Cape Cod Community College to UMass Dartmouth Healthcare Administration Articulation Agreement

Sending institution: Cape Cod Community College, MA
Transfer institution: UMass Dartmouth
Pathway type: Standard transfer
Transfer pathway: Dental Hygiene to Healthcare Administration
Modality: On-campus
Agreement term: Fall 2026

Admission and transfer requirements

Guaranteed Admission with a cumulative GPA of 2.5 to UMass Dartmouth. Students will need to apply separately to the UMass School of Law and require a minimum GPA of 3.0 to do so.
Massachusetts tuition credit for students with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 (renewable if GPA is maintained 3.0 or better)
Massachusetts transfer students are eligible to receive financial benefits such as the Mass Transfer Program, Commonwealth Commitment and/or other applicable scholarships in accordance with UMass Dartmouth transfer admission policies (renewable if GPA of 3.0 is maintained).
Students transfer with Junior status with regard to financial aid and registration

Course equivalencies

General courses

General Courses
Cape Cod Community College course	credits	UMass Dartmouth equivalent	credits
ENL 101 English Composition I	3	ENL 101 Critical Writing and Reading I	3
COM 103 Human Communication	3	ENL 270 Speech Communication	3
PSY 101 General Psychology	3	PSY 101 General Psychology	3
SOC 106 Principles of Sociology	3	SOA 101 Intro to Sociology	3
BIO 251 Human Anatomy and Physiology I	4	BIO 221 & BIO 223 Anatomy and Physiology I & Lab	4
BIO 252 Human Anatomy and Physiology II	4	BIO 222 & BIO 224 Anatomy and Physiology II & Lab	4
General Elective (UMass Suggests ENL 102)	3	ENL 102 Critical Writing & Reading II	3
CHM 151 General Chemistry	4	CHM 151 & CHM 161 Prin. of Modern Chemistry & Lab	4

Core courses

Core courses
Cape Cod Community College course	Credits	UMass Dartmouth equivalent	credits
DEN 101 Oral Issues I	2	FRE 800 Free Elective	2
DEN 102 Oral Issues II	2	FRE 800 Free Elective	2
DEN 103 Prin. of Oral Radiation	3	FRE 800 Free Elective	3
DEN 105 Community Dental Health	2	FRE 800 Free Elective	2
DEN 121 Dental Hygiene 1	2	FRE 800 Free Elective	2
DEN 123 Dental Hygiene II	2	FRE 800 Free Elective	2
Clinical Dental Hygiene I	2	Not Transferrable
Clinical Dental Hygiene II	4	Not Transferrable
DEN 206 Oral Pathology	2	FRE 800 Free Elective	2
DEN 209 Dental Materials	3	FRE 800 Free Elective	3
DEN 211 Periodontics	3	FRE 800 Free Elective	3
DEN 230 Dental Hygiene III	2	FRE 800 Free Elective	2
DEN 232 Dental Hygiene IV	2	FRE 800 Free Elective	2
DEN 236 Clinical Dental Hygiene III	4	Not Transferrable
DEN 239 Pain Management in Dental Hygiene Practice	3	FRE 800 Free Elective	3
DEN 238 Clinical Dental Hygiene IV	4	Not Transferrable
DEN 200 Pharmacology for Dental Hygiene	3	FRE 800 Free Elective	3
HEA 201 Nutrition	3	BIO 105 Human Nutrition	3

Total credits

Cape Cod Community College: 76 credits
UMass Dartmouth: 61 credits

Important notes

Cape Cod Community students will need to complete the following courses to satisfy the UMass Dartmouth University Studies and College of Arts & Sciences requirements.

ENL 102 if not completed as part of the Dental Hygiene curriculum

Mathematics - MTH 147 Fundamentals of Statistics or MTH 146 Finite Math

1 Literature Course

1 Humanities Course

1 300 level Elective

Plus Core Requirements for the Healthcare Administration BS

ACT 211 Princ. of Accounting I

ACT 212 Principles of Accounting II

ENL 265 Business Communications or ECO 350 Intermediate Writing in Economics

ECO 231 Prin. of Microeconomics

ECO 232 Prin. of Macroeconomics

ECO 330 Economics Statistics Lab