The School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences

DENTAL HYGIENE

I. General Education Requirements —33 credits

A. Curriculum Area I - Arts & Humanities —9 credits

Course No. Title 
ENGL 203 Speech —3
Two courses from any of the following disciplines —6

ARTS: ARTS 101, MUSI 100, MUSI 101, MUSI 109, MUSI 310H

HISTORY: HIST 201, HIST 202, HIST 333, HIST 334, HIST 341, 

HIST 360

LANGUAGES: FREN 101 and FREN 102, GERM 101 and GERM 102, SPAN 101 and SPAN 102

LITERATURE: ENGL 211, ENGL 212, ENGL 315 or ENGL 315H,

ENGL 324, ENGL 360, ENGL 403

B. Curriculum Area II - Social and Behavorial Sciences —6 credits

Course No. Title 
SOCI 101 Introduction to Sociology —3
PSYC 200 Introduction to Psychology I —3

C. Curriculum Area III - Biological and Physical Sciences 8 credits

Course No. Title 
CHEM 101 General Chemistry— 4
CHEM 102 General Chemistry II —4

D. Curriculum Area IV - Mathematics —3 credits

Course No. Title 
MATH 109 College Algebra —3

E. Curriculum Area V - English Composition —6 credits

Course No. Title 
ENGL 101 Basic Composition I —3
ENGL 102 Basic Composition II —3

F. Curriculum Area VI — Emerging Issues —1 credit

DNSC 100 First Year Experience Seminar —1

II. Dental Hygiene Core Requirements

Course No. Title Credits
BIOL 111 Principles of Biology I —3
BIOL 113 Principles of Biology I Laboratory —1
BIOL 231 Human Anatomy & Physiology I —4
BIOL 232 Human Anatomy & Physiology II —4
BIOL 301 Microbiology —4

Total —16

III. Supportive Core Requirements

Course No. Title Credits
CHEM 331 Elementary Organic Chemistry —4
HUEC 210 Elements of Nutrition or
HUEC 331 Human Nutrition —3
MATH 210 Elementary Statistics —3

Total —10

IV. Electives —6 Credits

Select from: Psychology, Economics, Political Science, Computer Science/Data Processing  —6

TOTAL PROGRAM REQUIRED CREDITS —65

  DENTAL HYGIENE

Recommended Course Sequence

BIOL 111Principles of Biology I — 3
BIOL113 Principles of Biology I Laboratory — 1
CHEM 101 General Chemistry I — 3
CHEM 103 General Chemistry I Lab — 1
ENGL101 Basic Composition I — 3
MATH 109 College Algebra — 3
DNSC 100 First Year Experience Seminar — 1

Total — 15

ENGL 102 Basic Composition II — 3
CHEM 102 General Chemistry II — 3
CHEM 104 General Chemistry II Lab — 1
MATH210 Elementary Statistics — 3
SOCI101 Introduction to Sociology — 3
CURR. Area I Elective — 3

Total — 16

BIOL 231 Human Anatomy and Physiology I — 4
BIOL 301 Microbiology — 4
PSYC200 Introduction to Psychology — 3
SOCI Elective — 3
CURR. Area I Elective — 3

Total — 17

BIOL232 Human Anatomy & Physiology II — 4
CHEM331 Elementary Organic Chemistry — 4
ENGL203Fundamentals of Contemp. Speech — 3
HUEC 331 Human Nutrition or  
HUEC 210 Elements of Nutrition — 3
SOCI Elective — 3

Total — 17

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