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 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 Clinical Periodontics
Cultural understanding*
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 Public Health Hygiene
PBHL E322 Principles of Epidemiology
H411 Clinic
Choose one course from list A***
Track 2 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 Public Health Hygiene
H404 Practicum in Community
H420 Clinic
PBHL A316 Environmental Health Science
PBHL E210 Zombie Apocalypse and Doomsday Infections
PBHL H120 Contemporary Health Issues
Track 2 Public Health Administration
H420 Clinic
PBHL H120 Comtemporary Health Issues
Choose 1 Course from List A***
PBHL H345 Operations Management and Quality Improvement in Health Organizations or PBHL H375 Management of HSO
Any Student Enrolled in Track 2 can take an additional course from List A to receive a certificate in Public Health Administration.
*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 H375* Management of Health Services Organizations
- PBHL H411 Chronic and Long Term Care Administration (P: PBHL H120)
- PBHL H345* Operations Management and Quality Improvement in Health Organization (P: PBHL H320)
- PBHL H420 Health Policy
- PBHL H432* Health Care Marketing
- PBHL H441 Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration
- PBHL H330 Global Public Health
- PBHL H310 Lean in Healthcare (P: PBHL H120)
- PBHL H325 Health Information Technology, Management and Policy
- PBHL H346 Organizational Behavior and HR Management in Healthcare
- PBHL H305 Medical Group Management (PBHL H120)
- PBHL H315 High Risk Health Behaviors and Harm Reduction
- PBHL H352 Health Finance and Budgeting (P: PBHL H200)
- PBHL H353 Advanced Health Finance and Budgeting
- PBHL H200 Healthcare Accounting
- PBHL H101* Influencing the Public’s Health
- PBHL H361 Leadership in Health Management: Resolving Disputes and Difficult Conversations
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*These courses are offered online at least one a year.