Dental Hygiene Program Details

Eligibility Updates

Selection Process

• 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.

Recency Requirement

• 7-year recency on science courses:
  • BIOL 430 and 431, Anatomy and Physiology
  • BIOL 440, General Microbiology
  • CHEM 305 and CHEM 306 or CHEM 309
• Once students meet enrollment eligibility the 7-year science recency maintains in affect as long as students continue to reapply consecutive years.

Online Science Lab Info

Science labs Summer 2022 and forward must have a face-to-face lab.  The lecture portion of science courses may be online.

During the COVID-19 campus closures, we were able to accept online science labs because a waiver was temporarily approved. The waiver ended May 2022.

Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Score for Enrollment Eligibility

Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Score Exemption may ONLY be accepted in lieu of these courses:

• ENGWR 300 College Composition or ESLW 340 Advanced Composition
  
• MATH 120 or MATH 300 or MATH 333 or STAT 300 or STAT 480 or higher