Graduate Programs
Ph.D. Degree
Preventive Dentistry Track Core Curriculum
(The Preventive Dentistry Track core curriculum has a minimum of 51 course credits, composed of 39 required and 12 minor credits.) For descriptions of courses that do not appear on the list of graduate courses in this bulletin (i.e., courses that are not coded DENT), contact the appropriate department or school (see list of Web sites below).
Required Courses (39 credits minimum)
- DENT G959 Oral Microbiology (3 cr.)
- DENT G974 Advanced Nutrition (2 cr.)
- DENT R909 Advanced Preventive Dentistry I (3 cr.)
- DENT R910 Advanced Preventive Dentistry II (3 cr.)
- DENT R911 Advanced Preventive Dentistry III (1-2 cr.)
- DENT G900 Advanced Oral Histology and Embryology (2 cr.)
- DENT G905 Bone Physiology, Imaging, and Implant Anchorage (2 cr.)
- DENT G911 Dental Materials Science and Engineering (3 cr.)
- DENT G967 Advanced Periodontics (4 cr.)
- DENT G973 Vitamins, Mineral Metabolism, and Hormones (2 cr.)
General Graduate (13 credits)
- GRAD G504 Introduction to Research Ethics (2 cr.)
- PBHL B651 Introduction to Biostatistics I (3 cr.)
- PBHL B652 Introduction to Biostatistics II (3 cr.)
- GRAD G655 Research Communications Seminar (2 cr.; taken in spring of second year)
- EDUC J500 Instruction in the Context of Curriculum (3 cr.) or PSY 608 Measurement Theory and Data Interpretation (3 cr.) or EDUC R503 Instructional Media Applications (3 cr.); taken in first year; or other teaching method course recommended by the program director
Dental/Oral Biology (10-15 credits)
- DENT G910 Seminar: Preventive Dentistry or
- DENT R959 Seminar: Oral Biology (one semester each year; 1 cr. each)
- DENT R956 Current Topics in Oral Biology (2 semesters; 4 cr. each)
Required Dental Sciences Courses for Non–Dental Preventive Dentistry Track Applicants
Applicants without a dental degree may apply for the Preventive Dentistry Track but are required to take the following course in the first two years of their program:
- DENT G935 Dental Pediatrics (2 cr.)
Research (remainder of 90 credits)
- DENT G930 Research: Preventive Dentistry (1-12 cr. each semester)
- DENT R957 Introduction to Research in Oral Biology (3 cr.; taken once)
Information about courses offered by schools and departments other than the School of Dentistry are available at the following links:
Indiana University Graduate School
IUPUI Department of Psychology
IUPUI Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health
IUPUI School of Education
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