College of Dentistry

BS in Oral Health Science
This is an undergraduate degree-completion program for students with an Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degree from an accredited dental hygiene program. The degree requires 120 semester hours (s.h.) of course work, and the final 30 s.h. (minimum) must be earned at Iowa. A maximum of 60 s.h. will be accepted for completion of the AAS degree.

Admission requirements for transfer students
Refer to the UI General Catalog for more details.

Oral Health Science (BS)

Application deadlines

• Fall Semester—April 1
• Spring Semester—November 15
• Summer Session—April 1

Degree Audit
When you are admitted, a Degree Audit will become part of your Admissions Profile in ISIS. The audit:

• tells you whether you have completed the necessary High School Course Requirements, which are the same for students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,
• specifies which General Education Program Requirements, which are the same for students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and which requirements for your major you still need to fulfill,
• indicates (for pre-business, pre-nursing, and pre-pharmacy students) which prerequisite courses necessary for applying to the respective college need to be fulfilled, and
• monitors other degree requirements including semester hours, GPA, residency requirement, and college-specific regulations.

Transfer policies
Review the Transfer Policies to find out about calculating your transfer GPA, Iowa's course-repeat policy, and other Iowa transfer policies.

Credit evaluation
The Office of Admissions evaluates transfer courses applicable to High School Course Requirements and General Education Program requirements, as well as a number of courses applicable to the requirements of your major. Your major department makes decisions about how the rest of your transfer courses apply toward the requirements for your major.

Course equivalency guide
Search the Transfer Equivalency Guide for commonly transferred courses offered at other Iowa institutions and our major out-of-state transfer colleges. The system is designed for prospective students who want to know how courses will transfer to Iowa and for UI students who plan to take courses at other institutions in the summer or at other times.

English proficiency requirement
If you are a U.S. citizen or permanent resident whose first language is not English, you must take an English Proficiency Evaluation during your Orientation program. Exceptions are made in the cases of applicants whose ACT English subscores are 21 or above (SAT Critical Reading score of 540 or higher) and those whose Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) scores are 600 or higher (250 or higher on the computer-based TOEFL, or 100 or above on the Internet-based TOEFL). Applicants seeking exceptions should contact the Office of Admissions.