Description
The Pre-Professional Studies: Dental Pathway Minor is an interdisciplinary minor, drawing courses from a variety of disciplines. This minor is an intentional collection of mostly upper-level courses and experiences in the behavioral, social and hard sciences with a primary focus of preparing students with the critical thinking skills necessary for solving problems in dental medicine. It is not intended to satisfy the list of to satisfy the entire list of prerequisite courses needed to apply to dental school or take the DAT exam.
Admission to the Program
Any undergraduate student intending on applying to veterinary school is encouraged to declare this minor. Students will need to take the following prerequisite courses to be able to complete the minor: ENG112, BIO201, BIO202, CHM205, and CHM206. Upper-level science courses will also require some of the following prerequisites: CHM306, BIO302, BIO310, BIO311 or BIO315. All of these courses are prerequisites for Dental school and students are advised to complete them as part of their academic plan and application portfolio development. Students not intending on applying to Dental School should instead explore the Pre-professional Health Minor.
Program Requirements
The minor requires 22-26 credits. Students design their course of study in close consultation with their minor advisor.
Required Core (13 cr)
- PSH 397 Health Psychology
- SOC 211 Social Disparities Health OR SOC 332 Health Medicine & Society
- PHL 321 Medical Ethics
- ENG 300 Adv Composition
- PPH 400 Pre-professional Health Seminar*
Career Shadowing: Choose one (0-3 cr):
- PPH 300 Oak Orchard Health Shadowing
- PPH 399 Off Campus Internship/Shadowing
- Equivalent experience as determined by the PPH Program Director
Dexterity Elective: Choose one (3 cr)
- ART 212 3D-Design
- ART 261 Elements of Sculpture
- ART 361 Sculpt: Mixed Media
- ART 362 Sculpture Metal
- ART 371 Begin Handwheel
- ART 372 Begin Wheel
Business Elective: Choose one (3 cr)
- BUS 263 Entrepreneurship
- BUS 366 Organizational Behavior
- BUS 335 Principles of Marketing
Upper-level Science Electives: Choose one (3-4 cr)
- BIO 407 Adv Cell Biology
- BIO 414 Immunology
- BIO 415 Molecular Biology
- BIO 423 General Microbiology
- BIO 475 Cancer Biology
- CHM 467 Biochemistry I
*Exit Requirements:
- Only students preparing applications to professional schools will be allowed to enroll in PPH 400, since this course is mainly focused on helping students prepare for the application portfolio and anticipated interview process.
- For permission to enroll in PPH 400, students must have an overall GPA of >3.00 and be working with a PPH Advisor on a Dental school application timeline.
- Satisfactory completion of the minor does not guarantee SUNY Brockport PPH Advisory Committee support for application to dental school.