Prerequisite Courses
All 57 prerequisite credits must be completed by end of the spring semester prior to fall enrollment. The following required courses may be completed at any regionally accredited U.S. college or university. To be considered for admission, students should have completed the majority of the prerequisite courses, including a minimum of 16 credits of the science courses (20 credits is highly recommended), by the end of December prior to the academic year for which they are applying. Please note that students are required to earn at least a C grade in all prerequisite courses. No grades lower than C will be accepted.
The Dental Hygiene Program will accept general credit by AP examination in the areas of non-science courses such as sociology, psychology, humanities, social sciences and English only if it appears on an official transcript.
All sciences courses must be completed within 7 years of application to the Bachelor of Science Program.
The Dental Hygiene Admissions Committee recommends using ARTSYS to ensure you have fulfilled the necessary prerequisites.
| Science Courses | |
| (All science courses must have been completed within 7 years of application to the program.) | |
| Anatomy / Physiology I & II with labs | 8 credits |
| General Biology with lab | 4 credits |
| Inorganic or General Chemistry with lab | 4 credits |
| Microbiology with lab | 4 credits |
| Organic Chemistry with lab | 4 credits |
| Non-Science Courses | |
| Basic Statistics | 3 credits |
| Technical Writing | 3 credits |
| English Composition | 6 credits |
| Humanities (This course can be taken in the categories of literature, philosophy, foreign languages, music and art appreciation, fine arts, math, particular education courses and history. Course must be academic, non-studio courses. Physical Education courses are not transferable.) | 3 credits |
| Introduction to Psychology | 3 credits |
| Introduction to Sociology | 3 credits |
| Principles of Nutrition* | 3 credits |
| Public Speaking | 3 credits |
| Social Sciences (Social science electives can be taken in the categories of psychology and sociology (other than the required introductory course), anthropology, political science, economics, Cultural Studies, Woman's Studies, geography, business management, religion, information systems (not keyboarding courses) and education, Introduction to Computers (academic course) is often a General Education Requirement for college freshman and would be acceptable as a social science elective.) | 6 credits |
| TOTAL OF 57 CREDITS OF REQUIRED COURSEWORK | |