Physics prerequisite for dental admission.

[jkang]

Hello fellow SDN mates, I have a quick question on physics prerequisite requirement.

As each school requires 6-8 hours of physics, does that requirement apply only to the 'classical' physics like physics 100 and 101 for instance?

For my case, I took 'introduction to physics', which was only 3 credit course, which had no 2nd part. So I was considering of taking 'Fundamentals of Astronomy', which was also a 3 credit physics class. Do you think that would qualify my requirements?

Thanks in advance!

---

Members don't see this ad.

 

[mid]

It should be a year long course covering kinematics+mechanics, electronics, optics etc.

 

[Muggs]

Hello fellow SDN mates, I have a quick question on physics prerequisite requirement.

As each school requires 6-8 hours of physics, does that requirement apply only to the 'classical' physics like physics 100 and 101 for instance?

For my case, I took 'introduction to physics', which was only 3 credit course, which had no 2nd part. So I was considering of taking 'Fundamentals of Astronomy', which was also a 3 credit physics class. Do you think that would qualify my requirements?

Thanks in advance!

I'm pretty sure neither work. They want the 4 credit physic courses (assuming that your 3 credit courses are 3 because they don't have a lab section). As you said, they want the "classic" physics courses, not stuff like "Introduction to the Universe" in the Physics Department for example.

 

[MuskieMan33]

I believe the requirement is referring to Physics 100 and 101. In my case it is College Physics I and II. However schools have different course names for the same thing. But intro to physics doesn't sound like it would meet the requirement if there is no second part. I believe the 6-8 credit hours is also taking into consideration that some schools are on the quarter vs semester system too.

 

[hunterx2]

I hate physics and I hate physics requirements. I had AP credit for it but some schools (I think it was tufts or BU) would not accept AP and recommended I take upper level physics courses to meet their 8 credit requirement.

What kind of masochist takes 8 credits of upper level physics?

 

[jeffity]

I hate physics and I hate physics requirements. I had AP credit for it but some schools (I think it was tufts or BU) would not accept AP and recommended I take upper level physics courses to meet their 8 credit requirement.

What kind of masochist takes 8 credits of upper level physics?

Never mix calculus with anything. It's just bad news.

I like UNE's approach to the requirements. You can basically skip physics if you want and even get away with only one semester of chm and ochm. Just stack up on biology courses of your choice that are a lot more useful.

1 semester bio with labs
1 semester micro with lab
1 semester chem with lab
1 semester ochem with lab
1 semester biochm
1 semester English

16 semester credits "Additional Biology, Chemistry and/or Physics courses".

 

[mid]

Never mix calculus with anything. It's just bad news.

I took a calc based physics course and tutored the algebra based course. If you can do calc at all the calc based course is much simpler (imo obviously).

 

[woodloga]

I know the university in which i got my undergrad has intro to physics classes like 100, 101. And then they also have General Physics. The schools I've talked to says intro classes do not work. Just like intro to Organic chemistry doesn't cover the Organic chemistry req. I wasn't looking forward to it at all but got lukcy with a good teacher. 🙂 good luck

 

[Teacher2dentist]

From what I've seen at most schools, you need a full year with lab experience, making it the 8 hours if you're on the semester system. I'm in physics now, taking classes post-bacc, and it's ROUGH. It's mostly because I haven't done any math coursework in a while. So before you take the second part, I highly suggest reviewing the first part and math that goes with it!

 

[ktran17]

Calculus actually makes things a lot easier...

Especially for classes like physics and physical chemistry.

Then again, I'm biased