Apply to Dental Hygiene

• High school diploma or GED
• Complete the online Dental Hygiene Program application by the deadline
• Complete all program prerequisites
• Minimum 3.0 in science prerequisite courses (no C-, D, or F grades accepted)
• Minimum 2.5 in non-science prerequisite courses (no C-, D, or F grades accepted)

Enrollment in the Dental Hygiene program is based on completion of the required courses with grades of “C” or better, submission of an online application and official transcripts submitted to the SCC Admissions and Records Office for out of District courses.

To be eligible for enrollment in the program, the student must meet the following criteria:

Science Courses*

With a cumulative minimum GPA of 3.0

• BIOL 430 Anatomy and Physiology
• BIOL 431 Anatomy and Physiology
• CHEM 305 Introduction to Chemistry and CHEM 306 Introduction to Chemistry
  or CHEM 309 Integrated General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry
• BIOL 440 General Microbiology

* All science courses have 7-year recency from enrollment eligibility.

Non-Science Courses

With a cumulative minimum GPA of 2.5

• NUTRI 300 Nutrition
• PSYC 300 General Principles
• COMM 301 Introduction to Public Speaking or COMM 331 Group Communication
• SOC 300 Introductory Sociology
• ENGWR 300 College Composition or ESLW 340 Advanced Composition**
• We now accept MATH 120, MATH 300 or MATH 333 or STAT 300 or STAT 480 or higher for enrollment eligibility**
• An Ethnic/Multicultural Studies class (classes falling under area VI of the Associate Degree General Education Requirements fulfill this requirement)

** Classes falling under area VI of the Associate Degree General Education Requirements fulfill this requirement.

• Check your classes on the Dental Hygiene Equivalency Course List because your prior coursework may count toward required classes for the Dental Hygiene program.
• If you don’t see your course from another institution on the Equivalency Chart, but believe it should be counted, complete a Course Substitution Petition and be sure to give yourself at least two weeks for processing. Once your petition is approved, an Official Transcript will need to be submitted to the Admission & Records Office prior to the application deadline.

• After April 1st, all applicants are placed in a lottery pool for selection. The Program director will verify that each applicant only has their name once in the pool.
  
  • Transition plan: A sunset list will be established for alternates 1-14 on the ranked waitlist. The sunset list will grant acceptance into the 2024-2026 cohort dependent upon submitting an application prior to April 1, 2024.
• The list of all applicants is given to the division dean, who randomizes the list by using a computer program. Dental faculty and/or staff are not involved in the randomization process.
• The randomized list is returned to the dental hygiene Program director. The foremost applicants on the list will be evaluated for eligibility by the Program director until 24 eligible applicants are identified. Once 24 eligible applicants are identified, offers of admission are emailed to the applicants by the Program director. Offers of admission are sent within 2-4 weeks of the application close date. Alternates are utilized when eligible applicants from the top 24 decline admission. Alternates are selected based upon their position on the randomized list. When an alternate is utilized the Program director will evaluate their application for eligibility. Eligible alternates will be notified using the email provided in their online application and have 24 hours to respond. If the alternate does not respond within the 24-hour period they will be no longer considered, and the next alternate will be contacted.
  • The Program director evaluates applications for eligibility, only for candidates being reviewed for admission into a cohort.
    
  • At any time, all applicants have the option to view Program eligibility requirements on the website and/or meet with a school counselor to obtain eligibility guidance.

Accepted students are required to provide documentation of:

• Ability to perform essential job-related functions of a dental hygienist
• Completed physical examination and immunizations
• TB test
• Completion of criminal background check
• 8-panel drug screening test
• Castlebrach online HIPPA and OSHA training
• SCC facilitates a required on-site CODA approved CPR course during the new student orientation the first week of June