Camosun College

What you'll study

Dental Hygiene

Year 1
Academic Term 1 (Fall) Credits
BIOL 160 Microbiology for Dental Hygiene 2.0
DHYG 110 Head & Neck Anatomy 3.0
DHYG 120 Dental Anatomy 1.0
DHYG 150 Principles and Issues 1 3.0
DHYG 160 Clinical Theory & Practice 1 7.0
Total Credits 16.0
Academic Term 2 (Winter) Credits
BIOL 260 General Pathophysiology 3.0
DHYG 121 Oral Embryology & Histology 1.5
DHYG 130 Radiology 1 1.5
DHYG 140 General Dentistry Introduction 1.5
DHYG 151 Principles and Issues 2 3.0
DHYG 161 Clinical Theory & Practice 2 7.0
Total Credits 17.5
Academic Term 3 (Spring) Credits
DHYG 125 Periodontology 1 1.5
DHYG 126 Oral Pathology 1 1.0
DHYG 128 Nutrition 1 1.0
DHYG 162 Clinical Theory & Practice 3 4.0
DHYG 190 Community Dental Health 1 1.0
Total Credits 8.5
Year 2
Academic Term 4 (Fall) Credits
DHYG 210 Pharmacology 1 1.5
DHYG 223 Periodontology 2 2.0
DHYG 226 Oral Pathology 2 1.0
DHYG 228 Nutrition 2 1.0
DHYG 230 Radiology 2 1.5
DHYG 250 Principles and Issues 3 1.0
DHYG 260 Clinical Theory & Practice 4 8.0
DHYG 290 Community Dental Health 2 1.0
Total Credits 17.0
Academic Term 5 (Winter) Credits
DHYG 211 Pharmacology 2 2.0
DHYG 224 Periodontology 3 2.0
DHYG 227 Oral Pathology 3 2.0
DHYG 251 Principles and Issues 4 1.0
DHYG 261 Clinical Theory & Practice 5 8.0
DHYG 291 Community Dental Health 3 1.5
Total Credits 16.5
Academic Term 6 (Spring) Credits
DHYG 262 Clinical Theory & Practice 6 4.0
Total Credits 4.0

BIOL 160 Microbiology for Dental Hygiene and BIOL 260 General Pathophysiology may be taken prior to beginning the program if you have qualified for the program and are awaiting a seat and if seats are available.

Last updated: 21-Sep-2010 3:28 pm