Dental Hygiene Curriculum

General Required Courses (34 semester hours) 

                             

ORI 101*

Orientation to College  

1  

ENG 101

English Composition

3

SPH 106

Fundamentals of Oral Communications

3

CHM 104

Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry

4

BIO 201, 202

Human Anatomy and Physiology I & II

8

BIO 220

General Microbiology

4

MTH 116 

Mathematical Applications

3

PSY 200

General Psychology

3

SOC 200

Introduction to Sociology

3

HUM

Humanities or Fine Arts Elective

3  

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*Orientation to College is a college requirement. You are exempt from orientation if you are a transfer student with a minimum of 12 semester hours of college work or if you were enrolled at Wallace State Community College before Fall 2004. Orientation 103 is required for any student who places in a remedial level course.

Major Required Courses  (44 semester hours)
 

DHY 100

Pre-Clinical Dental Hygiene

2

DHY 101

Dental Hygiene Theory I

3

DHY 102

Dental Materials

2

DHY 103

Dental Radiology

3

DHY 111

Clinical Dental Hygiene I

2

DHY 112

Dental Hygiene Theory II

2

DHY 113

Dental Anatomy, Histology & Embryology

2

DHY 114

Anatomy, Embryology & Histology of the Head & Neck

2

DHY 115

Nutrition for Dental Hygiene

2

DHY 116

Periodontology

3

DHY 202

Clinical Dental Hygiene II

3

DHY 203

Dental Hygiene Theory III

2

DHY 204

General and Oral Pathology

2

DHY 213

Clinical Dental Hygiene III

3

DHY 214

Dental Hygiene Theory IV

2

DHY 215

Pharmacology/Medical Emergencies

2

DHY 216

Community Dental Health

2

DHY 224

Clinical Dental Hygiene IV

3

DHY 225  

Dental Hygiene Theory IV

2  

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