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Dental Hygiene
Curriculum

The curriculum is broad-based in didactic study and supported by laboratory and clinical instruction. It is a 72-semester credit hour degree plan that begins during the fall each year.

The student is awarded an Associate of Applied Science Degree upon successful completion of the program and is eligible to take national, regional and state examinations.

ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE DEGREE
Dental Hygiene

PREREQUISITES
Lec.
Hrs.		 Lab
Hrs.		 Ext
Hrs.		 Cont.
Hrs.		 Cred.
Hrs.
CHEM 1405 Introductory to College Chemistry 3 3 0 96 4
BIOL 2421 Microbiology 3 3 0 96 4
BIOL 2401Human Anatomy/Physiology I 3 3 0 96 4
BIOL 2402 Human Anatomy/Physiology II 3 3 0 96 4
MATH Competency Demonstration
Total		 12 12 0 384 16
FIRST YEAR
Summer Semester
DHYG 1327 Preventive Dental Hygiene Care 3 1 0 64 3
DHYG 1301 Orofacial Anatomy, Histology & Embryology 2 4 0 96 3
Total 5 5 0 160 6
Fall Semester
DHYG 1431 Pre-clinical Dental Hygiene 2 8 0 160 4
DHYG 1304Dental Radiology 2 4 0 96 3
DHYG 2201 Contemporary Dental Hygiene Care I 2 0 0 32 2
ENGL 1301 Composition I 3 0 0 48 3
Total 9 10 0 304 12
Spring Semester
DHYG 1311Periodontology 3 1 0 64 3
DHYG 1260 Clinical-Dental Hygienist I 0 0 12 192 2
DHYG 1207 General and Dental Nutrition 2 0 0 32 2
DHYG 2231 Contemporary Dental Hygiene Care II 2 0 0 32 2
PSYC 2301 General Psychology 3 0 0 48 3
Total 10 1 12 368 12
Summer
DHYG 1235 Pharmacology for the Dental Hygienist 2 0 0 32 2
DHYG 1219Dental Materials (8 week course) 1 4 0 80 2
Total 3 4 0 112 4
SECOND YEAR
Fall Semester
DHYG 2361 Clinical-Dental Hygienist II 0 0 16 256 3
DHYG 1315 Community Dentistry 3 1 0 64 3
DHYG 1239 General and Oral Pathology 2 0 0 32 2
SOCI 1301 Introduction to Sociology 3 0 0 48 3
ENGL 2311 Tech. & Busi. Writing or
ENGL 1302 Comp. II 		3 0 0 48 3
SPCH 1311, 1315, 1318, or 1321 3
Total 11 1 16 448 14
Spring Semester
DHYG 2262 Clinical-Dental Hygienist III 0 0 12 192 2
DHYG 1123Dental Hygiene Practice 1 0 0 16 1
DHYG 1291 Special Topics in Dental Hygiene 1 4 0 80 2
Elective Fine Arts/Humanities 3 0 0 48 3
Total 5 4 12 336 8
General Academic Total 624 31
Dental Hygiene Total 1488 41
Total 2112 72

REQUIREMENTS FOR ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE DEGREE IN DENTAL HYGIENE

To graduate with a Temple College Associate of Applied Science degree in Dental Hygiene, the following requirements must be met:
  1. Six semester hours of English: ENGL 1301 and 2311. ENGL 1302 may be used instead of ENGL 2311 if the student also takes three hours of speech: SPCH 1311, 1321, 1318, or 1315.
  2. Eight semester hours of human anatomy and physiology: BIOL 2401 and 2402; four semester hours of chemistry: CHEM 1305 and 1105; and four semester hours of microbiology: BIOL 2421.
  3. Six semester hours in social and behavioral sciences: PSYC 2301 and SOCI 1301.
  4. Three semester hours in fine arts or humanities to be selected from the disciplines of art, history, literature, music, speech (excluding SPCH 1311, 1321, 1318, and 1315), and theater. Students may select one course of three semester hours credit or several courses totaling three semester hours credit.
  5. At least 72 semester hours of course credit, exclusive of all 0000-level courses.
  6. Included in the 72 semester hours of course work must be all of the required dental hygiene courses for a total of 41 hours credit.
  7. The student must be enrolled in Temple College during the semester of her/his graduation.
  8. The student must have completed the last 15 semester hours of the work toward graduation at Temple College or have earned a total of 30 semester hours of TC work applicable toward the graduation requirements.
  9. For any variation from the above prescribed requirements to be counted toward graduation, a written statement to this effect, signed by the Dental Hygiene Department Chairperson and the Vice President of Educational Services must be on file in the student’s record folder.