligible candidates are invited to sit for the Dental Hygiene Admissions Examination.
 
First Semester
BIO-104 Microbiology 4
BIO-109 Anatomy and Physiology I 4
DHY-101 Oral Hygiene I 3
DHY-108 Dental and Oral Anatomy and Physiology 2
DHY-109 Oral Embryology and Histology 2
WRT-101 English Composition I 3
Total: 18
 
Second Semester
BIO-209 Anatomy and Physiology II 4
DHY-201 Oral Hygiene II 3
DHY-205 Dental Radiology 3
DHY-207 General and Oral Pathology 3
WEX-101 Dynamics of Health and Fitness 2
WRT-201 English Composition II 3
Total: 18
 
Summer Session
CHM-110 Basic Biochemistry 4
DHY-200 Pharmacology for Dental Hygiene 2
Total: 6
 
Third Semester
DHY-202 Oral Hygiene III 4
DHY-204 Dental Materials 3
DHY-206 Community Oral Health 3
DHY-209 Periodontology I 1
Elective WEX... Dynanics of Health & Fitness Experience See footnote
1
Total: 12
Fourth Semester
COM-100 Speech Communication 3
DHY-203 Oral Hygiene IV 4
DHY-214 Nutrition in Dental Health 2
DHY-219 Periodontology II 1
PSY-101 General Psychology 3
SOC-101 Sociology 3
Elective Humanities Elective See footnote
3
Total: 19
  Degree Total Credits: 73  
See footnote General Education Elective.
NOTE: Students enrolled in this program ARE REQUIRED to successfully complete a course in basic algebra if indicated by the Basic Skills Placement Test before entering the Dental Hygiene program.
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