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Twin Cities Campus
Dental Hygiene B.S.Dent Dean, Office of the
School of Dentistry
Within the University's liberal arts curriculum, the baccalaureate program provides advanced knowledge and practice in both general university courses and dental hygiene theory and research methodology. It prepares the dental hygienist to assume roles in many different health care environments such as general and specialty practices, public schools, community health clinics, insurance companies, dental hygiene educational programs, extended care facilities, and in the health products industry.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Admission Requirements
Students must complete
33 credits
before admission to the program.
Freshmen are usually admitted to pre-major status
before admission to this major.
All prerequisite courses must be taken A-F. Biology and chemistry must be taken within five years of entry into the program and one or the other must be completed prior to application so grades are on the transcript submitted at the time of application. In addition, applicants are strongly encouraged to have completed composition and psychology and/or sociology prior to application so grades are on the transcript submitted at the time of application.
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the
Office of Admissions
website.
General Requirements
All students in baccalaureate degree programs are required to complete general University and college requirements including writing and liberal education courses. For more information about University-wide requirements, see the
liberal education requirements.
Required courses for the major, minor or certificate in which a student receives a D grade (with or without plus or minus) do not count toward the major, minor or certificate (including transfer courses).
Program Requirements
Year Two Fall Courses
BIOC 2011 - Biochemistry for the Agricultural and Health Sciences
(3.0 cr)
DH 2111 - Dental Anatomy, Embryology & Histology
(3.0 cr)
DH 2121 - Process of Care in Allied Dental Health: Clinical Application I
(5.0 cr)
DH 2132 - Head and Neck Anatomy
(2.0 cr)
MICB 3303 - Biology of Microorganisms (without laboratory)
(3.0 cr)
Year Two Spring Courses
DH 2212 - Communication for Oral Health Providers
(2.0 cr)
DH 2215 {Inactive}
(2.0 cr)
DH 2221W - Periodontology
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
DH 2222 - Process of Care in Allied Dental Health: Clinical Application II
(4.0 cr)
DH 3151 - Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
(2.0 cr)
DH 2231 - Cariology and Applied Nutrition in Allied Dental Health
(3.0 cr)
Year Two Summer Courses
DH 3125 - General and Oral Pathology
(2.0 cr)
DH 3121 - Local Anesthesia and Pain Management
(2.0 cr)
DH 3126 {Inactive}
(0.0 cr)
DH 3123 - Process of Care in Allied Dental Health: Clinical Application III
(4.0 cr)
DH 3133 - Pharmacology
(2.0 cr)
DH 3134 - Pediatric Dentistry
(1.0 cr)
Year Three Fall Courses
DH 3211 - Biomaterials and Principles of Restorative Techniques I
(4.0 cr)
DH 3224W - Process of Care in Allied Dental Health: Clinical Application IV
[WI]
(6.0 cr)
DH 3227 {Inactive}
(0.0 cr)
DH 3238 - Dental Public Health and Academic Service Learning I
(3.0 cr)
DH 3228 - Ethics and Jurisprudence in Allied Dental Health
(1.0 cr)
STAT 1001 - Introduction to the Ideas of Statistics
[MATH]
(4.0 cr)
Year Three Spring Courses
DH 4125W - Process of Care in Allied Dental Health: Clinical Application V
[DSJ, WI]
(6.0 cr)
DH 4128 {Inactive}
(0.0 cr)
DH 4135W - Research Methods in Allied Dental Health
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
DH 4136 - Periodontology III Lecture
(1.0 cr)
DH 4139 - Dental Public Health and Academic Service Learning II
(2.0 cr)
WRIT 3562W - Technical and Professional Writing
[WI]
(4.0 cr)
DH 4130 {Inactive}
(2.0 cr)
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Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Biol 1009/Biol 1009H |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | PSTL 1281/Psy 1001/Psy 1001H |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Chem 1011/Chem 1015 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 1.0 [max 1.0] |
Prerequisites: | [1015 or &1015], %; credit will not be granted if credit received for: 1011; CHEM 1017 is a 1-credit lab-only course. This course is not intended for students who are planning to take CHEM 1061/1065. Intended only for students who need the course to fulfill the Physical Science/Lab requirement, and are taking CHEM 1015 either concurrently or consecutively. This course will NOT fulfill the Physical Science/Lab core requirement, unless CHEM 1015 is completed either concurrently or consecutively.; meets Lib Ed req of Physical Sciences) |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Comm 1101/Comm 1101H/PSTL 1461 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Soc 1001/Soc 1011V/Soc 1012W |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Phsl 3050/Phsl 3051 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 2.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 5.0 [max 5.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | DH 2121/DT 2121 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | DH 2132/DT 2132 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Biol 2032/MicB 3301/VBS 2032 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | DH 2212/DT 2212 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | DH 2221W / DT 2221W |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | DH 2222/DT 2222 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | DH 3151/DT 3151 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | DH 2231/DT 2231 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | DH 3125/DT 3125 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | DH 3121/DT 3121 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Summer |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | DH 3123/DT 3123 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Summer |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | DH 3133/DT 3133 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Summer |
Credits: | 1.0 [max 1.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Summer |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 8.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Summer |
Credits: | 6.0 [max 6.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | DH 3238/DT 3238 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 1.0 [max 1.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | DH 3228/DT 3228 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 6.0 [max 6.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | DH 4125W/DT 4125W |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | DH 4135W/DT 4135W |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 1.0 [max 1.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | DH 4139/DT 4139 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Writ 3562V/Writ 3562W |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 6.0 [max 6.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | DH 4226/DT 4226 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Summer |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | DH 4234/DT 4234 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Summer |