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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Dental Hygiene B.S.D.H.
Sample Plan: Dental Hygiene B.S.D.H.: For Students Entering U of M as Freshmen
Total Credits: 100.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
BIOL 1009 - General Biology : 4.0 cr : BIOL
CHEM 1015 - Introductory Chemistry: Lecture : 3.0 cr : PHYS
CHEM 1017 - Introductory Chemistry: Laboratory : 1.0 cr : PHYS
PSY 1001 - Introduction to Psychology : 4.0 cr : SOCS
WRIT 1301 - University Writing : 4.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 7.0 cr
ANAT 3601 - Principles of Human Anatomy : 3.0 cr
SOC 1001 - Introduction to Sociology : 4.0 cr : SOCS, DSJ
Year 1 - Summer Semester: 4.0 cr
STAT 1001 - Introduction to the Ideas of Statistics : 4.0 cr : MATH
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 8.0 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
DH 4315 - Foundations of Interprofessional, Professionalism, Communication, and Collaboration : 1.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 13.0 cr
DH 2212 - Communication for Oral Health Providers : 2.0 cr
DH 2221W - Periodontology : 3.0 cr : WI
DH 2222 - Process of Care in Allied Dental Health: Clinical Application II : 4.0 cr
DH 3125 - General and Oral Pathology : 2.0 cr
DH 3151 - Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology : 2.0 cr
Year 2 - Summer Semester: 8.0 cr
DH 3121 - Local Anesthesia and Pain Management : 2.0 cr
DH 3123 - Process of Care in Allied Dental Health: Clinical Application III : 4.0 cr
DH 3133 - Pharmacology : 2.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
DH 3224W - Process of Care in Allied Dental Health: Clinical Application IV : 6.0 cr : WI
DH 2231 - Cariology and Applied Nutrition in Allied Dental Health : 3.0 cr
DH 3238 - Dental Public Health and Academic Service Learning I : 3.0 cr
DH 3234 - Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology: Theory, Principles, and Radiographic Analysis : 1.0 cr
DH 3228 - Ethics and Jurisprudence in Allied Dental Health : 1.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 13.0 cr
DH 4135W - Research Methods in Allied Dental Health : 3.0 cr : WI
DH 4125W - Process of Care in Allied Dental Health: Clinical Application V : 6.0 cr : DSJ, WI
DH 4136 - Periodontology III Lecture : 1.0 cr
DH 4139 - Dental Public Health and Academic Service Learning II : 2.0 cr
DH 4105 - Dental Professional Development : 1.0 cr
Year 3 - Summer Semester: 8.0 cr
DH 4234 - Leadership and Professional Development : 2.0 cr
DH 4226 - Process of Care in Allied Dental Health: Clinical Application VI : 6.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 9.0 cr
LE (Environment) :3.0 cr
LE (Global Perspectives) :3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 0 cr