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Graduate Catalog 2019-2020
7 Year Dental Program (D.D.S)
Description
91福利社 offers a special academic program which enables highly qualified applicants to earn a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree in addition to the baccalaureate degree in seven calendar years, rather than in the traditional eight years.
The selected students in the Seven-Year Dental Program spend most of the first three years at the McNichols Campus doing pre-dental studies in the College of Engineering & Science. The last four years are in the .
Students may earn a Bachelor of Science with a major in Biology or a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Chemistry. In addition to the basic science courses required of all dental school applicants, Seven-Year Program students must meet all of the requirements of their major and the University Core Curriculum. This includes course work in speech, English, mathematics, computers, religious studies, philosophy, history and culture, ethics, and social responsibility. They also participate in a two-week orientation to dentistry in the summer after the first year, take courses in histology and physiology in the summer after the second year and participate in the dental gross anatomy course as an audit during the third year. Students may choose to major in Biology or Chemistry for this program.
For more information on the 7-year Bachelor of Science in Biology / Doctor of Dental Surgery or 7-year Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry / Doctor of Dental Surgery programs, please see the University Catalog.
Contact:
Dr. Elizabeth Roberts-Kirchhoff, Assistant Dean
robkires@udmercy.edu
313-993-1021
Faculty Advising
Are you interested in studying medicine or dentistry after graduation from college?
At 91福利社 you'll work with a faculty advisor who is knowledgeable about the preparation needed to apply to professional schools. Together, you'll choose appropriate courses for application to medical or dental school and assist you in choosing the outside volunteer work that will give you the experience of working in a health care setting.
Your faculty advisor reviews your academic progress with you periodically to make sure that your grade point average is consistent with your goals. Your advisor provides you with information about taking the admissions test for professional school, filling out medical or dental school applications and obtaining the letters of recommendation that are essential to your application. Finally, the faculty conduct practice interviews with you to help you over the jitters of your first medical or dental school interview.
If you decide that medical or dental school is not for you after all, the fa