The Weber State University Department of Dental Hygiene is designed to produce individuals who are capable of meeting the needs of the dental hygiene profession and of society. The dental hygiene profession needs practitioners who have been instructed in the psychosocial, biophysical, and technical elements of dental hygiene practice. These practitioners should be able to expand current parameters of knowledge, as well as to apply existing behavioral and basic science concepts to specific problems. Furthermore, these individuals must be knowledgeable of public affairs, motivated to become life-long learners, capable of making decisions, and they must be individuals whose behavior is guided by an internalized code of ethics.

To achieve those ends, the department has created a learning environment which includes activities conducive to learning. An environment conducive to learning is structured to include mutual helpfulness, freedom of expression, mutual trust and respect, physical comfort, and the absence of discriminatory harassment. Discriminatory harassment is that which occurs because of race, color, ethnic background, national origin, religion, creed, age, citizenship, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or gender. Students who feel they have been subjected to discriminatory harassment are encouraged to report this conduct to the Department Chair, or to the University Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity Officer.