School of Dental Hygiene
Section 5: Program Requirements and Course Descriptions

Pending approval, an additional 2 credit hour course will be added to the dental hygiene curriculum commencing in the 2007-07 academic session. The course, HYGN 2100-Dental Hygiene Portfolio, will house the evaluation component of the programmatic portfolio of student competencies that all student commence at enrolment and complete prior to graduation.

5.1 Year 1 and 2 Course Requirements

Course No.		Credit Hours
First Year
HYGN 1232	Oral and Dental Anatomy	3
HYGN 1234	Preclinical Dental Hygiene	2
HYGN 1236	Dental Hygiene Theory and Practice I	4
HYGN 1238	Dental Hygiene Clinical Practice I	3
HYGN 1242	Dental Hygiene Theory and Practice II	4
HYGN 1262	Dental Radiology	3
HYGN 1270	Biology of the Head and Neck	3
HYGN 1280	Microbiology and Infectious Diseases	3
HYGN 1292	Dental Hygiene Preclinical Restorative Techniques	2
HYGN 1320	Dental Materials	2
HYGN 1340	Communications	2
HYGN 1352	Community Health 1	3
HYGN 1360	Periodontology 1	2
	Total Credit Hours	36
Second Year
HYGN 2100	Dental Hygiene Portfolio*	2
HYGN 2280	Pharmacology	2
HYGN 2312	Detal Hygiene Clinical Practice II	4
HYGN 2314	Dental Hygiene Clinical Practice III	4
HYGN 2316	Dental Hygiene Theory and Practice III	4
HYGN 2318	Dental Hygiene Theory and Practice IV	5
HYGN 2340	Periodontology II	2
HYGN 2300	Pathology	3
HYGN 2350	Biology of Oral Tissues	2
HYGN 2362	Community Health II	3
HYGN 2370	Nutrition in Dentistry	2
HYGN 2380	Pain Management	2
	Total Credit Hours	35

* Registration in HYGN 2100, Dental Hygiene Portfolio will also occur within the first year of the Dental Hygiene program. However, no grade will be assigned and it will not be factored into GPA calculations.

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