Successful applicants admitted to the 3rd year of the Dental Hygiene Degree Program via the International Degree Completion Option must complete the following courses through full or part-time study:
60 credits total
Third Year Dental Hygiene Courses
| DHYG 402 | Dental Hygiene Practice I |
6 credits |
| DHYG 400A | Current Issues in Oral Health Services |
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 |
| Electives1,2 | 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:
1Elective 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 elective suitable courses offered by Faculties other than Dentistry (PDF)