2023-2024 College Catalog

Dental Hygiene AAS

Dental Hygiene AAS (Major Code: DH13) 

Program Description

Programmatic Accreditation

Career Information

Admission Requirements

Blood and Airborne Pathogens

Program Contact Information

Program Length and Cost

Required Courses

 
ENGL 1101Composition and Rhetoric

3

And

SPCH 1101Public Speaking

3

PSYC 1101Introductory Psychology

3

And

SOCI 1101Introduction to Sociology

3

Select one of the following Math Courses

MATH 1111College Algebra

3

Or

MATH 1101Mathematical Modeling

3

Or

MATH 1103Quantitative Skills and Reasoning

3

CHEM 1211Chemistry I

3

And

CHEM 1211LChemistry Lab I

1

Or

CHEM 1151Survey of Inorganic Chemistry

3

And

CHEM 1151LSurvey of Inorganic Chemistry Lab

1

BIOL 2117Introductory Microbiology

3

BIOL 2117LIntroductory Microbiology Lab

1

XXXX xxxxHumanities-Fine Arts Elective

3

 
BIOL 2113Anatomy and Physiology I

3

BIOL 2113LAnatomy and Physiology Lab I

1

BIOL 2114Anatomy and Physiology II

3

BIOL 2114LAnatomy and Physiology Lab II

1

COMP 1000Introduction to Computer Literacy

3

DHYG 1000Tooth Anatomy and Root Morphology

2

DHYG 1010Oral Embryology and Histology

1

DHYG 1020Head and Neck Anatomy

2

DHYG 1030Dental Materials

2

DHYG 1040Preclinical Dental Hygiene Lecture

2

DHYG 1050Preclinical Dental Hygiene Lab

2

DHYG 1070Radiology Lecture

2

DHYG 1090Radiology Lab

1

DHYG 1110Clinical Dental Hygiene I Lecture

2

DHYG 1111Clinical Dental Hygiene I Lab

3

DHYG 1206Pharmacology and Pain Control

3

DHYG 2010Clinical Dental Hygiene II Lecture

2

DHYG 2020Clinical Dental Hygiene II Lab

2

DHYG 2050General and Oral Pathology/Pathophysiology

3

DHYG 2070Community Dental Health

3

DHYG 2080Clinical Dental Hygiene III Lecture

2

DHYG 2090Clinical Dental Hygiene III Lab

4

DHYG 2110Biochemistry and Nutrition Fundamentals for the Dental Hygienist

2

DHYG 2130Clinical Dental Hygiene IV Lecture

2

DHYG 2140Clinical Dental Hygiene IV Lab

4

DHYG 2200Periodontology

3

Program Outcomes