Course variations

Course summary

The program offers courses on a wide variety of topics, from ecosystems to the molecular level and everything in-between, for both majors and non-majors. Department faculty pursue research in diverse areas and actively involve undergraduates in their research, encouraging them to develop their own projects and to present them at local and national research conferences. We offer many courses of study for students interested in the biological sciences, including both a major and a minor in Biology. We also offer Allied Health majors in Radiology, Respiratory Therapy, Nuclear Medicine, and Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Medical Technology).

Program modules

The core courses are in the field of Biological Sciences, General Chemistry, General Chemistry I Laboratory, Freshman Writing Workshop, Freshman Seminar, Social and Behavioral Sciences, University Core A - The Global Challenge, Calculus I, Human Structure and Function, Human Structure and Function Laboratory, Organic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry Laboratory, University Core B - Perspectives on the Individual, Public Speaking, Physical Education, Genetics, Biochemistry, Biochemistry Laboratory, General Physics IW, Humanities Language, Cell Biology, Bioethics, Applied Statistics, General Physics.Gross Anatomy, Histology, Embryology, Cell Biology, Neuroscience,Genetics (Human), Biochemistry, Physiology and Biophysics

Entry requirement for international students

High school seniors with a combined SAT score of 1200 or better and ranking in the top 10 percent of their class or similarly qualified students who have completed their first year of study achieving a 3.50 cumulative grade point ratio at FDU may apply. Applicants must have had secondary school preparation in English, mathematics, biology, chemistry and physics. Letters of recommendation from high school teachers also are required. 98 credits as listed below at Maxwell Becton College of Arts and Sciences, A minimum grade point ratio of 3.50 and a minimum grade of "B" in each of the science courses required for admission to NJDS. There shall be no final grade of "D", "F" or "I" in any course required for admission to NJDS, appearing on the student's transcript, A satisfactory score on the Dental Aptitude Test must be submitted prior to admission to NJDS, A recommendation by nine faculty members,the chair of the Department of Biological and Allied Health Sciences of Becton College, and the preprofessional adviser is required, FDU students wishing to participate in the program must apply in writing to the preprofessional adviser no later than completion of 60 credits at FDU.Final entrance into the D.M.D. program is contingent on satisfactory performance in all six semesters at FDU, not withstanding any prior offer of admission.

Qualification

Doctoral

Awarding body

Fairleigh Dickinson University, College At Florham

Department name

Becton College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biological and Allied Health Sciences