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COURSE SYLLABUS

1. TITLE OF COURSE: COMMUNITY DENTAL HEALTH I
  PREFIX/NUMBER: DEH 204 CREDIT HOURS: 2
2. PREREQUISITE: Satisfactory Progress in Dental Hygiene curriculum
3. RESOURCES NEEDED:  
  TEXT:

Mason, Jill MPH RDH Concepts in Dental Public Health, 2005.

        

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4. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Course provides instruction in the concepts, methods and issues of dental public health. Emphasis is placed on evidence-based criteria for effective promotion and prevention of dental disease in the public health setting. Concepts of dental health education and program planning in the community setting are reinforced through case based materials, including methods of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of effectiveness. Course activities will reinforce skills in speaking and writing effectively in preparation for the subsequent community dental health field experience course.
5. COURSE GOAL: To provide background knowledge and skills in Dental Health Education techniques, public health issues, and program planning for community dental needs.  To reinforce skills in speaking and writing effectively for the subsequent community dental health field experience course.
6. COURSE OBJECTIVES:
  Students will be given a detailed list of course/instructional objectives on the first day of class.
7. EVALUATION PROCEDURES:
    Final course grade is based on: Final course grade is based on:
    5 tests 50 %
    Final Exam 30 %
    Sample Lesson Plan 10 %
    Attendance   8 %
    Misc. assignments   2%
   

GRADING SCALE

 

93 - 100%

A

85 -  92%

B

77 - 84%

C

69 - 76%

D

0 - 68%

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Special Remarks:

Tests missed due to absence may be made up but there will be an automatic 5% deduction from the earned score.

A. Attendance:  Will be required for all classes with more than two absences resulting in the lowering of the final grade by grade level.
B. Tardy Policy:  A student who is late three times (enters classroom after instruction begins) will be charged with one full absence.
8. COURSE OUTLINE
  See instructor on the first day of class for a detailed course outline.
9. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:
  The very nature of higher education requires that students adhere to accepted standards of academic integrity. Therefore, Pueblo Community College has adopted a policy of academic conduct as described in the Student Handbook. Violation of academic integrity may be defined to include the following: cheating, plagiarism, falsification and fabrication, abuse of academic materials, complicity in academic dishonesty, and personal misrepresentation. It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of the behaviors that constitute academic dishonesty. Sanctions for violating the standards of academic integrity may include warning, probation, suspension, and/or failure of the course or assignment at the discretion of the instructor.
10. ADA NOTICE:
 

Students who have a documented disability may be eligible to receive accommodations for this class. Please contact the Disability Resources Center at 549-3446 for further information.