Dental Hygiene Curriculum

First Semester

Course Units
DH 310 Preventive Dentistry I 2
DH 311 Infection Control and Dental Office Emergencies 2
DH 312 Dental Hygiene Radiology 2
DH 315 Dental Hygiene Clinical Sciences I 2
DH 315C Pre-Clinical Dental Hygiene I 2
DH 316 Head & Neck Anatomy 2
DH 319 Dental Embryology, Histology, & Anatomy 2

Second Semester

Course Units
DH 320 Preventive Dentistry II 2
DH 325 Dental Hygiene Clinical Sciences II 2
DH 325C Clinical Dental Hygiene II 3
DH 326 General and Oral Pathology 3
DH 328 Management of Pain 3
DH 329 Applied Periodontics 2
PHAR 327 Principles of Pharmacology 3

Summer

Course Units
DH 350C Clinical Dental Hygiene IA 1
COMM 320 Intercultural Communication 3

Third Semester

Course Units
DH 432L Dental Materials and Expanded Function Laboratory 3
DH 434 Dental Care for Patients with Special Needs 2
DH 435 Dental Hygiene Clinical Sciences III 2
DH 435C Clinical Dental Hygiene III 4
DH 438L Community Outreach I 2
DH 439 Biostats and Research Methodology 2

Fourth Semester

Course Units
DH 444 Ethics, Law and Practice Management 2
DH 445 Dental Hygiene Clinical Sciences IV 2
DH 445C Clinical Dental Hygiene IV 4
DH 448L Community Outreach II 2
DH 449 Principles of Community Oral Health 2
PSY 410 Advanced Statistics 4
Total Major Coursework 66