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Pre-Dentistry Advising Program Requirements

Course requirements for Pre-Dentistry Advising Program:

BSCI 10120 Biological Foundations 4
  30140 Cell Biology 4
  30156 Elements of Genetics 3
  30171 General Microbiology 4
  40430 Animal Physiology 3
Choose one of the following: 4-5
MATH 12002 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (5)
  12021 Calculus for Life Sciences (4)
Choose one of the following: 3
MATH 12022 Probability and Statistics for Life Sciences (3)
  30011 Basic Probability and Statistics (3)  
Choose one of the following groups: 10
CHEM 10060 General Chemistry I (4)  
  10061 General Chemistry II (4)  
  10062 General Chemistry Laboratory I (1)  
  10063 General Chemistry Laboratory II (1)  
    or  
  10960 Honors General Chemistry (5)  
  10961 Honors General Chemistry (5)  
Choose one from the following groups: 6
CHEM 20481 Basic Organic Chemistry I (4)  
  20482 Basic Organic Chemistry II (2)  
    or  
  30481 Organic Chemistry I (3)  
  30482 Organic Chemistry II (3)  
Both groups take:  
CHEM 30475 Organic Chemistry Laboratory I 1
  30476 Organic Chemistry Laboratory II 1
Choose one from the following groups: 10
PHY 13001 General College Physics I (4)  
  13021 General College Physics Laboratory I (1)  
  13002 General College Physics II (4)  
  13022 General College Physics Laboratory II (1)  
    or  
**
 23101 General University Physics I (5)  
**
 23102 General University Physics II (5)  
   
Total     
 53-54

While individual dental schools may require a variety of additional courses, the following list is highly recommended to strengthen a student's preparation for the DAT:

BSCI 10110 Biological Diversity (4)  
  30518 Vertebrate Anatomy (4)  
Choose one:  
CHEM 30284 Introductory Biological Chemistry (4)  
  40245 Biological Foundations of Medicine (4)  

Students are encouraged, after consultation with a faculty pre-dentistry advisor to select from the following Kent Core Requirements and general elective courses to help prepare for a career in dentistry:

COMM 15000 Introduction to Human Communication* (3)
ECON 22060 Principles of Microeconomics* (3)
  42086 Economics of Healthcare (3)
PHIL 21001 Introduction to Ethics* (3)
PSYC 11762 General Psychology* (3)
  40111 Abnormal Psychology (3)
  41363 Biopsychology (3)
SOC 12050 Introduction to Sociology* (3)
  42563 Sociology of Health and Health Care (3)

  * Courses that also fulfill Kent Core Requirements

** The pre/corequisite for PHY 23101 is MATH 12002; the pre/corequisite for PHY 23102 is MATH 12003.

NOTE: All courses taken from the list of major program requirements are used in the calculation of the major GPA.