Pre-Dental Program

Department Statement

Students planning on gaining admission to dental school must successfully combine an academic major with the specific prerequisites requirements of the professional school they wish to attend. Most dental schools provide substantial latitude in the academic majors that students may pursue at the baccalaureate level; for this reason students are encouraged to select degrees other than the pre-dental degrees listed below. Students must work closely with their pre-dental advisor to successfully and efficiently meet both the academic requirements of the major they select and the professional school requirements. Most dental school applicants have earned a baccalaureate degree prior to acceptance into professional school. The prerequisite courses required by most dental schools include: ENGL 101, 102 English Composition; CHEM 111, 112 College Chemistry and Labs; BIOL 191, 192 General Biology; PHYS 111, 112 General Physics; and CHEM 317, 318, 319, 320 Organic Chemistry and Labs with BIOL 301 Cell Biology and CHEM 431 Biochemistry highly recommended.

Pre-Dental Program - Suggested First Year Courses

English Composition (Select an Appropriate English Course)

• ENGL 90 Developmental Writing (0 credits)
• ENGL 101 English Composition (3 credits)
• ENGL 102 English Composition (3 credits)

Area I Core Course (List of Approved Courses) (3 credits)

Area II Core Courses

• PSYC 101 General Psychology (3 credits)
• COMM 101 Fundamentals of Speech Communication (3 credits)

Area III Core Courses

Mathematics (Select an Appropriate Mathematics Course)

• MATH 15 Arithmetic Review (0 credits)
• MATH 25 Elementary Algebra (0 credits)
• MATH 108 Intermediate Algebra (4 credits)
• MATH 143 College Algebra (3 credits) and
• MATH 144 Analytical Trigonometry (2 credits) or
• MATH 147 Precalculus (5 credits)
• MATH 160 Survey of Calculus (4 credits)
• MATH 170 Calculus I (4 credits)
  
  
• BIOL 191 General Biology I (4 credits)
• BIOL 192 General Biology II (4 credits)
  Recommended: A solid preparation in high-school biology, chemistry and mathematics or BIOL 100.
  
  
• CHEM 111 College Chemistry (4 credits)
• CHEM 112 College Chemistry (5 credits)
  Pre-requisite MATH 143 or 147
  Recommended: A solid preparation in high-school chemistry. If you do not have this solid background, you should enroll in CHEM 99, 100 or 101. You should enroll in CHEM 111 in the fall semester and continue with CHEM 112 in the spring semester.
  If you are not eligible based on your ACT/SAT scores, your placement exam scores or you have not completed the appropriate pre-requisite courses, then enroll in MATH 15, MATH 25, MATH 108, MATH 143 OR MATH 147 as a pre-requisite.

Other Classes

• UNIV 101U First Year Seminar (2 credits)

You are not required to take all of the courses listed above your first year; however, most students will choose to take between 24 and 32 credits. We highly recommend that you take Math, Biology, and English.

For additional information on the Pre-Dental Degree at Boise State University please refer to the program website.

Academic Advisor

See a list of advisors for the Pre-Professional department.