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Associate of Science Course Descriptions Dental Assisting
Admission (Campus Program)
Curriculum
Overview
The IU School of Dentistry's Distance Dental Assisting Program was established in 2007 as an alternative to the on-campus program to facilitate access to dental assisting education for candidates not conveniently located near campus or who are attempting to obtain a college degree while managing a full-time working hours and/or family obligations. Like all other Dental School programs, it is fully accredited by the American Dental Association's Commission on Dental Accreditation.
Tuition and Fees
This program is the first offered in Indiana and one of only a few in the United States. Clinical training is mainly provided in the second semester by a sponsoring general dentist of the student's choice.
Admission (Distance Learning Program)
Students are also required to spend one Saturday per month throughout the school year at dental school to complete lab assignments and take exams.
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Degree Requirements
S.D. Thesis or Journal Manuscript
The research committee must approve the thesis before the student submits the thesis electronically to IUPUI's digital archive, IUPUI ScholarWorks. If the manuscript option is chosen instead of the thesis, the research committee and research mentor must approve both the manuscript and the journal for which it is intended before the manuscript can be submitted to the journal. All students applying for admission to the School of Dentistry must pay an application fee of $50.00 (foreign admission application is $60.00 in U.S. dollars [check or money order]).
This fee is payable only once, is non-refundable and does not apply to other fees.
Faculty Advisory/Research Committees
Ph.D. Degree
The student selects an advisory committee, usually by the end of the first spring semester after enrolling in the program. After the final confirmation, the student is given a time to defend the proposal before the committee. Students who do not satisfactorily complete the proposal defense may be permitted to retake it with the permission of the advisory committee.
Students who do not satisfactorily complete the written test may be permitted to take it once with the permission of the advisory committee. Members of the advisory committee may continue to serve as members of the student's research committee.
Tuition
Satisfactory defense of the proposal will be followed by a written examination at a date and time convenient for the members of the committee and student (within 60 days of the proposal defense). Each member of the advisory committee submits a comprehensive question in his or her area(s) of expertise to the committee chair, who then aggregates the questions from all five committee members. In addition, students who fail both components of the qualifying exam are usually allowed to take the exam once.
However, this latter committee is chaired by the student's research advisor, who must be a member of the University Graduate School faculty with approval to direct doctoral committees (see www.graduate.indiana.edu/faculty-resources.php). At least half of the members of the search committee must be consenting members of the faculty of the University Graduate School; others may be members, with or without approval.
Enrollment and Financial Support
Once written to the student's satisfaction, the proposal is submitted to the committee chair, who distributes copies to the rest of the committee. The student advisory committee shall submit a Nomination for Candidacy form to the University Graduate School after the student has completed all required didactic courses and passed the qualifying examination. The search committee consists of two other faculty members of the University Graduate School of the School of Dentistry, a faculty member of the University Graduate School outside the School of Dentistry (typically a member of the minor department), and an expert in the field dentistry. student's area of research outside of Indiana University.
The research committee is responsible for supervising the student's research, reading the dissertation and providing scientific and editorial comments on its content and conducting the final examination. During one of these evaluations, most likely during the third or fourth year, but usually at least six months before the completion of the dissertation, the student gives a 45-50-minute presentation open to all dental school faculty.
Oral Biology Track Core Curriculum
Once approved, the student writes a proposal in the style of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 grant proposal, including the following sections: abstract, specific objectives, background and significance, research design and methods, literature cited, and budget, but with length reduced to a maximum 15 single-spaced, 12-point pages for the following sections: Abstract, Specific Objectives, Background and Significance, and Research Design and Methods. Before the defense, the committee decides whether the proposal is justified or needs to be supplemented. A room is available for the student to take the exam, preferably in typed format.
The research committee, with the exception of the external member, usually meets formally with the student twice a year to review progress and make appropriate suggestions. The dissertation defense consists of a 45- to 50-minute presentation open to all university faculties, followed by a one- to three-hour oral examination on the dissertation open only to the research committee.
Preventive Dentistry Track Core Curriculum
Dental Biomaterials Track Core Curriculum
MSE 556 Fracture of Materials (3 cr.; West Lafayette) 3 credits in graduate level coursework selected by the student's advisory committee. MSE 556 Fracture of Materials (3 cr.; West Lafayette) 6 credits in graduate level coursework selected by the student's advisory committee.
Student Organizations & Services
Associations & Societies
Dental Library
As part of the Indiana University Library System, the dental school library's collections are included in the system-wide web-based catalog, IUCAT. IUCAT contains the collections of all IU libraries, including the Indiana University School of Medicine Ruth Lilly Medical Library, the Ruth Lilly Law Library, and the University Library, all conveniently located on the IUPUI campus. The library's nine public computer workstations provide access to library and campus-wide electronic resources.
The library's media collection contains interactive CD-ROMs, DVDs, slides, audiotapes, and videotapes related to dentistry. The library also houses a large collection of historical materials, including an archival collection focusing on the history of the Indiana University School of Dentistry and the professions of dentistry, dental hygiene, and dental assisting.
Diversity Support
Its rich collection of over 25,000 books and 32,000 bound journal volumes, which dates back to the mid-1800s and is international in scope, makes it one of the leading dental libraries in existence. These libraries maintain extensive collections of print and electronic resources in subjects ranging from anthropology to zoology and in combination with the School of Dentistry Library work collaboratively to meet the information needs of faculty, staff and students. In addition to the IUCAT online catalog, faculty, staff, and students have access to a variety of subject-specific databases and full-text electronic resources.
Wireless as well as wired connections are also available throughout the library for laptop users. Off-campus access to most databases and electronic resources is available through IUPUI's Virtual Private Network (VPN), which allows authorized users with computers in remote locations to appear as if they were on campus.
Financial Assistance
The collection is supplemented through the use of automated interlibrary loan services with libraries throughout the United States. The National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE database, which includes worldwide coverage of dental journal literature, is available in three versions. Full-text book and journal resources are available through services such as Books at OVID, Journals at OVID, ScienceDirect, Wiley InterScience, Harrison's Online, and Stat!Ref.
Health Service
Housing
NDA is dedicated to providing affordable dental care, education, and counseling to underserved community members, including racial and ethnic minorities, children, the poor, the elderly, and the disabled. The mission of the Indiana University School of Dentistry Library is to provide materials and services to support teaching, research, patient care, and community outreach activities of faculty, staff, and students. In addition, the library provides information services to IU School of Dentistry alumni, Indiana citizens, and dental professionals worldwide.
The IUSD Office of the Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion provides academic advising and a wide range of other services to minority applicants and students (African American, Hispanic American, and American Indian). Details regarding specific immunization requirements are sent by the School of Dentistry to all incoming students.
Academic Policies & Procedures
The Studentlanddentalægeforeningen promotes community and cooperation between its members and helps to promote minority students in the dental field. The association is open to dentists, dental students and students who are enrolled in the allied dental courses. Contact Traci Adams-Wilson, the Coordinator of Student Diversity Support or tadams@iupui.edu for more information about the services offered by this office.
Federal financial loans may be obtained for all educational programs on a need basis through the IUPUI Office of Student Financial Aid Services: Campus Center 250A, 420 University Boulevard, Indianapolis, IN website www.iupui.edu/finaid. Emergency outpatient care is provided to students free of charge in the event of an injury occurring while performing a training-related task within the dental school or at an affiliated facility.
Attendence
Counseling
Dismissal
Grades
Incompletes
A grade of I may be withdrawn if the student completes the work within the time limit or if the dean of the School of Dentistry allows the change from I to W (withdrawal from the course).
Leave of Absence Policy
Probation
Promotion
Suspension
Withdrawals
Certification for Graduation
A grade of F in a combined total of 50 percent or more of the semester credit hours in which the student is enrolled. Cumulative grade point average below 2.00 at the end of the first four semesters of the program. The quality of the student's work will be indicated by one of the following grades: A, B, C, D, F (Fail), S (Satisfactory), P (Pass), R (Deferred), and I (Incomplete).
A grade of I must be removed within one year of the date of registration or it will be automatically changed to an F by the University Registrar. The dental student must have passed (or been exempt from) all required courses, including two separate semesters of the fourth-year curriculum.
Full-Time
West China Center for Medical Sciences [People's Republic of China], 1998), Assistant Professor of Oral Biology.
Part-Time
Professor of Plastic Surgery (School of Medicine) and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (School of Dentistry).
Emeritus
