Allied Dental Programs
Dental Hygiene - Indianapolis
Bachelor of Science Curriculum
Full details about required pre-dental hygiene courses, including Gen Ed requirements in preparation for the 3.5 year Bachelor of Science degree program on the Indianapolis campus are posted on the School of Dentistry's Bachelor Degree in Dental Hygiene Admissions Criteria website.
Dental Hygiene Program, Year 1
First Semester
H204 Periodontics
H206 General Pathology I
H211 Head and Neck Anatomy
H214 Oral Anatomy
H216 Chemistry and Nutrition
H218 Fundamentals of Dental Hygiene
H303 Radiology
Second Semester
H205 Medical and Dental Emergencies
H207 General Pathology II
H215 Pharmacology and Therapeutics
H217 Preventative Dentistry
H219 Clinical Practice I
H308 Dental Materials
H321 Periodontics
Cultural understandings*
Summer Session
H221 Clinical Dental Hygiene Procedures
H250 Local Anesthesia and Pain Control
H305 Radiology Clinic I
Dental Hygiene Program, Year 2
First Semester
H301 Clinical Practice II
H304 Oral Pathology
H306 Radiology Clinic II
H311 Dental Health Education
H252 Introduction to Evidence-Based Dental Hygiene Care
E351 Advanced Dental Materials for Dental Auxillaries
Analytical reasoning**
Second Semester
H302 Clinical Practice III
H344 Senior Hygiene Seminar
H347 Community Dental Health (practicum)
PSY-B 305 Statistics or STAT 30100 Elementary Statistical Methods I
Second Summer (choose a track)
Track 1 Education
H406 Educational Methodology
H407 Utilization of Instructional Technique
H411 Clinic
Track 2 Public Health Hygiene
PBHL E322 Principles of Epidemiology
H411 Clinic
Track 3 Public Health Administration
PBHL H320 Health System Administration
H411 Clinic
Choose one course from list A***
Dental Hygiene Program, Year 3
First Semester (choose track)
Track 1 Education
H402 Practicum in Education
H405 Advanced Dental Science
H420 Clinic
Track 2 Public Health Hygiene
H404 Practicum in Community
H420 Clinic
PBHL A316 Environmental Health Science
PBHL E210 Zombie Apocalypse and Doomsday Infections
PBHL E109 Intro to Public Health or PBHL H120 Contemporary Health Issues
Track 3 Public Health Administration
H420 Clinic
Choose from List A***
PBHL H345 Operations Management and Quality Improvement in Health Organizations or PBHL H375 Management of HSO
*See course listing at https://due.iupui.edu/undergraduate-curricula/general-education/iupui-general-education-core/cultural-understanding/index.html
** See course listing at https://due.iupui.edu/undergraduate-curricula/general-education/iupui-general-education-core/analytical-reasoning/index.html
*** List A
- PBHL-H 303 Medical Group Management (3 credits)
- PBHL-P 310 Lean in Healthcare (3 credits)
- PBHL-H 315 High Risk Health Behaviors and Harm Reduction (3 credits)
- PBHL-H 330 Global Public Health (3 credits)
- PBHL-H 354 Healthcare Economics (3 credits)
- PBHL-H 411 Chronic and Long-term Care Administration (3 credits)
- PBHL-H 420 Health Policy (3 credits)
- PBHL-H 432 Healthcare Marketing (3 credits)
- PBHL-H 441 Legal Aspects of Healthcare Administration (3 credits)
- PBHL-P 300 Topics in PBHL (1 - 3 credits)
- PBHL-P 400 Topics in PBHL (1 - 3 credits)