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Dental Hygiene

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Program Snapshot
Academic CredentialAssociate in Science (AS)
Total Credit Hours88
Average Time to Complete2 years
Academic PathwayHealth Sciences
Related ProgramsDental Assisting
AdvisorMiranda Stewart
Professor, Health Sciences
850.747.3244
mstewart@gulfcoast.edu

Academic Program SpecialistConnie Pimentel
850.913.3311
Health SciencesGCSC@gulfcoast.edu

Pathway NavigatorAli Payne
850.769.1551 ext. 5863
apayne7@gulfcoast.edu
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Dental Hygiene, AS (DENH-AS)

Communications Area
•+*ENC 1101English Composition I3 credit hours
Humanities Area
  •*See General Education Core Requirements 3 credit hours
Mathematics Area
  •+*See General Education Core Requirements 3 credit hours
Natural Sciences Area
•+*BSC 2085Human Anat/Phy I3 credit hours
Social Sciences Area
•*PSY 2012General Psychology3 credit hours
•*@POS 2041Amer National Government3 credit hours
  OR
•*@AMH 2010United States History I3 credit hours
  OR
•*@AMH 2020United States History II3 credit hours
Major Courses
*SYG 2000Principles of Sociology3 credit hours
+*BSC 2085LHuman Anat/Phy I Lab1 credit hours
+*BSC 2086Human Anat/Phy II3 credit hours
+*BSC 2086LHuman Anat/Phy II Lab1 credit hours
+*MCB 2004Microbiology3 credit hours
+*MCB 2004LMicrobiology Laboratory1 credit hours
*HUN 1201Nutrition Principles3 credit hours
*SPC 1608Intro to Public Speaking3 credit hours
+*#DES 1000Dental Anatomy2 credit hours
+*#DES 1010Head and Neck Anatomy2 credit hours
+*#DES 1100CDental Materials3 credit hours
+*#DES 1200Dental Radiology I2 credit hours
+*#DES 1200LDental Radiology I Lab1 credit hours
+*#DES 1201Dental Radiology II1 credit hours
+*#DES 1201LDental Radiology II Lab1 credit hours
+*#DES 1832Expanded Functions1 credit hours
+*#DES 1832LExpanded Functions Lab1 credit hours
+*#DEH 1002Fund of Dental Hygiene3 credit hours
+*#DEH 1002LDent Hyg Pre-Clin Proced3 credit hours
+*#DEH 1130Oral Histology/Embryology2 credit hours
+*#DEH 1400Oral Pathology2 credit hours
+*#DEH 1800Dental Hygiene I2 credit hours
+*#DEH 1800LDental Hygiene Clinical I4 credit hours
+*#DEH 1802Dent Hygiene II1 credit hours
+*#DEH 1802LDental Hygiene Clinical II2 credit hours
+*#DEH 2300Pcol for Dental Hygienist2 credit hours
+*#DEH 2602Periodontology2 credit hours
+*#DEH 2702Community Dental Health2 credit hours
+*#DEH 2702LCommunity Dental Health Lab1 credit hours
+*#DEH 2804Dental Hygiene III2 credit hours
+*#DEH 2804LDental Hygiene Clinical III4 credit hours
+*#DEH 2806Dental Hygiene IV2 credit hours
+*#DEH 2806LDental Hygiene Clinical IV4 credit hours
Total Degree Hours88


• General Education Core.
+ Prerequisites and/or corequisites required. See course descriptions.
# Applies only to AS degree and certificate programs.
= PSAV course.
* Minimum grade of "C" required.
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