Successful applicants are admitted to the 3rd year of the Dental Hygiene Degree program via Category 2 of the Degree Completion Option and must complete the following courses through full or part-time study:
60 credits total
Suggested Course Sequencing
Third Year Dental Hygiene Courses
DHYG 4021 | Dental Hygiene Practice I | 6 credits |
DHYG 400A | Policy Analysis and Change | 6 credits |
DHYG 433 | Assessment and Treatment Planning for Advanced Periodontal Diseases | 3 credits |
DHYG 461 | Critical Appraisal & Professional Writing in Quantitative Research | 3 credits |
DHYG 401 | Oral Epidemiology | 6 credits |
Fourth Year Dental Hygiene Courses
DHYG 405 | Oral Microbiology and Immunology | 3 credits |
DHYG 435 | Oral Medicine & Pathology | 3 credits |
DHYG 462 | Critical Appraisal & Professional Writing in Qualitative Research | 3 credits |
DHYG 412 | Oral Health Care Trends and Topics | 6 credits |
Non-Dental Hygiene Courses
ENGL 301 | Technical Writing | 3 credits |
PHIL 333/433 | Biomedical Ethics | 3 credits |
Electives2 | 15 credits |
Courses with a “” denote courses that are offered jointly in an online, distance education format by the Faculty of Dentistry and the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT).
Notes:
1 DHYG 402 Dental Hygiene Practice I is an entry course required in the first academic year for CAT 2.
2Elective courses must be UBC courses (transfer credit is not permitted) and may be taken in areas of interest such as: health promotion, residential care, geriatrics, community health, adult education, health care ethics, inter-professional education, behavioural sciences, economics, etc. It is possible to choose suitable online elective courses or classroom-based courses.
Download a list of examples of suitable elective courses (PDF)