No. It means that you are eligible to complete prerequisite courses and apply for the clinical Dental Hygiene program.

You can stay in your non-DH major until you are accepted to the clinical program.

Yes. Please see the "How to Apply" section.

The attached content does not provide a separate answer to this question. It does provide the evening-program schedule in the next FAQ.

Classes run from 5:30 to 10 p.m. on weeknights, Monday through Friday, and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays, depending on the semester. We do not have Sunday classes.

No.

No. Please see the "Transfer Students" tab.

No.

Students who do not have a strong biology background from high school need to take BIO1101, the prerequisite for BIO2311. BIO1101 can be covered by Financial Aid if you are in the Associate of Health Sciences or Liberal Arts and Sciences major. Once you are accepted into the clinical Dental Hygiene program, your major will be changed to Dental Hygiene.

If you are enrolled as AAS-DH in CUNYfirst, BIO1101 will not be covered by TAP. The Dental Hygiene major requires BIO2311 and BIO2312 for entry into the clinical Dental Hygiene program. Some students with a strong high school science background can skip BIO1101 and take BIO2311. If your science background does not make you eligible to enroll in BIO2311, you need to take BIO1101.

One solution is to change temporarily to either the Associate in Health Sciences or the Liberal Arts and Sciences program. BIO1101 will then be eligible for TAP. To make this change, complete the Application for Change of Curriculum Form. Once completed, email it to Registrar@citytech.cuny.edu.

Switching to the Associate in Health Sciences or Liberal Arts and Sciences program will not affect your application to the clinical phase of Dental Hygiene. You will still be evaluated based on your grade point average for the prerequisite courses, independently of the program in which you are enrolled.

No. Please contact the Financial Aid Office.

Yes. All science courses, including BIO2311, BIO2312, and CHEM, must have been completed within five years of acceptance into the program.

All students must take an MQR (Mathematical and Quantitative Reasoning) course. Acceptable courses are MAT 1190/MAT 1190CO, MAT 1272, MAT 1275/MAT 1275CO, MAT 1375, MAT 1475, and MAT 1575.

Accepted English courses are ENG 1101, ENG 1101CO, ENG 1101ML, or ENG 1121.

We only accept SOC 1101.

Any Chemistry course numbered CHEM 1000 or higher can be considered. The course must be no older than five years, must be four credits, and must include a laboratory. Please note that a CHEM course higher than CHEM 1000 requires MAT 1275 or higher.

Yes. All communications in the Dental Hygiene program are in English.

The credit load for each semester in the clinical Dental Hygiene program varies from 7 to 11 credits. However, the clinical program is considered a full-time program for both the day and evening programs. All DEN courses are in person.

Yes. All clinical Dental Hygiene program courses are in person. Please ask the corresponding departments about general education courses such as ENG, CHEM, BIO, and SOC.

Yes, if you file a FERPA waiver form.

No. You do not have to be enrolled in classes, but you must contact the Registrar’s Office and inform them. They will provide further guidance. Visit the Registrar’s Office website.

Yes. All students interested in applying to the clinical Dental Hygiene program for the Fall semester must be City Tech students during the preceding Spring semester. This is because the program must have your City Tech transcript available for evaluation when you apply. Depending on your completion of prerequisite courses, you may or may not have to be enrolled in classes during the Spring semester.

No. The class is selected at the end of the Spring semester, once all grades are available. There are no exceptions.

Each year, the class is selected after final grades are submitted for the Spring semester. The entering Fall class is notified within the first two weeks of June. Students taking summer classes or planning to transfer during the summer will not be eligible for admission to the entering Fall class.

The clinical Dental Hygiene program accepts one class each year, beginning in the Fall semester.

The Dental Hygiene Department does not recommend repeating courses. If you repeat a course and the department offering the course allows it, the original grade and repeated grade will be averaged into the overall GPA used in the admission process. The Dental Hygiene Department will not approve requests for course retakes. Please contact the department offering the course.

Each cohort of applicants is different. The lowest accepted GPA depends on the number of students who apply and the GPAs of those applicants.

No. We do not assist with registration for prerequisite courses. Please contact the appropriate department.

The Dental Hygiene Department cannot advise on this matter. Please consult the Financial Aid Office regarding your eligibility.