Dental Hygiene Prerequisite Courses at
INDIANA UNIVERSITY
Indianapolis Campus
Advisor: Ms. Yvonne Fitzgerald

PREREQUISITE

COURSE NUMBER

COURSE TITLE

CREDIT HOURS

English ENG-W 131 English Composition 3 hours
Public Speaking - please select one of these Communication courses COMM-R 110 
or
Fund of Speech Comm 3 hours
  COMM-C 180 Intro to Interpersonal Communication 3 hours
Introductory Psychology
PSY-B 110
Intro to Psychology
3 hours
Introductory Sociology SOC-R100 Intro to Sociology 3 hours
Chemistry with Lab CHEM-C 101 and CHEM-C 121 Elementary Chemistry and Experimental Chemistry 3 hours 
2 hours
Human Anatomy & Physiology - complete either N212 & N214 or N261 & N217 BIOL-N212 &
BIOL-N 214
or
Human Biology
Human Biology
 
3 hours 
3 hours
 
  BIOL-N 261 & 
BIOL-N 217
Human Anatomy and
Human Physiology
5 hours
5 hours
NOTE Some dental hygiene programs in Indiana do not accept N212 and N214.  If you are applying to any other dental hygiene programs, you should take N261 and N217.
Microbiology with Lab MICR-J 210 Microbiology and Immunology 4 hours
Arts and Humanities Two Arts and Humanities are required. See your undergraduate advisor for more details.
Suggest Arts Art History, Music Appreciation
Suggested Humanities Religion, Foreign Language, History, Philosophy, English Literature, Folklore
For further information: Indiana University School of Dentistry
1121 West Michigan Street
Room 105
Indianapolis, IN 46202
(317) 274-8173