To obtain a license to practice dental hygiene, students must pass three types of exams: National Boards, Clinical Boards and the State Jurisprudence Exam. These exams test student knowledge, skills and ethics in dental hygiene.
The Department of Dental Hygiene will not penalize students who had to take a Pass/Fail or Credit/No Credit grade for the Spring 2020 semester due to their college or university policy. The department prefers letter grades for course prerequisites, but accepts Pass/Fail and Credit/No Credit grades as well. (Spring 2020 only)
A Fail or No Credit grade will be considered lower than a C and will not meet the admission criteria for the department.
Students who had the option of choosing a letter grade or a Pass/Fail or Credit/No Credit grade in the Spring 2020 semester should be aware of how a course without a letter grade might affect their overall science GPA and cumulative GPA.
Pass/Fail or Credit/No Credit grades could also have implications for applying to graduate or dental programs. A CR notation on a transcript may not mean the same thing at different schools. This could cause confusion when students apply for graduate or dental school.