Degree Completion in Dental Hygiene (BSDH)

Admissions Information

An application to the University can be obtained by writing to the following address:

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Jackson Hall, CB# 2200
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599

An application can also be requested online.

Submit the completed application and official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. It is recommended that a contact be made with the Coordinator of the Degree Completion Program as soon as your application is returned to the Undergraduate Admissions Office. This will enable the Dental Hygiene Office to follow the progress of the application through the University.

A personal interview is required for each applicant after the application is received. Appointments can be arranged to accommodate individual schedules by contacting the program secretary at (919) 966-2800.

Three letters of recommendation are required and should be mailed to the Student Services Manager or the Coordinator of the Degree Completion Program.

Applicants must be graduates of an accredited dental hygiene program and must have passed the National Dental Hygiene Board Examination. Transfer students must have achieved an overall grade point average of "C" (2.0 on a 4.0 scale) in all courses attempted at other universities and eligible to return to those campuses.

Freshman and sophomore transfer students transferring less than 50 semester hours of college coursework must submit their SAT test scores to the Undergraduate Admissions Office. Transcripts from all colleges attended are required. Individuals who graduated from high school in 1988 or after must present the following 16 academic units from high school in order to be eligible for admission consideration:

• 4 years of English
• 3 years of mathematics (2 algebra and 1 geometry)
• 3 years of natural science (1 biological, 1 physical, and at least 1 laboratory course)
• 2 years of social science (1 must be U.S. History)
• 2 years of the same foreign language
• 2 additional years of academic electives

Applicants who are deficient in any of the minimum admission requirements will be eligible for transfer consideration only if the following conditions are met:

24 transferable semester hours in the following areas:

• semester hours of acceptable college level
• 6 semester hours of acceptable college level mathematics (not to include remedial courses; college algebra is considered remedial at UNC-CH)
• 6 semester hours of acceptable college level history
• 6 semester hours of acceptable natural science

OR

An Associate of Arts, Associate of Fine Arts, or Associate of Science degree.

Last modified: 07/07/2008 at 10:59:01