Biology (BS) Pre-Dental

Program Overview

The pre-dental program will prepare you well for acceptance into dental school. The curriculum offers electives such as histology and embryology that are sometimes prerequisites for dental programs. Success in these topics will increase your competitiveness when applying.

Where Are Our Graduates?

• Boston University Goldman School of Dentistry
• Creighton University
• University of Detroit Mercy School
• Emory University
• Georgetown School of Dentistry
• Howard University
• University of Indiana
• Loyola University
• Marquette University
• Meharry Medical College
• University of Missouri
• University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
• New York University
• University of North Carolina
• Northwestern University
• Nova Southeastern University
• University of Pennsylvania
• University of Pittsburgh
• University of South Carolina
• Temple University
• Tufts University
• University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine
• University of New Jersey and University of Florida

Curriculum

A major requires a minimum of 40 credits including Botany, Zoology, Biological Foundations, Genetics, and at least one course from each of the following core areas:

• Growth and development: Comparative Anatomy or Human Anatomy
• Cellular and molecular biology: Microbiology and/or Cell Biology
• Physiological and biochemical principles: Human Physiology or Comparative Physiology
• Environmental biology: Marine Biology or Ecology or Biodiversity of Ecosystems
• Biological theory: Evolution or Seminar or Virology

Students must also fulfill the following biology, chemistry, and physics requirements:

• General Chemistry & Qualitative Analysis and Organic Chemistry
• Calculus I
• 8 semester hours of physics