Applicants admitted to the 4th year of the Dental Hygiene Degree Program via Category 1 of the Degree Completion Option must complete the following courses through full or part-time study:
Suggested Course Sequencing
Fourth Year (30 credits)
| DHYG 401 | Oral Epidemiology |
6 credits |
| DHYG 405 | Oral Microbiology and Immunology |
3 credits |
| DHYG 435 | Oral Medicine & Pathology |
3 credits |
| DHYG 462 | Critical Appraisal & Professional Writing in Qualitative Research |
3 credits |
| DHYG 480 | Social Entrepreneurship in Oral Health Care |
3 credits |
| DHYG 412 | Oral Health Care Trends and Topics |
6 credits |
| Electives1 | Third or Fourth Year Courses only | 6 credits |
Courses with a “” denote courses that are offered jointly in an online, distance education format by the Faculty of Dentistry and the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT).
Notes:
1Elective courses must be UBC courses (transfer credit is not permitted) and may be taken in areas of interest such as: health promotion, residential care, geriatrics, community health, adult education, health care ethics, inter-professional education, behavioural sciences, economics, etc. It is possible to choose suitable online elective courses or classroom-based courses.
Download a list of examples of suitable elective courses (PDF)