Program of Study
Leading to the Associate in Applied Science
(A.A.S.) Degree in Dental Hygiene
Credits
Liberal
Arts & Sciences
29.0
Dental
Hygiene
41.0
Total
for Degree
70.0
FIRST
YEAR
First
Semester
BIO
230 Anatomy
and Physiology I
4.0
CHE 110 Introduction
to Chemistry I (Lecture and
Laboratory)
4.0
DEN 110 Oral Anatomy
and Physiology (Lecture and
Laboratory)
2.0
DEN 111 Head and
Neck Anatomy
1.5
DEN 112Clinical
Dental Hygiene Practice I
2.0
ENG 110 Expository
Writing
3.0
Subtotal
16.5
Second
Semester
BIO
240 Anatomy
and Physiology II (Lecture
and Laboratory)
4.0
CHE
112 Organic
Chemistry
2.0
DEN
120 Clinical
Dental Hygiene Practice II
1.5
DEN 129 Clinic
I
3.0
DEN 121 Dental
Radiology I: Basic Concepts
(Lecture and Laboratory)
1.0
DEN 122 Oral Microbiology
(Lecture and Laboratory)
1.5
DEN 123 Oral Embryology
and Histology
1.5
ENG 111 Literature
and Composition
3.0
Subtotal
17.5
Summer
DEN 130Nutrition
2.0
DEN 131 Dental
Radiology II: Technique and
Interpretation (Lecture and
Laboratory)
2.0
DEN 132 Dental
Materials
2.0
CPR** Cardiopulmonary
Resuscitation
0.0
Subtotal
6.0
SECOND
YEAR
Third
Semester
DEN 219 Clinic II
4.0
DEN 210 General
and Oral Pathology
1.5
DEN 211 Periodontology
1.5
DEN 212 Dental
Health Education
1.5
DEN 213 Advanced
Clinical Dental Hygiene Practice
1.5
PSY
1032 Introduction
to Psychology
3.0
VPA 192 Fundamentals
of Public Speaking
3.0
Subtotal
16.0
Fourth
Trimester
DEN
229 Clinic
III
4.0
DEN
220 Community
Dental Health
1.5
DEN
221 Pharmacology
1.5
DEN
222 Dental
Specialties
1.0
DEN
223 Ethics,
Jurisprudence and Practice
Management
1.5
DEN
224 Senior
Seminar
1.5
SOC
1232 Introduction
to Sociology
3.0
Subtotal
14.0
Total
Credits for Degree
70.0*
* Students requiring remedial math will take MAT 1604 in lieu of ENG 110. This group of students will take ENG 110 the second semester of the freshman year.
** CPR – Considered part of the curriculum and taught as an eight-hour day seminar during the summer.
