Dental Hygiene
Academic requirements For Dalhousie University
Applicants must have completed before May 1 of the year of expected entry to the diploma in dental hygiene program, at least 30 credit hours of study at an accredited university. These credit hours should include:
- at least three hours in introductory chemistry
- at least six credit hours in introductory biology
- at least three credit hours in human anatomy
- at least six credit hours in human physiology
- at least six credit hours in an approved writing intensive course*, and
- six additional credit hours
* A writing-intensive course may be any course defined as such by the applicant's university. Alternatively, it can be any English course(s) or any course requiring a significant amount of written work that is evaluated for composition, structure, spelling, grammar, etc as indicated in the course outline. The course must be approved by the Admissions Committee.