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Nov 22, 2024
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2021-2022 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
PreDental
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 Return to: Majors, Concentrations & Minors
(Three- or Four- Year Program)
Department of Chemistry
College of Science, Technology, Engineering 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 a (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.
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General Education (see Common Core)
*Science Requirements (see below for General Education).
University-Wide Freshman Seminar Requirement
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41
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*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
Upper Division Requirements
Pre-Dental Electives
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 the courses in social sciences, philosophy, psychology, business administration, economics, public speaking, and computer science.
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