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Entry-Level Bachelor of Science Program | Dental Hygiene Program Office of Admissions |
CORE COURSEWORK
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The following courses will be completed at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry via hybrid online learning (live and online), where both dental hygiene and dental faculty work with dental hygiene students in classroom, laboratory, clinic and community settings. These courses may be completed in either two years (as a full-time student) or three years (as a part-time student and includes the following courses and credits:
| JUNIOR YEAR COURSES | |
| General Pharmacology and Therapeutics | 3 credits |
| Head and Neck Anatomy | 3 credits |
| Management of the Special Patient | 2 credits |
| Methods and Materials in Dentistry | 2 credits |
| Microbiology | 1.5 credits |
| Oral Health Literacy and Communication | 1 credit |
| Oral Histology and Embryology | 1.5 credits |
| Oral Pathology | 3 credits |
| Oral Radiology I | 2 credits |
| Oral Radiology II | 2 credits |
| Periodontics for the Dental Hygienist I | 3 credits |
| Periodontics for the Dental Hygienist II | 2 credits |
| Prevention and Control I | 5 credits |
| Prevention and Control II | 5 credits |
| SENIOR YEAR Courses | |
| Advanced Clinical Practice I | 5 credits |
| Advanced Clinical Practice II | 5 credits |
| Community Oral Health | 3 credits |
| Community Service | 2 credits |
| Educational Program Development | 2 credits |
| Health Care Management | 2 credits |
| Introduction to Oral Health Research | 3 credits |
| Issues in Health Care Delivery | 2 credits |
| Perspectives of Dental Hygiene Practice | 3 credits |
| TOTAL OF 63 CREDITS OF CORE COURSEWORK | |
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