Seven-year Dental Program

The faculties of Boston University's College of Arts and Sciences and the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine have developed a combined preprofessional and professional curriculum leading to the awarding of the Bachelor of Arts and Doctor of Dental Medicine degrees. This program, patterned after the highly successful seven-year medical program, is designed to improve the quality of dental education while shortening the overall period of study. Qualified applicants include students who are completing four full academic years of secondary education and who are currently high school seniors, or students who have completed high school but have not enrolled in any college-level, degree-granting program. Those accepted are admitted to the College of Arts and Sciences and the Goldman School subject to the review described under College of Arts and Sciences in Admission Information.

The first three years and one summer are spent in the College of Arts and Sciences, where the student takes required preprofessional science courses and elective courses in the humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. In addition, the second summer is spent taking a required biology course and elective courses in the humanities and social sciences, so that the undergraduate requirements are completed by the end of the third academic year. All students are required to complete a minor in a discipline in one of the four divisions of the College of Arts and Sciences (humanities, mathematics and computer science, natural science, or social science) and must meet all liberal arts, residence, and course-distribution requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree.

First-year dental studies begin in the program's fourth year. The amount of time devoted to dental studies is identical to the standard dental program in the Goldman School of Dental Medicine. Students are awarded the Bachelor of Arts degree in May of their first year at the School of Dental Medicine and receive their Doctor of Dental Medicine degree at the completion of the program.

For more information, download the Seven-year Liberal Arts/Dental Education Program brochure and visit the Undergraduate Bulletin web site.