BS Dental Hygiene at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

The entry-level Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene provides the education and training needed to become a dental hygienist and to move into research, education, public health, administration and advocacy roles. It is a two-year, six-semester programme with students admitted to start in the spring semester.

Faculty: School of Dentistry  |  Department: Dental Hygiene  |  Duration: 2 years full-time (six consecutive semesters)  |  Intake: Spring semester only; applications open August 1 and close February 1  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Ann Arbor, MI, United States

What you will study

The curriculum offers broad-based study in the social, behavioral and biological sciences, with classroom and laboratory work and hands-on experience in many specialty clinics. Dental and dental hygiene students share joint courses and shared patient care, and students can take part in research in social and basic science.

Career pathways

Graduates practise as dental hygienists and can pursue roles as clinician, health educator, consumer advocate, change agent, researcher and healthcare manager or administrator.

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