Advising Course Plan - Health Sciences Major - Dental School Interest
Those interested in pursuing a career as a Dentist (thus earning a Doctor of Medicine in Dentistry, DMD) should plan on completing a common core of prerequisite course work (*), obtaining patient contact hours or experience in dentistry, and taking the DAT standardized exam (some schools have minimum score requirements, for example a 15 in each section). Some requirements may differ from the ones listed below depending on the DMD program in which you may be interested, so please make sure to look at various graduate program requirements for different universities. You will want to begin looking at universities’ requirements during your 1st year as an undergraduate to better prepare you for graduate programs. Of course, you will need to make sure you satisfy all the Health Sciences (HLSC) major requirements listed in the course catalog (the plan below should allow you to do this).
There is a centralized application process through the American Dental Education Association called the Associated American Dental Schools Application Service (ADEA AADSAS):
http://www.adea.org/dental_education_pathways/aadsas/Applicants/Pages/default.aspx
Generally, at least a 3.0 GPA is commonly expected among dental programs.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Units | |
| BIOL 141P1,* | Introductory Biology: Biochemistry, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics | 1 |
| HLSC 119V | Health and Wellness | 1 |
| FSEM 1001 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
| Writing or General Education requirement (A, B, H, L course)1 | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| BIOL 142P1,* | Introductory Biology: Animal and Plant Physiology | 1 |
| PSYC 101S1,* | Introduction to Psychology | 1 |
| MATH 141Q1,* | Calculus I with Analytic Geometry | 1 |
| General Education requirement (A, B, H, L course)1 | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Summer | ||
| Plan on setting up opportunities for patient contact hours. | ||
| Term Units | 0 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| HLSC 2011,* | Anatomy Physiology I | 1 |
| CHEM 141P* | General Chemistry I | 1 |
| BIOL 3011,* | Microbiology | 1 |
| General Education requirement (A, B, H, L course) | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| HLSC 2021 | Anatomy and Physiology II | 1 |
| CHEM 142P* | General Chemistry II | 1 |
| BIOL 302 or 3001 | Genetics Molecular Biology and Biotechnology | 1 |
| General Education requirement (A, B, H, L course)1 | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Summer | ||
| Take the DAT in preparation for DMD program applications - by the end of summer before Fourth Year. | ||
| Term Units | 0 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| CHEM 201* | Organic Chemistry I | 1 |
| PHYS 121P or 141P* | College Physics I University Physics I | 1 |
| Junior Seminar | 1 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| HLSC 4981 | Senior Research Proposal | 1 |
| PHYS 122P or 142P* | College Physics II University Physics II | 1 |
| CHEM 301* | Organic Chemistry II | 1 |
| MATH 125Q | Introduction to Mathematical and Statistical Modeling | 1 |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| HLSC 4991 | Senior Research Project | 1 |
| HLSC 4111 | Exercise Physiology | 1 |
| CHEM 204* | Biochemistry I | 1 |
| PHIL 316V | Bio-Medical Ethics | 1 |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| HLSC elective (HLSC 200W recommended)1 | 1 | |
| Additional 200+ level CHEM course to satisfy Chemistry minor requirement | 1 | |
| General Education requirement (A, B, H, L course) or Elective | 1 | |
| General Education requirement (A, B, H, L course) or Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Total Unit: 32 | ||
- 1
Required for HLSC major.
- *
Common core of prerequisite course work.