Begin Your Future as a Dental Professional
If you have your sights set on dental school, Clarkson University's Pre-Dental Advising Track can help you get there. Fulfill the prerequisites for advanced degrees, gain research and field experience and explore your options in the dental professions. All under the personalized guidance of a supportive advising team.
Why Choose the Pre-Dental Advising Track at Clarkson?
Pre-dental studies at Clarkson can fit into any major. Each of the prerequisites for dental school is either a requirement of the specific major you are in or can be completed as an elective. You will have access to these required courses every year, making it easy to maintain steady progress toward your goals.
The process to qualify for the pre-dental track is simple. Once you are accepted into a major, you need only to contact the pre-dental advisor about your interest. The trusted advisor will help you create an individualized plan of study. They will also point you toward opportunities like mentorships, community service and internships.
Pre-dental students take part in all the events and activities promoted by the Pre-Health Sciences Advising Office. You can attend speaker series and general meetings about health careers. The Advising Office also offers prep materials for the different admissions tests. You can also form part of our active pre-health professions coed fraternity that recruits members from all aspects of the Clarkson community.
What You'll Learn
The requirements for entry vary a bit from dental school to dental school, but in general, they include the following:
- Biology with Laboratory (two semesters)
- Calculus (two semesters)
- Chemistry with Laboratory (two semesters)
- Organic Chemistry with Laboratory (two semesters, one of lab)
- Physics (two semesters)
