Curriculum

First Year

Fall Semester                                Hours
 BMS 3065     Head and Neck Anatomy              2
 DENHY 3000   Dental Morphology and Occlusion    2
 DENHY 3020   Dental Radiology                   2
 DENHY 3080   Introduction to the Practice
                of Dental Hygiene                4
 DENHY 3080L  Pre-clinical Dental Hygiene        2
 DENHY 3320   Oral Health Education              2
 LSPHSL 3070  Oral Physiology                    3
Total                                           17

Spring Semester                              
 DENHY 3210   Applied Biochemistry               2
 DENHY 3200   Histology and Pathology            3
 DENHY 3220   Dental Biomaterials                2
 DENHY 3280C  Dental Hygiene Clinic I            3
 DENHY 3285   Seminar in Dental Hygiene I        2
 DENHY 3260   Principles of Periodontics         3
Total                                           16

Second Year

Summer Term                                  Hours 
 DENHY 4020   Local Anesthesia                   3
 DENHY 4060C  Dental Hygiene Clinic II           2
 DENHY 4065   Seminar in Dental Hygiene II       1
 DENHY 3340   Principles of Public Health        2
Total                                            8

Fall Semester                                
 DENHY 4080   Introduction to Research Design    2
 DENHY 4100   Pharmacology                       3
 LSBIOC 3240  Applied Nutrition                  3
 DENHY 4120C  Dental Hygiene Clinic III          4
 DENHY 4120   Seminar in Dental Hygiene III      2
 DENHY 4220   Community Oral Health
                Field Exp.                       2
 DENHY 4240   Ethics                             1
Total                                        15-18

Spring Semester                              
 DENHY 4210   Practice Management & Juris        3 
 DENHY 4220   Community Oral Health
                Field Exp.                       2
 DENHY 4260   Senior Seminar                     2
 DENHY 4260C  Dental Hygiene Clinic IV           4
 Electives (Select one)
  DENHY 4380  Research Practicum               2-4
  DENHY 4340  Community Dentistry Practicum    2-4
  DENHY 4320  Special Patient Care Practicum   2-4
  DENHY 4350  Perio Co-therapy Practicum       1-4
  DENHY 4660  Independent Study                1-4
  DENHY 4330  Oncology Practicum               1-4
Total                                        12-15

Total Hours                                  70-73

The Division of Dental Hygiene reserves the privilege of making changes and improvements in course sequence and content to assure the best dental hygiene education for its students.