The curriculum in pre-dental hygiene meets the minimum academic requirements for application to the Bachelor of Science degree program in dental hygiene offered by the VCU School of Dentistry. Admission to and satisfactory completion of the two-year preparatory program does not constitute admission to the junior- and senior-year professional program at the VCU School of Dentistry. In the fall of the year preceding the year of admission, the student must apply separately to that professional program through the VCU Office of Undergraduate Admissions, P.O. Box 980632, Richmond, VA 23298-0632.

Admission into the program is based on scholastic record, demonstrated aptitude and interest, and a credential review conducted by the departmental admissions committee.

	Credits
BIOL 101 Biological Concepts	4
BIOL 205 Basic Human Anatomy	4
BIOL 209, BIOZ 209L Medical Microbiology and Laboratory	4
CHEM 101, CHEZ 101L General Chemistry and Laboratory*	4
ENGL 200 Writing and Rhetoric Workshop II (taken in second year)	3
PHIS 206, PHIZ 206L Human Physiology and Laboratory	4
PSYC 101 Introduction to Psychology	4
SOCY 101 General Sociology	3
SPCH 121 Effective Speech	3
STAT 210 Basic Practice of Statistics	3*
UNIV 111 Focused Inquiry I	3
UNIV 112 Focused Inquiry II	3
Approved electives	3
Humanities elective	3
Visual/performing arts	12
Total	60

* Students also must complete MATH 151 Precalculus as a corequisite for CHEM 101.

** It is strongly recommended that students take a visual and performing arts class to develop fine motor skills.