Pre-dentistry

College of Arts and Sciences
105 Bowman Hall
Tel: 330-672-2062
Web: http://as.kent.edu

Pre-Dentistry Advising Program

The Pre-Dentistry Pre-Professional Advising Program in the College of Arts and Sciences provides students with an opportunity to prepare for further dental school training after completing their undergraduate degrees. Students take courses that prepare them for the Dental Admissions Test (DAT) and coursework in dental school. This program is designed for students who are not pursuing degrees in the Departments of Biological Sciences or Chemistry, which have their own pre-medical/pre-osteopathy/pre-dentistry programs. Students in the Pre-Dentistry Pre-Professional Advising Program must declare a major in an undergraduate baccalaureate degree program in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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:
MATH	12002	Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (5)
	12021	Calculus for Life Sciences (4)
Choose one of the following:
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 Liberal Education Requirements (LERs) 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 Liberal Education Requirements
** The pre/corequisite for PHY 23101 is MATH 12002; the pre/corequisite for PHY 23102 is MATH 12003.

Admission requirements differ among dental schools. Students should consult with a faculty pre-dentistry advisor each semester for assistance in choosing classes, the appropriate sequencing of classes, and to ensure entrance requirement for selected dental schools are being met.