Pre-Dental Hygiene

The admission requirements vary from school to school, and hence, it is important to obtain admission requirements for the school you are interested in attending. One example of course requirements (for the Dental Hygiene program at UT, Memphis) requires 64 semester hours of coursework. The following courses are required for admission: English, nine semester hours (ENG 101, ENG 102, and either ENG 215 or ENG 216); Speech, three semester hours (SPEE 220); Psychology, six semester hours: Sociology, six semester hours; General Biology, four semester hours (BIO 111); Microbiology, four semester hours (BIO 203); Anatomy and Physiology, eight semester hours (BIO 213, BIO 214); General Chemistry, eight semester hours (CHEM 111, CHEM 112); and 16 semester hours of electives. Admission to dental hygiene school is very competitive. Satisfactory completion of all requirements does not guarantee admission to dental hygiene school.