Recommended Course Sequence
Certificate / Major: Dental Hygiene    
Department: Health Sciences    
Program Coordinator: Doni Bird, 527-4447    
 
First Semester  
Course Number Course Name/Description Units Semester(s) Offered
 DE 50 Introduction to the Dental Profession 2.0  Fall
 DE 51 Occupational Health & Safety 2.0  Fall
 DE 55A Introduction to Dental Radiology 2.0  Fall
 DH 70 Dental Anatomy & Tooth Morphology 3.0  Fall
 DH 71 Intro Comprehensive  Clinical Dental Hygiene 3.0  Fall
 DH 71.1 Medical Emergencies 1.0  Fall
       
       
Second Semester      
Course Number Course Name/Description Units Semester(s) Offered
 DH 72  Oral Health Education 2.0  Spring
 DH 73  Clinical Dental Hygiene 1 4.0  Spring
 DH 74  Head & Neck Anatomy, Histology & Embryology 3.0  Spring
 DH 75  Pharmacology for the Dental Hygienist 2.0  Spring
           
       
 DH 78  Local Anesthesia / Nitrous Oxide 1.0  Summer
 DH 77  Clinical Dental Hygiene Care II 2.0  Summer
Third Semester      
Course Number Course Name/Description Units Semester(s) Offered
 DH 76  Dental Materials for the Dental Hygienist 2.0  Fall
  DH 82  Advanced Clinical Dental Hygiene 7.0  Fall
 DH 80    Oral Pathology for the Dental Hygienist 2.0   Fall
 DH 79  Periodontics for the Dental Hygienist 2.0  Fall
 DH 81  Community Dental Health 2.0  Fall
       
       
       
Fourth Semester      
Course Number Course Name/Description Units Semester(s) Offered
 DH 83  Ethics & Jurisprudence & Practice Management 2.0  Spring
 DH 84  Advanced Clinical Dental Hygiene Care II 7.0  Spring
 DH 85  Advanced Periodontal Dental Hygiene Care 2.0  Spring
 DH 86  Integration of Dental Hygiene & Dentistry 2.0  Spring