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DESCRIPTION:
The Pre-Dental Hygiene curriculum is Phase I of the two-phase Dental Hygiene Program. This program provides the student with the general education competencies required to enter the clinical phase of the Dental Hygiene Program. The student will gain skills in written and oral communication, math, science, psychology, sociology, problem solving, research and computers which are needed as a foundation for success as a dental hygienist.

BEGINNING SEMESTER: Fall, Spring, Summer

CAMPUS: Airport, Beltline

PLACEMENT TEST SCORES REQUIRED TO ENROLL IN CURRICULUM COURSES:

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS:
A minimum of 36 semester credit hours is required for certificate completion. In addition to a 2.5 GPA, a minimum grade of "C" must be attained in all science and math courses. Science courses must not be completed more than 3 years prior to completion of the certificate curriculum. No course in the certificate program many be repeated more than once. Additionally, no more than two different courses may be repeated. (A withdrawal counts as an attempt.)

PROGRAM NOTES:

1. Students may not retake any course in the Pre-Dental Hygiene certificate program more than once. The student may not repeat more than two different courses in the Pre-Dental Hygiene certificate after the pre-entry interview has been conducted.
2. A pre-admission interview is required prior to acceptance.
3. All courses in the certificate program must be completed prior to the Fall entry into the Dental Hygiene Phase II.
4. Preclinical practice is performed on classmate clients. Students accepted into Phase II of the Dental Hygiene program will be expected to act as clients for classmates to practice all new skills, including infiltration anesthesia injections.
5. One or more of the objective criteria for admission may be waived or modified for certain highly qualified applicants.
6. Transfer of credit courses will be determined by Program Director. (Formal contracts exist for transfer of the PreDental Hygiene Certificate from some neighboring Technical Colleges. Students from these colleges should contact the Health Science advisors at these colleges for information.)
7. For probation, suspension, and dismissal policies, see the MTC catalog.
8. For academic progression policies, see the MTC catalog.
9. For more information visit the Allied Dental Education Programs web page. 

CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS
General Education
Course		Prerequisite
BIO 115	Basic Microbiology	BIO 112 or BIO 211
BIO 210	Anatomy And Physiology I	RDG 100 (BIO 100, 101 or 110, ENG 101 recommended)
BIO 211	Anatomy And Physiology II	BIO 210
CHM 105	General Organic And Biochemistry	RDG 100 & MAT 155 or MAT 101
CPT 170	Microcomputer Applications	RDG 100, MAT 100
ENG 101	English Composition I	ENG 100 & RDG 100
ENG 102	English Composition II	ENG 101
MAT 155	Contemporary Mathematics	RDG 032, MAT 100
PSY 201	General Psychology	RDG 100, ENG 032
SOC 101	Introduction To Sociology	RDG 100, ENG 032
1 Humanities Elective		See List

03/23/05