The Dental School's Oral Biology Program is an interdepartmental program. Dr. Glenn Minah is program director. The Oral Biology Program is for students in the Dental School's certificate program. The program prepares dentists for careers in dental education and research.
Students receive graduate training in the basic sciences, oral biology, and dentistry.
Although lecture courses comprise most of the curriculum, many basic science courses include a laboratory component. A significant portion of the program focuses on the design and completion of a master's thesis research project, a requirement of the program. Students may select research advisers from several disciplines and topics from many basic science and clinical research areas. The master's degree requires a minimum of 30 graduate credits beyond the professional degree in dentistry. Of these, at least 24 credits must be selected from graduate-level courses approved for the program and a minimum of 6 credits at the master's research level.