Double Bachelor's Degrees in Dental Hygiene and Health Care Management

Students who wish to enhance their employability by being qualified as both dental hygienists and health care managers may wish to pursue the dual degree option. Students may declare this double major upon acceptance and enrollment in the BSDH program. Students must meet the following requirements:

1. Complete all requirements for the BSDH.
2. Secure approval to declare this double major by a 3.0 or higher overall GPA verification.
3. Complete the following courses from Health Care Management Area F program prerequisites:

   Course List

   Code	Title	Credit Hours
   ACCT 2101	Principles of Financial Acct.	3
   ECON 2105	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
   ITFN 1101	Foundations-Information Tech.	3
   Total Credit Hours		9

4. Complete the following courses from Health Care Management program requirements:

   Course List

   Code	Title	Credit Hours
   HCMG 3101	Intro to Health Systems Mgmt.	3
   HCMG 3401	Applied HR Mgt./Hlth Care Del.	3
   HCMG 3501	Health Care Systems/TQM	3
   HCMG 3901	Marketing in Health Care	3
   HCMG 4560	Health Care Finance	3
   HSCI 3520	Legal Issues in Health Care	3
   HCMG 4500	Health Care Policy	3
   or HCMG 4901	Applied Research
   Total Credit Hours		21

Grade of C or better required in all courses. Other appropriate courses may be determined by the Dean in order to equal a minimum of 30 hours of Health Care Management requirements taken in residency at Clayton State and not used to meet BSDH requirements.