Pre-Professional Programs
Pre-Dental Hygiene
Advisor: Paul Lepp
The only dental hygiene program in North Dakota is offered at the ND State College of Science at Wahpeton. Dental hygiene is a two-year program with limited admissions. Admission is typically highly competitive. For consideration the applicant MUST have at least one semester of chemistry and one of anatomy in college and a GPA of at least 2.5. Students interested in admission to the program at NDSCS may take the following courses at Minot State:
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Required for admission to the program
- ENGL 110 College Composition I
- BIOL 220 Anatomy and Physiology I
- CHEM 115/115L Introductory Chemistry
- BIOL 221 Anatomy and Physiology II
- MATH 240 Applied Statistics
- A second semester of chemistry covering principles of organic chemistry and biochemistry is desirable but not available at MSU.
- BIOL 142 Microbiology
- ENGL 120
- COMM 110
- PSY 111
- SOC 110
- and any humanities elective