Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene (BSDH)

Admissions Information

Student selection is based on scholastic standing and a demonstrated interest in dental hygiene as a career. Each applicant must complete application to the University and be accepted by the University in order to be eligible for admissions consideration into the Dental Hygiene Program.

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, N.C. 27599

An application can also be requested online.

The applicant is required to submit a completed Dental Hygiene Admissions supplemental application and provide three letters of recommendation to the Dental Hygiene Admissions Committee. The Dental Hygiene Admissions supplemental application and letters of recommendation should be sent to:

The effective deadline for transfer applications is January 15 for fall enrollment. Applications received after this date will be considered until the class is filled. Intra-University applicants should also adhere to this application schedule.

PREREQUISITE COURSES

Recommend, but not required: BIOL 101/101L, BIOL 252, NUTR 240, STOR 151, PHYI 203

GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

FOUNDATIONS

APPROACHES

CONNECTIONS
A total of five Connections courses must be completed.

# Must complete one course in these CONNECTION areas and two (2) additional areas.

Adapted from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill FIRST-YEAR GUIDE, An Academic Advising Guide for First Year Students 2007-2008

Pre-requisite courses must be completed prior to admission, but not application to the Dental Hygiene Program.

About the Making Connections Curriculum:

• The new curriculum will be implemented for all first year students in fall 2006, sophomore transfer students in fall 2007, and junior transfer students in fall 2008.
• Transfer students enrolling in health-professions programs must fulfill 5 of 9 Connections requirements, 2 of which must be Experiential Education and Global Issues.

General rules about transfer credit:

• The University will accept a maximum of sixty-four (64) semester hours of transfer credit from accredited two-year colleges.  Students who have earned sixty-four (64) semester hours of college credit including any combination of transfer credit and UNC-Chapel Hill credit (including by-exam or placement credits) cannot transfer additional credit hours from a two-year institution.
• The University will accept a maximum of seventy-five (75) semester hours of transfer credit from accredited four-year institutions (or any combination of two-year and four-year institutions) since a minimum of 45 hours must be earned in UNC-Chapel Hill courses in order to receive a degree from UNC-Chapel Hill (even if all degree requirements have been met).
• The University will award transfer credit hours for courses from other accredited institutions when the student has made a satisfactory grade (“C-” or equivalent) and when the University offers similar courses.
• Students must take at least half of their major course requirements at UNC-Chapel Hill. 
• Students must take at least nine (9) hours of their minor course requirements at UNC-Chapel Hill. 
• Students transferring credits in their major field must earn grades of “C” (not “C-”) or higher in at least three-fourths of the credit hours from courses in the major that are taken at UNC-Chapel Hill.  The maximum number of UNC-Chapel Hill major credit hours requiring  grades of “C” or higher is eighteen (18) [or twenty-one (21) for History majors].
• Under most circumstances, a student with a baccalaureate degree cannot earn a second baccalaureate degree at UNC-Chapel Hill.  The only exception is for a student with a degree in academic affairs who is admitted into a degree program within Health Affairs (for example, Nursing).  In this circumstance, the student who has already earned a bachelor degree from another institution of higher education will be regarded as having met all General Education requirements, including Foundations, Approaches, and Connections.
• A student who receives transfer credit for a physical activity requirement taken before transferring to Carolina will be regarded as having completed the Lifetime Fitness Foundations requirement. In this circumstance, no academic credit hours will be awarded for the physical activity transferred to UNC-Chapel Hill.

Excerpt from http://www.unc.edu/depts/uc/06transfer.html

General College Course Work or Equivalent

Interested individuals should contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions (919) 966-3621 to determine appropriate equivalent courses at other institutions or go online to check Transfer Course Equivalencies.

Last modified: 10/04/2007 at 04:06:57