听
Undergraduate Catalog 2022-2023
Accelerated 7-Year Bachelor of Science (Biology) to Doctor of Dental Surgery Program (BS-DDS)
Description
91福利社 offers a special academic program that 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.
Students in the 7-Year BS BIO/DDS 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 at the School of Dentistry.
In addition to the basic science courses required of all dental school applicants, 7-Year Program students must meet the requirements of the University Core Curriculum. This includes course work in speech, English, mathematics, religious studies, philosophy, history and culture, ethics, and social responsibility. They are also required to participate in a two-week orientation to dentistry in the summer after the first year, and two courses at the dental school in year three.
Program Learning Outcomes
Eligibility
Only high school graduates of the months immediately preceding the beginning of undergraduate study at 91福利社 are eligible for consideration as a program participant. Transfer students or students who have already begun course work at 91福利社 are ineligible.
Once admitted, a program participant must be enrolled as a full-time student in each regular semester, including a two-week course at the 91福利社 School of Dentistry at the end of the Winter semester (beginning of the Summer) in year one of the program. All necessary undergraduate coursework must be completed at the McNichols Campus within the three calendar years immediately prior to the beginning of the formal dental school phase of the program.
Students successfully completing all requirements of the program will be granted the Bachelor of Science with a major in Biology and the Doctor of Dental Surgery. The Bachelor of Science is awarded after the required credits at the 91福利社 School of Dentistry are completed to fulfill remaining undergraduate requirements.
Admissions Requirements
The Selection Committee will consider for acceptance into the program an applicant who has met ALL of the following basic criteria:
- Has been accepted for admission as a freshman student at 91福利社.
- Has submitted to the Admissions Office, following acceptance as a freshman student, a 350-400 word personal essay on a topic supplied at the time of application.
- Has two letters of recommendations addressing the candidate's qualifications for the program.
- Has achieved a high school ACT composite score of at least 28 (minimum of 26 on each subsection), or a combined SAT score of at least 1300 (minimum of 620 on ERW, minimum of 610 MATH), not super-scored. Applicants applying under the test-optional policy are eligible to apply. The average cumulative unweighted high school GPA for matriculants was a 3.85 and the average cumulative weighted high school GPA was a 4.14.
- Has earned for the first six semesters of high school a grade point average of 3.5 overall on a 4.0 point scale, and the same for the combined mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology courses.
- Has directed the high school office to supply to the Admissions Office an up-to-date high school transcript by January 15 of the application year.
Applicants who have satisfied the above requirements will be reviewed by the 7-Year Dental Selection Committee. The selection committee will make the final determination on the limited number of students accepted into the program.
Students accepted into the program should complete 25 hours of dentistry observation/shadowing of a general practitioner, before starting courses at 91福利社.
An applicant will be eligible for admission to the dental school phase of study following the successful completion of all aspects of the initial three years of the program. This includes:
- Successful completion of all required dental prerequisite courses with a C or better
- Overall GPA of 3.6 or better, and science GPA of 3.5 or better
- Scores of 20 or better on all sections of the DAT (the Dental Admission Test, the national standardized examination required of all applicants for admission to professional schools of dentistry) prior to August 1 in the second summer of the program
- Complete at least 60 hours of shadowing with a U.S./Canada-based general dentist
- Successful submission of the AADSAS application prior to August 1 in their second summer and satisfactory interview in the fall of their third year with 91福利社 School of Dentistry Admission's Committee
Application Procedures
See the website for 91福利社 Admissions for the early and regular submission dates for applications. All who are interested in being considered for admission into the 7-Year Program should specifically and clearly indicate this at the time they submit their applications for admission as entering freshmen into the College of Engineering & Science. Applications for the program are to be sent to the office of Undergraduate Admissions at the McNichols Campus, not to the program coordinator nor to the School of Dentistry.
The student's overall application, essay, and interview will be used to determine which students are accepted into the limited number of seats in the program.
Bachelor Program Requirements -Bachelor of Science with a Major in Biology (120 credits)
Science Courses
- BIO 1200 General Biology I (3 credits) (meets Core C1 with BIO 1210)
- BIO 1210 General Biology Lab I (2 credits) (meets Core C1 with BIO 1200)
- BIO 1220 General Biology II (3 credits)
- BIO 1230 General Biology Lab II (2 credits)
- BIO 2700 Genetics (3 credits)
- BIO 2900 Biostatistics (3 credits) (meets Core B2)
- BIO 4210 Microbiology (3 credits)
- BIO 4630 Physiology (3 credits) (meets Core IT2)
- CHM 1070 General Chemistry I (3 credits)
- CHM 1080 General Chemistry II (3 credits)
- CHM 1100 General Chemistry Lab I (1 credit)
- CHM 1120 General Chemistry Lab II (1 credit)
- CHM 2250 Organic Chemistry Lab I (1 credit)
- CHM 2260 Organic Chemistry Lab II (1 credit)
- CHM 2270 Organic Chemistry I (3 credits)
- CHM 2290 Organic Chemistry II (3 credits)
- CHM 4710 Biochemistry I (3 credits)
- CHM 4720 Biochemistry II (3 credits)
- PHY 1300 Physics I (3 credits)
- PHY 1310 Physics Lab I (1 credit)
- PHY 1320 Physics II (3 credits)
- PHY 1330 Physics Lab II (1 credit)
Upper-Level Biology Courses
- Credits are transferred back from the School of Dentistry after the first or second semester in the DDS program to reach 39 biology credits and a total of 120 credits.
OR
- For students who will not matriculate to the School of Dentistry in August of their fourth year, they can complete their undergraduate biology degree by completing:
Additional Required Courses
- MTH 1400 Elementary Functions (3 credits) or MTH 1410 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (4 credits)
- DENT 1000 Introduction to Dentistry (0 credits)
- DENT 3000 Integrated Biomedical Science I (3 credits) (meets Core IT1)
- DENT 3010 Integrated Biomedical Science II (3 credits)
- PYC 1000 Intro to Psychology (3 credits) (meets Core C2)
- SOC 1000 Intro to Sociology (3 credits) (meets Core C2)
- Additional Upper-level BIO courses are recommended if scheduling permits
Core Curriculum
In addition to the courses required for this program listed above, the student must also fulfill the requirements of the University Core Curriculum for this program. Some of these courses may be satisfied by courses in your program.
Students in this Accelerated 7-Year BS-BIO/DDS program who complete their degree by transferring back credits from 91福利社's School of Dentistry have been granted two core course exemptions:
- Core E1, E2*, E3 - one course may be waived.
- Core D3, IT3, IT4, IT5- one course may be waived.
*E2 may be waived if a student has taken ENL 1300 and ENL 1310 (six semester hours of English are required by the School of Dentistry).
Please review your Degree Evaluation or consult your academic advisor for more information.
Students are encouraged to submit transcripts or test scores from Advanced Placement, dual enrollment, International Baccalaureate, etc. In some cases, these will be transferred in. Pre-requisite courses required for admission to the School of Dentistry should be completed at a four-year institution and not a community college.
Optional Concentration - Biology Research
The Research concentration within the Biology major is designed for students who are interested in pursuing further research in graduate school or careers in industry, medicine, and science education. A research concentration will offer students an opportunity to read and explore scientific literature, develop hypotheses, design and implement experiments, collect and analyze data and communicate their findings. The Research concentration involves both course-based research experiences and mentored laboratory research experiences. Students will gain experience problem solving by using the scientific method.
The concentration is a minimum of nine credits and must include six credit hours from courses 3000+ level or higher.