The general education courses include: English 151, Psychology 201, Communications 101, Sociology 201 and a Creative thinking elective.

Basic science courses include: Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, Microbiology

Dental Hygiene courses include: Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office, Oral Anatomy, Histology, Radiography, Periodontics, Pharmacology, Oral Pathology, Dental Materials, Community Dentistry I and II, Nutrition, Pre-clinical Dental Hygiene, Pain Control, Clinical Dental Hygiene, and Clinical Dental Hygiene Theory.

Students must maintain a 2.00 grade point average and achieve a “C” or better in all basic science courses and dental hygiene courses. Students with previous college courses of C or better may be able to transfer those credit hours into the program.

The five semester sequence of courses required looks like this:

Semester I			Semester II
Human Anatomy - BIOL 201	4		Human Physiology - BIOL 202	4
Oral Anatomy - DEHY 114	3		Clinic - DEHY 111	3
Pre-Clinic - DEHY 110	6		Radiography - DEHY 123	3
Medical Emergency - DEHY 112	2		Microbiology - BIOL 205	4
Community Dentistry I - DEHY 130	1		English - ENGL 151	3
Chemistry - CHEM 100	4
Total Credit Hours	20			17
Summer Semester III (required)
Clinic - DEHY 121	2
Dental Materials - DEHY 135	2
Histology - DEHY 143	2
Total Credit Hours	6
Semester IV			Semester V
Clinic - DEHY 231	5		Clinic - DEHY 241	5
Oral Pathology - DEHY 222	2		Community Dentistry II - DEHY 232	2
Nutrition - DEHY 233	2		Pain Control - DEHY 244	2
Pharmacology - DEHY 234	2		Sociology - SOCI 201	3
Periodontics - DEHY 242	2		Psychology - PSYC 201	3
Communications - COMM 101	3		Creativity Elective	3
Total Credit Hours	16			18
Total Program Credit Hours				77