2015-2016 Catalog

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Dental Hygiene, AAS

(AAS_DNHY degree offered at LSC-Kingwood)

Prerequisite Semester

CHEM 1405 - Introductory Chemistry 4 Credits
ENGL 1301 - Composition and Rhetoric I 3 Credits
BIOL 2401 - Human Anatomy & Physiology I 4 Credits
SOCI 1301 - Principles of Sociology 3 Credits

First Year

First Semester

BIOL 2402 - Human Anatomy & Physiology II 4 Credits
DHYG 1201 - Orofacial Anatomy, Histology and Embryology 2 Credits
DHYG 1431 - Preclinical Dental Hygiene 4 Credits
DHYG 1203 - Preventive Dental Hygiene I 2 Credits
DHYG 1304 - Dental Radiology 3 Credits

Second Semester

BIOL 2420 - Medical Microbiology 4 Credits
DHYG 1260 - Clinical Dental Hygiene/Hygienist I 2 Credits
DHYG 1207 - General and Dental Nutrition 2 Credits
DHYG 2201 - Dental Hygiene Care I 2 Credits
PSYC 2301 - General Psychology 3 Credits
DHYG 1235 - Pharmacology for the Dental Hygienist 2 Credits

Third Semester

DHYG 1219 - Dental Materials 2 Credits
DHYG 1160 - Clinical Dental Hygiene/Hygienist II 1 Credits

Second Year

First Semester

DHYG 2231 - Dental Hygiene Care II 2 Credits
DHYG 2362 - Clinical Dental Hygiene/Hygienist III 3 Credits
DHYG 1239 - General and Oral Pathology 2 Credits
SPCH 1318 - Interpersonal Communication 3 Credits
DHYG 1211 - Periodontology 2 Credits

Second Semester

PHIL 2306 - Introduction to Ethics 3 Credits
DHYG 1215 - Community Dentistry 2 Credits
DHYG 2153 - Dental Hygiene Practice 1 Credits
DHYG 2363 - Clinical Dental Hygiene/Hygienist IV 3 Credits ¹

Total Credit Hours 68

Note: Students must meet math competency (MATH 0309 /MATH 0310 or higher)

¹ Capstone course

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