Dr. Scott Petrich
Director of Pre-Health Sciences
Safety Officer of Chemistry Department
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Office: (417) 873-7566
spetrich@drury.edu
Barbara Woolery
Academic Department Secretary
Office: 417-873-7433
bwoolery@drury.edu
About the Pre-Dentistry Program
Dentists are health-care professionals responsible for keeping our teeth, gums and mouth healthy. In order to become a dentist, students must graduate from a four-year dentistry school. Dental schools attempt to have students spend as much time in the clinic as in the classroom. Students wishing to apply to dental school must take the Dental Admission Test (DAT), a comprehensive test over biology, general chemistry and organic chemistry as well as more abstract concepts such as general academic ability, comprehension of scientific information and perceptual ability.
Program curriculum:
CORE 101: Drury Seminar
BIOL 101: Molecular Biology
BIOL 102: Mechanisms of Inheritance
CHEM 115/112L: General Chemistry
CHEM 238/238L: Inorganic Chemistry
MATH 231: Calculus I
MATH 227: Statistics
PHYS 211: General Physics I
PHYS 212: General Physics II
CHEM 315/315L: Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 415/415L: Advanced Organic Chemistry
BIOL 336: Biochemistry
ARTZ 215: Ceramics I
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