Prerequisite at Purdue W. Lafayette

Dental Prerequisite Courses at
PURDUE UNIVERSITY
West Lafayette Campus
Advisor: Amy L. Terstriep, PdD

PREREQUISITE

COURSE NUMBER

COURSE TITLE

CREDIT HOURS

*Anatomy and Physiology

BIOL 20300 and
BIOL 20400 

Human Anatomy & Physiology 4 hours
4 hours
  or    
  BIOL 30100 and
BIOL 30200
HumanDesign: A&P I &  II
 
3 hours
3 hours
  and either
NURS 21400

Pathophysiology
 
  or    
  BIOL 45500 Animal Physiology  
*Biology - choose from A and B
  A
BIOL 13100/13200
BIOL 23100/23200

Dev, Structure and Functions of Organisms
Cell Structure & Function

5 hours
5 hours
       
  B
BIOL 11000
BIOL 11100

Fund of Biology 1
Fund of Biology 2

4 hours
4 hours
*Chemistry, Inorganic CHM 11500
CHM 11600
General Chemistry
General Chemistry
4 hours
4 hours
*Chemistry, Organic CHM 25500 & L
or
CHM 25700
CHM 25700 L
Organic Chemistry

Organic Chemistry Lec
Organic Chemistry Lab
4 hours
or
3 hours
2 hours
  Biochemistry CHM 56100
or
CHM 33300
or
BCHM 30700
Biochemistry

Prin of Biochemistry

 Biochemistry
3 hours

3 hours

3 hours
*Physics PHYS 22000
PHYS 22100
Physics
Physics
4 hours
4 hours
*ALL SCIENCE COURSES, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY, MUST INCLUDE LABORATORIES
Psychology PSY 12000 Elementary Psychology 3 hours
English Composition ENGL 10600
or
ENGL 10800
First Year Composition.

Accelerated First Year Composition
3 hours

3 hours
Suggested electives:
(note: These are NOT required)
Art (i.e. 3-D Drawing or Jewelry-Making)
Introduction to Business Management, Interpersonal Communications, Spanish, Cell Biology, Genetics, Histology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology
A minimum of 90 semester or 135 quarter credit hours is required for admission.
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