Pre Health

Joint 7 year Biology/Dental Program

Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine

The following program outline is for students in the joint program with Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine. The program is available only to those admitted as freshman. Transfer students are ineligible. The program requires that students complete three years (90 credits) of study at The University at Albany. Interested students must pursue a BS degree in Biology and maintain a 3.6 in both science and overall courses. Students should take the DAT in the spring of the sophomore year when they apply to the program. It is therefore expected that students who apply to this program will complete their Pre-Health file by February of the sophomore year. The file will include two (2) recommendations from the sciences and one (1) recommendation from the humanities and/or the social sciences. Students will attend the Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine for the fourth year of study (and pay tuition at Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine), beginning the first year of the professional program. With the completion of the fourth year of study, the student will be awarded a BS degree by the University at Albany.

First Year

The math requirement may be fulfilled by two semesters of calculus (Mat 111 or 112 and Mat 113) or by one semester of calculus (Mat 106/111/112) and one semester of Statistics (Mat 108). The following courses will NOT fulfill this requirement :Mat 100.101.103.105.110

*Most Dental Schools require one (1) year of English: one (1) semester of Composition and one semester of Literature . It is suggested that the students fulfill their Humanities Gen. Ed. Requirement with a Literature course from the English department.

Second Year

Third Year

General Education

Because the number of general education courses a student is required to fulfill, depends on New York State Regents Exam grades, a student may have to take summer school courses in order to complete all the General Education Requirements before moving to Boston University’s Goldman School of Dentistry. Please note, however, that a minimum of ninety credits must be completed at the University at Albany.

Writing Requirement: You must complete two "writing intensive" courses. The first is BIO 110F. The second must be an upper level (300 or above) writing intensive course, typically a Biology major course with the "Z" suffix.

Biology Major Courses: In addition to BIO 110F, 111N, 212, and 365, you must complete 21 credits of Biology major course work, including 3 lab courses. It is strongly recommended that you choose from the following list of courses to fulfill these requirements:

BIO 301 Cell Biology 3

BIO 302Z Cell Biology Lab 2

BIO 303 Developmental Biology 3

BIO 305 Developmental Biology Lab 2

BIO 309 Current Topics / Cell & Devel. 1

BIO 314 General Bacteriology 3

BIO 315 General Bacteriology Lab 2

BIO 367 Biochemistry Lab 2

BIO 389Z Writing in Biology 1

BIO 410 Human Physiology 3

BIO 411Z Human Physiology Lab 2