PreDentistry

(Three- or Four-Year Program)

Department of Chemistry
College of Science and Mathematics
Location: Sundquist Science Complex, A308
Phone: 931-221-7628
Website: www.apsu.edu/chem_page/

The predental curriculum is designed to meet the requirements of the College of Dentistry of the University of Tennessee at Memphis. Most predental students complete a bachelor’s degree before entering dental school. A degree in absentia is available from APSU upon satisfactory completion of the first year of dental school, provided degree before in absentia requirements have been met (see University-Wide Degree Requirements ).

Program Requirements

Admission to dental schools is competitive. Applicants should have a minimum GPA of 3.0 with grades of “C” or better in required prerequisites. The DAT (Dental Admissions Test) should be taken in the spring semester of the junior year.

	Credit Hours
General Education (see TBR Common Core ) *Science Requirements (see below for General Education).	41
University-Wide Freshman Seminar Requirement	1

Minimum Requirements: 92 Credit Hours

*Must include the following:

General Biology 8
Chemistry (General, Organic and Biochemistry) 22
General Physics 10
English (Composition and/or Literature) 6
Mathematics 4
Electives 42

Lower Division Requirements: 32 Credit Hours

Upper Division Requirements: 20 Credit Hours

Electives: 44 Credit Hours

It is strongly recommended that elective courses be chosen from the following: biochemistry, upper division biology courses (e.g., genetics, comparative anatomy, developmental biology, cell biology, histology, microbiology, molecular biology, physiology, and neurobiology). Suggested non-science coursework should be selected from courses in the social sciences, philosophy, psychology, business administration, economics, public speaking, and computer science.