Pre-Dentistry

Requirements

Course requirements for admission to various dental schools are similar. They include specified courses in the behavioral sciences, biology, chemistry, English, mathematics, and physics. Students should plan to complete a baccalaureate degree with a major and minor of their choice. Normally the American Dental Association Dental Admission Test (DAT) is taken in the spring of the junior year and applications for dental school are submitted the following summer. Pre-dental students who are not majoring in the sciences should have both an academic and a pre-dental advisor. Minimum course requirements are as follows:

BIO 111 - Principles of Biological Science I Credit Hours: 4
BIO 112
CHE 111 - Inorganic Chemistry I Credit Hours: 4
CHE 112 - Inorganic Chemistry II Credit Hours: 4
CHE 211 - Organic Chemistry I Credit Hours: 4
CHE 212 - Organic Chemistry II Credit Hours: 4
ENG 101 - Composition Credit Hours: 3
ENG 102 - Research and Composition Credit Hours: 3
ENG 211 - World Literature I Credit Hours: 3
ENG 212 - World Literature II Credit Hours: 3
MAT 131 - College Algebra Credit Hours: 3
MAT 132 - Trigonometry Credit Hours: 3
or
6 hours of advanced mathematics electives
PHY 101 - General Physics Credit Hours: 4
PHY 102 - General Physics Credit Hours: 4
or
PHY 211 - Engineering Physics Credit Hours: 4
PHY 212 - Engineering Physics Credit Hours: 4
4 hours of advanced biology or chemistry (laboratory required)
29 additional hours of approved general electives

6 Hours of Behavioral Science

PSY 201 - General Psychology Credit Hours: 3
SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology Credit Hours: 3