Students interested in a career in the profession of dental hygiene can pursue the following curriculum at NNU for two years and then apply to a college or university that offers a Baccalaureate degree in Dental Hygiene. The following suggested schedule is designed for those students planning on enrolling as juniors at Idaho State University (ISU) in its dental hygiene program. Students wishing to transfer to another dental hygiene school should pattern their curriculum to the prerequisites of that specific school. However, the admission requirements for most dental hygiene schools are similar to those of ISU. An Introduction to Dental Hygiene course is required by ISU and can be taken as a correspondence course.

Suggested courses:

BIOL2010. Human Anatomy and Physiology I (3); and,

BIOL2010L. Human Anatomy and Physiology I Laboratory (1)

BIOL2030. Human Anatomy and Physiology II (3); and,

BIOL2030L. Human Anatomy and Physiology II Laboratory (1)

BIOL2220. General Biology I (3); and

BIOL2220L. General Biology I Laboratory (1)

BIOL2420. Microbiology (3); and

BIOL2420L. Microbiology Laboratory (1)

CHEM1200. Principles of General Chemistry (3); and

CHEM1200L. Principles of General Chemistry Laboratory (1)

CHEM1210. Principles of Organic and Biochemistry (3); and,

CHEM1210L. Principles of Organic and Biochemistry Laboratory (1)

COMM1210. Introduction to Public Speaking (2)

ENGL1020. English Composition (3)

ENGL2020. Research Writing and Critical Thinking (3)

KINE2730. Nutrition Across the Lifespan (2)

MATH2240. Elementary Statistics (3)

PSYC1550. Introduction to Psychology (3)

SOGY1550. Introduction to Sociology (3)

Two humanities elective courses (4-8)