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Pre-Dental Hygiene
PPP = Pre-Professional Pathway
ASHS = Associate of Science in Health Sciences

The Associate of Science in Health Sciences – pre-dental hygiene emphasis is a 60-semester-hour program designed for students with specific occupational or transfer needs. It has a general education core made up of the 35-hour state minimum core requirements. It directs students toward meeting the requirements for the first two years of many dental hygiene baccalaureate degrees.

Program Outcome

  • Engage students in a math and science curriculum that prepares them for acceptance into dental hygiene programs.
  • Enable students to apply quantitative, qualitative and scientific reasoning to solve problems by emphasizing creative and analytical thinking in the curriculum.

Related Careers

  • Dental hygiene

Transfer Options

  • University of Arkansas for Medical Services
  • University of Tennessee Health Science Center
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