Dental Hygiene, A.A.S.

Program Notes

• This program prepares students to meet the educational requirements for licensure in the state of Illinois. For information about how this program may meet licensure requirements in other states, see State Licensure/Certification Information on the Parkland website.
• This is a selective admissions program–students must be admitted into the program before taking DHG courses. See the selective admissions page  for more information regarding admission, progression, and graduation.
• To be admitted to the program, students must have current placement out of MAT 072 , and must place out of ENG 099  and CCS 099 .
• A selective admission score of 2.75 or above must be attained to be considered for admission. A rubric will be applied and additional points will be given for a number of required General Education and Science courses completed or in progress.
• TOEFL iBT requirements in reading, listening, speaking, and writing are as follows: 21-21-26-23.
• IELTS requirements in reading, listening, speaking, and writing are as follows: 6.5; 6.5; 7.5-8; 6.
• CHE 100  or any college-level transferable chemistry course can be substituted for CHE 106 .
• ALH 196  is an optional course for Board review.

Graduation requirements are as follows:

• Minimum 2.0 PGPA and a C or higher for all program courses, and pass all DHG clinical and didactic courses with a 75 percent or higher.
• Students who have been dismissed from a clinical site may receive a clinical failure.
• Clinical and lab courses have specific proficiencies and patient completion requirements that must be met each semester to continue and graduate from the program.
• Students must adhere to all ethical and professional behavioral policies of the American Dental Hygienists’ Association Code of Ethics in order to progress and graduate.

Graduation Requirements

Suggested Full-time Sequence