Dental Hygiene - AAS to BS Dental Hygiene Online Completion, BS

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The AAS-BSDH online completion program is designed for students who have completed an associate degree in dental hygiene from an accredited dental hygiene program and desire to advance their education toward a baccalaureate degree.

Admission Requirements

Complete all university admission requirements including submission of official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended.
Submit official transcript showing completion of an associate degree in dental hygiene from a CODA accredited program.
Have a minimum 2.50 cumulative GPA for all college coursework (including transfer work and excluding developmental courses) and be in good academic standing.
Complete prerequisite courses for the program with a minimum grade of C or higher in each course prior to fall or spring entry.
Have a current unencumbered dental hygiene license with a local anesthesia permit in their state of residence that must be maintained throughout the completion of the AASBSDH program.

Application

Students who meet the above criteria are eligible to apply for admission. Applications can be found online and must be submitted by the date as determined by the program.

Pre-Program Requirements:

English Composition Credit Hours: 6 ¹
Speech Credit Hours: 3 ¹
Mathematics Credit Hours: 3 ¹
Lab Science Credit Hours: 16 ^{1 & 5}
Social Sciences Credit Hours: 6 ¹
Computer requirement Credit Hours: 2 ³
Dental hygiene credit for licensure held in escrow Credit Hours: 52 ⁶

88 Total Pre-Program Hours

Suggested Program Completion Plan For Spring Admission

Spring Semester - 14 Hours

DHYG 45402 - Public Health Dentistry Credit Hours: 2 ^{2 & 4}
ENGL 32053 - Textual Research Methods Credit Hours: 3 ²
MCOM 22203 - Communication Theory Credit Hours: 3 ²
MATH 21003 - Probability And Statistics I Credit Hours: 3 ²
Fine Arts requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹

Summer - 3 Hours

History/Government requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹

Fall Semester - 15 Hours

DHYG 41402 - Advanced Dental Hygiene Theory For Special Needs Patients Credit Hours: 2 ^{2 & 4}
HEAL 41003 - Research In The Health Sciences Credit Hours: 3 ^{2 & 4}
PSYC 21003 - Developmental Psychology: A Life Span Credit Hours: 3 ²
SPAN 10103 - Beginning Spanish I Credit Hours: 4 ²
Humanities requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹

120 Total Hours

Suggested Program Completion Plan For Fall Admission

Fall Semester - 15 Hours

DHYG 41402 - Advanced Dental Hygiene Theory For Special Needs Patients Credit Hours: 2 ^{2 & 4}
ENGL 32053 - Textual Research Methods Credit Hours: 3 ²
SPAN 10103 - Beginning Spanish I Credit Hours: 4 ²
MCOM 22203 - Communication Theory Credit Hours: 3 ²
MATH 21003 - Probability And Statistics I Credit Hours: 3 ²

Spring Semester - 14 Hours

DHYG 45402 - Public Health Dentistry Credit Hours: 2 ^{2 & 4}
HEAL 41003 - Research In The Health Sciences Credit Hours: 3 ^{2 & 4}
PSYC 21003 - Developmental Psychology: A Life Span Credit Hours: 3 ²
Fine Arts requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹
Humanities requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹

Summer - 3 Hours

History/Government requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹

120 Total Hours

At least 40 hours must be upper level

Notes

General Education Core Requirements, see General Education Core requirements of catalog, with the following stipulations: mathematics - MATH 11003 or mathematics with MATH 11003 as a prerequisite; lab science, 16 hours - BIOL 24003 /BIOL 24001 , BIOL 24103 /BIOL 24101 , BIOL 20003 /BIOL 20001 , and CHEM 10003 /CHEM 10001 are required; social sciences, six hours - PSYC 11003 and SOCI 10103 are required.
These courses are used to determine major GPA, see Graduation Requirements section of this catalog.
ITA requirement, two hours. Select from CPSI 11031 , CPSI 12001 , or CPSI 12531 .
Enrollment in courses beginning with the DHYG or HLTH prefix requires admission to the dental hygiene program orthe dental hygiene online completion program.
Science courses taken more than five years prior to program application may not be eligible. See advisor for more information and to request a science course evaluation.
Credit for dental hygiene licensure will be held in escrow. The student will receive credit for the following courses upon successful completion of the program: DHYG 21101 - Dental Anatomy And Occlusion , DHYG 23103 - Radiology , DHYG 24302 - Head And Neck Anatomy , DHYG 31002 - Pre-Clinical Dental Hygiene , DHYG 31033 - Pre-Clinical Dental Hygiene Theory , DHYG 34102 - Oral Embryology And Histology , DHYG 31103 - Clinic I Theory , DHYG 32102 - Periodontology I , DHYG 32133 - Dental Hygiene Clinic I , DHYG 34403 - Pharmacology , DHYG 34503 , DHYG 41202 - Clinic II Theory , DHYG 41302 - Clinic III Theory , DHYG 42204 - Dental Hygiene Clinic II , DHYG 42304 - Dental Hygiene Clinic III , DHYG 43101 - Periodontology II , DHYG 43702 - Dental Nutrition , DHYG 44603 - Dental Materials , DHYG 45102 - Local Anesthesia And Nitrous Oxide , DHYG 45202 - Ethics And Practice Management , and DHYG 45303 - Community Dentistry And Dental Health Education .

A grade of C or better is required in ALL courses applicable to this program.

Prior to graduation students must demonstrate competency in financial literacy by satisfactory completion of FINN 15201 - Personal Finance Applications (or an approved substitution) with a grade of C or better, or by a score of 70% or more on a challenge exam for FINN 15201 .