Graduate Programs
Ph.D. Degree
Dental Biomaterials Track Core Curriculum
The Dental Biomaterials Track core curriculum has a minimum of 51 course credits, composed of 39 required and 12 minor credits. Courses are offered on both the IUPUI campus and at Purdue University in West Lafayette. 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 (variable)
- Biochemistry-Microbiology (3 credits)
- BIOC B500 Introduction to Biochemistry (3 cr.); or
- DENT G959 Graduate Oral Microbiology (3 cr.)
- General Graduate (10 or 11 credits)
- PBHL B651 Introduction to Biostatistics I (2 cr.)
- PBHL B652 Introduction to Biostatistics II (2 cr.)
- GRAD G504 Introduction to Research Ethics (2 cr.); or
- GRAD G505 Responsible Conduct of Research (1 cr.)
- GRAD G655 Research Communications Seminar (2 cr.)
- EDUC J500 Instruction in the Context of Curriculum (3 cr.); or
- PSY 608 Measurement Theory and the Interpretation of Data (3 cr.); or
- EDUC R503 Instructional Media Applications (3 cr.)
- Dental/Oral Biology (10-15 credits):
- DENT G910 Seminar: Dental Materials (1 cr.) or
- DENT G910 Seminar: Preventive Dentistry (1 cr.) or
- DENT R959 Seminar: Oral Biology (1 cr.; taken one semester each year)
- DENT R956 Current Topics in Oral Biology (taken for 2 semesters; 4 cr. each)
Elective Courses
- MSE 53000 or MSE 23000 Materials Processing in Manufacturing or Structure and Properties of Materials (3 cr.)
- MSE 24000 Processing and Properties of Materials (3 cr.)
- MSE 33500 Materials Characterization Laboratory (3 cr.)
- MSE 35000 Thermodynamics of Materials (3 cr.)
- MSE 38200 Mechanical Response of Materials (3 cr.)
- MSE 69000 Seminar in Materials Engineering (0 cr.)
- DENT G911 Dental Materials Science and Engineering (3 cr.)
- DENT G912 Properties and Test Methods: Dental Materials (3 cr.)
- DENT G913 Clinical Applications of Dental Materials (3 cr.)
- MA 52700 Advanced Mathematics for Engineering and Physics I (3 cr.)
Specialty Courses (In Addition to the Core Courses):
Polymers:
- MSE 52500 Structure-Property Relationships of Engineering Polymers (3 cr.)
- MSE 597Y Polymer Synthesis (3 cr.)
- MSE 597B-A&AE 590M Manufacturing of Advanced Composites (3 cr.)
6 credits in graduate-level course work chosen by the student's advisory committee
Ceramics:
- MSE 51000 Microstructural Characterization Techniques (3 cr.)
- MSE 51200 Powder Processing (3 cr.)
- MSE 52300 Physical Ceramics (3 cr.)
- MSE 55600 Fracture of Materials (3 cr.)
3 credits in graduate-level course work chosen by the student's advisory committee
Metals:
- MSE 50800 Phase Transformation in Solids (3 cr.)
- MSE 51000 Microstructural Characterization Techniques (3 cr.)
- MSE 52200 Rate Phenomena in Process Metallurgy (3 cr.)
6 credits in graduate-level course work chosen by the student's advisory committee
Biomechanics:
- BME 59500 Musculoskeletal Biology and Mechanics (3 cr.)
- BME 59500 Molecular and Cellular Mechanics (3 cr.)
- MSE 55600 Fracture of Materials (3 cr.)
6 credits in graduate-level course work chosen by the student's advisory committee
Tissue Engineering:
- BME 59500 Tissue Engineering (3 cr.)
- BMS 52300 Tissue Engineering (3 cr.)
- BME 60100 Principles of Biomedical Engineering I (3 cr.)
- BME 60200 Principles of Biomedical Engineering II (3 cr.)
- BME 59500 Biomolecular Engineering (3 cr.)
Additional information for Purdue University and IUPUI courses is available at the following links:
Indiana University Graduate School
Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
IUPUI Department of Mathematical Sciences
IUPUI Department of Psychology
IUPUI Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health
IUPUI School of Education
IUPUI School of Engineering and Technology
Purdue University Graduate School
Purdue University School of Materials Engineering
Purdue University Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering
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