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Dental Hygiene

Dental Hygiene Associate Degree (Major Code: DH13)

Credential: Associate of Applied Science
Campus Location: Athens

Curriculum Outline

General Education

Area I: Language Arts and Communications

ENGL 1101Composition and Rhetoric

3
SPCH 1101Public Speaking

3
Total Credit Hours:6

Area II: Social and Behavioral Sciences

PSYC 1101Introductory Psychology

3
SOCI 1101Introduction to Sociology

3
Total Credit Hours:6

Area III: Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Students must choose one of the following courses:
MATH 1101Mathematical Modeling

3
MATH 1111College Algebra

3
Total Credit Hours:3

Students must choose one lecture/lab course grouping from the following list:
CHEM 1151Survey of Inorganic Chemistry

3
AND
CHEM 1151LSurvey of Inorganic Chemistry Lab

1
CHEM 1211Chemistry I

3
AND
CHEM 1211LChemistry I Lab

1
Total Credit Hours:4

Area IV: Humanities and Fine Arts

Students must choose one of the following courses:

ARTS 1101Art Appreciation

3
ENGL 2110World Literature

3
ENGL 2130American Literature

3
ENGL 2310English Literature from the Beginnings to 1700

3
HUMN 1101Introduction to Humanities

3
MUSC 1101Music Appreciation

3
MUSC 2040History of Popular Music

3
THEA 1101Theater Appreciation

3
Total Credit Hours:3

College Requirement

FSSE 1000First Semester Seminar

3
Total Credit Hours:3

Dental Hygiene Core

BIOL 2113Anatomy and Physiology I

3
BIOL 2113LAnatomy and Physiology I Lab

1
BIOL 2114Anatomy and Physiology II

3
BIOL 2114LAnatomy and Physiology II Lab

1
BIOL 2117Introductory Microbiology

3
BIOL 2117LIntroductory Microbiology Lab

1
Total Credit Hours:12

Dental Hygiene Major

DHYG 1000Tooth Anatomy and Root Morphology

2
DHYG 1010Oral Embryology and Histology

1
DHYG 1020Head and Neck Anatomy

2
DHYG 1030Dental Materials

2
DHYG 1040Preclinical Dental Hygiene Lecture

2
DHYG 1050Preclinical Dental Hygiene Lab

2
DHYG 1070Radiology Lecture

2
DHYG 1090Radiology Lab

1
DHYG 1110Clinical Dental Hygiene I

2
DHYG 1111Clinical Dental Hygiene I Lab

3
DHYG 1206Pharmacology and Pain Control

3
DHYG 2010Clinical Dental Hygiene II

2
DHYG 2020Clinical Dental Hygiene II Lab

2
DHYG 2050General and Oral Pathology/Pathophysiology

3
DHYG 2070Community Dental Health

3
DHYG 2080Clinical Dental Hygiene III

2
DHYG 2090Clinical Dental Hygiene III Lab

4
DHYG 2110Biochemistry and Nutrition Fundamentals for the Dental Hygienist

2
DHYG 2130Clinical Dental Hygiene IV

2
DHYG 2140Clinical Dental Hygiene IV Lab

4
DHYG 2200Periodontology

3
Total Credit Hours:49
Students must pass all courses with grades of C or higher.

Total Credit Hours: 86