UMKC School of Dentistry prerequisites

2 semesters · 8 credits · lab

UMKC names its biology courses individually instead of setting an hours total: General Biology as one semester with lab, with anatomy, physiology and the advanced biology elective listed separately alongside it. The baseline's 8 hour figure is dropped rather than assumed, because the page publishes no credit hours.

2 semesters · 8 credits · lab

Two semesters with lab. The DAT's general chemistry section assumes the full sequence.

2 semesters · 8 credits · lab

Two semesters with lab at most schools. A small number accept one semester plus biochemistry; confirm on the school's page before planning around it.

1 semester · 3 credits

One semester, listed in the group headed "with lab (if offered)", so a lecture only biochemistry course is acceptable where that is all the department offers. No credit hours are published.

2 semesters · 8 credits · lab

Two semesters, algebra-based accepted essentially everywhere. A handful of schools want only one semester; the two-semester plan covers them all.

2 semesters · 6 credits

Two semesters of English or writing-intensive coursework at most schools that name it.

lab

"One of the following courses: Cell Biology / Histology / Microbiology / Molecular Biology", one semester, with lab if the course offers one. Any one of the four answers it, which is why this sits here rather than on the microbiology line the baseline already carries as a recommendation.

3 credits · lab

Most dental schools ask for 3 credits and list it as recommended.

Required here where the baseline only recommends it: "Anatomy (or Anatomy & Physiology I and II sequence)" and "Physiology (or Anatomy & Physiology I and II sequence)" are listed as separate one semester prerequisites, with lab if offered, so the two semester A&P sequence covers both lines.

3 credits

Required at a meaningful minority and recommended widely; a strong pick for the spare science slot.

80+ hours

Most dental schools ask for 100+ hours and list it as required.

"It is strongly suggested that candidates observe in a minimum of 3+ different dental offices (the offices of general dentists and specialists) and acquire a minimum of 80-100 hours of dental office observation or dental work experience." Strongly suggested rather than required, and the breadth across at least three offices matters as much as the count. Paid dental work experience counts toward it here.

100+ hours

Few schools publish a number; committees still read for a service habit held over time.

1 letter

"A minimum of three letters of recommendation or one pre-health advisory committee letter is required." One committee letter satisfies the entire letters requirement at UMKC, standing in for all three individual letters.

UMKC never asks for a science professor specifically. Without a committee letter the named writers are "at least one letter from a faculty member and one from a dentist", any discipline for the faculty letter, with a third letter of the applicant's choosing to reach the minimum of three. Calling that a science faculty requirement would overstate what the page says.

1 letter

"If there is not a pre-health advisory committee at least one letter from a faculty member and one from a dentist is required." The page says faculty member, not science faculty, so any discipline answers it.

1 letter

Required unless you submit a pre-health advisory committee letter, which replaces the individual letters entirely: "If there is not a pre-health advisory committee at least one letter from a faculty member and one from a dentist is required."