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DEGREE COMPLETION PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

Transfer Process:

The BSDH Degree Completion Program at NAU accepts up to 64 transfer credit hours from all community colleges attended, and up to 90 transfer credit hours from a university or a combination of a university and community college hours. The program also offers up to 26 non-traditional credit hours. A typical student might receive credit in the following way:

NAU REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION.	NAU hrs.	Transfer hrs.
Transfer Hours from Community College (64 Hours)		64
Non-Traditional Credit		26
Total Transferred Hours		90
Total Hours Remaining (120 Hr Minimum)	30
*Items in red indicate deficiency in that requirement

Curriculum Check Sheet:

Once a a student has been admitted and transcripts evaluated, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions will perform a Transfer Credit Evaluation that assigns NAU equivalency courses to a student's transferred hours.  The transfer credit evaluation is then used for the completion of an unofficial curriculum checklist, which is sent out by the Dental Hygiene Degree Completion Department and outlines a student's Liberal Studies and Core Requirements.  The student must then contact the Academic Advisor, Kelly.Stoneberger@nau.edu, the Degree Completion Program advisor, to develop a plan of study.  This plan will be different for every student depending on how many courses a student wishes to take  each semester and what classes are available in any given semester. 

NAU Completion Process:

To complete the BSDH Degree Completion Program students must complete 35 hours of liberal studies courses and 18 hours of NAU Dental Hygiene courses. These credits can be distributed between courses that are taken at NAU and/or transferred from another university or community college. Among these courses, a student must take a minimum of 30 credits from NAU and have 30 credits of upper division courses, for a total of 120 credit hours.

The BSDHCP program requires completion of a statistics course above and beyond the required 30 hours for the completion of the program. If you have already completed a statistics course, you are welcome to see if the course meets the university's statistics 270 course. Please contact Kelly Stoneberger for further information about your stats course and the approval process. NAU will be offering statistics 270 online to all distance learning students beginning spring 2009. This statistics course does have a prerequisite of an intermediate algebra course.

Below shows how a typical student would need to complete 30 credits to graduate with a B.S. in Dental Hygiene.  Of those 30 credits, 12 are in Liberal Studies and 18 are in Dental Hygiene.

NAU REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION.	NAU hrs.	Transfer hrs.
NAU Liberal Studies Hours (35 Hours)	12	23
Total NAU DH Core Requirements (18 Hours Minimum)	18
NAU Hours Req. (30 Hours Minimum)	30
Total Hours (120 Hours Minimum)	30	90
*Items in red indicate deficiency in that requirement

Liberal Studies:

NAU requires 35 credit hours in liberal studies courses. These courses may be completed at NAU, the community college or other university. For more information, see NAU liberal studies.

Core Requirements: The 18 hours in the core requirements are designed to assist dental hygienists in acquiring knowledge in clinical theory, management, organization, ethics, research, and strengthening professional communication, multicultural oral care, clinical, computer, and statistical skills. Of the 18 hours required in the DH core, students must complete five required 3-credit-hour courses and one course that completes the other 3-credit-hour course elective.

To view a blank unofficial curriculum worksheet, click here.

To view a description of DH courses, click here.

Note: You will need to check the to determine which courses are being offered.