Dental Hygiene Program Details

Eligibility Updates

A reduced cohort will be accepted for the 2023-2025 cohort in response to the Pandemic. We will accept 14 students instead of 24.

Enrollment Eligibility

• DHYG 100 has been removed from enrollment eligibility.
• We now accept ESLWR 340 for enrollment eligibility.
• We now accept MATH 120, MATH 300 or MATH 333 or STAT 300 or STAT 480 or higher for enrollment eligibility.

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 and are on the waitlist, the recency requirement will not continue during reapplication years.
• Recency will not apply to students already on the waitlist.
• Implementing change for 2023-2025 cohort.

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