Program goals of this graduate level dental hygiene program are to prepare professional dental hygienists to:
- Assume leadership roles in academics, rural and community health settings, research, professional associations or commercial industry;
- Develop advanced clinical abilities that improve oral health and access to dental hygiene care;
- Acquire research abilities that contribute to the scientific dental hygiene body of knowledge;
- Assume responsibility for professional development through life-long learning capability; and
- Provide a foundation for future doctoral education.?