====== Doctor of Dental Medicine ====== | [[#date_of_bor_approval|Date of BOR Approval]] | | [[#program_learning_outcomes|Program Learning Outcomes]] | | [[#graduation_requirements|Graduation Requirements]] | | [[#summary_of_credit_units|Summary of Credit Units]] | | [[#curriculum_checklist|Curriculum Checklist]] | | [[#individual_course_titles_and_descriptions_with_credit_units,_pre-requisites_and/or_co-requisites|Individual Course Titles and Descriptions with Credit Units, Pre-requisites, and/or Co-requisites]] | The UP College of Dentistry (UPCD) was established in 1915 and has since produced numerous graduates with the degree of Doctor of Dental Medicine (DDM). The DDM Program at the University of the Philippines Manila is a straight six-year outcome-based program with the 5th and 6th years focused on clinical training and treatment of actual patients. It prepares students to become safe beginners in the practice of general dentistry.\\ The DDM program is conducted in collaboration with the College of Arts and Sciences for the general education courses, as well as the College of Medicine, the College of Pharmacy, and the National Teacher’s Training Center for some foundational courses. \\ \\ ==== Program Learning Outcomes ==== - Manage patients competently, through employment of critical thinking, while maintaining professional and ethical conduct. - Apply basic skills in the management of dental practice while maintaining integrity in upholding the existing laws and regulations of the land pertinent to the practice of the profession. - Promote oral and systemic health care toward community and national development while demonstrating cultural sensitivity. - Apply basic knowledge in the conduct of technically and ethically sound research for the improvement of oral health in the nation. - Collaborate with health professionals in advocating improvement of dental health in the country. - Demonstrate initiative to be adept with current trends and researches in dentistry and other health-related fields, in the pursuit of life- long learning. - Demonstrate skills in planning appropriate preventive, interceptive and curative oral health programs for a community. ==== Graduation Requirements ==== Successful completion of academic (including research) and clinical requirements.\\ === Summary of Credit Units === ^ Category ^ Credit Units ^ | General Education | 18.0 | | Prescribed GE | 3.0 | | Core/Professional Courses | 212.0 | | GE Electives | 6.0 | | Legislated | 3.0 | | Total | 161.0 | === Curriculum Checklist === ^ First Year ^^^^ | **First Semester** || **Second Semester** || | **Course Code** | **Credit Units** | **Course Code** | **Credit Units** | | Dent 101 | 1.0 | BIO 110 | 5.0 | | Chem 33 | 5.0 | OrComm 104 | 3.0 | | GE Course | 3.0 | HPED | 3.0 | | GE Course | 3.0 | GE Course | 3.0 | | GE Course | 3.0 | GE Course | 3.0 | | GE Course | 3.0 | GE Course | 3.0 | | PE 1 | (2.0) | PE 2 | (2.0) | | NSTP 1 | (3.0) | NSTP 2 | (3.0) | | Total | 18.0 | Total | 20.0 | ^ Second Year ^^^^ | **First Semester** || **Second Semester** || | **Course Code** | **Credit Units** | **Course Code** | **Credit Units** | | Bio 126 | 5.0 | Anat 12A | 5.0 | | Dent 111 | 5.0 | Anat 12B | 3.0 | | Anat 12C | 5.0 | Dent 102 | 3.0 | | Dent 167 | 2.0 | Dent 102.1 (Laboratory) | 2.0 | | GE Course | 3.0 | Microbio 100 | 4.0 | | PE 2 | (2.0) | Philippine Institutions 1 | 3.0 | | | | PE 2 | (2.0) | | Total | 18.0 | Total | 20.0 | ^ Third Year ^^^^ | **First Semester** || **Second Semester** || | **Course Code** | **Credit Units** | **Course Code** | **Credit Units** | | Dent 112 | 3.0 | Dent 113 | 5.0 | | Dent 114 | 2.0 | Dent 121 | 2.0 | | Dent 115 | 3.0 | Dent 131 | 5.0 | | Dent 116 | 2.0 | Dent 133 | 1.0 | | Dent 173 | 4.0 | Dent 163 | 2.0 | | Physio | 3.0 | Patho 22 | 5.0 | | Pharma 22 | 3.0 | | | | Total | 20.0 | Total | 20.0 | ^ Fourth Year ^^^^ | **First Semester** || **Second Semester** || | **Course Code** | **Credit Units** | **Course Code** | **Credit Units** | | Dent 122 | 3.0 | Dent 119 | 1.0 | | Dent 132 | 4.0 | Dent 142 | 4.0 | | Dent 141 | 4.0 | Dent 153 | 2.0 | | Dent 156 | 3.0 | Dent 155 | 5.0 | | Dent 162 | 2.0 | Dent 157 | 4.0 | | Principles of Medicine | 3.0 | Dent 158 | 3.0 | | | | Dent 159 | 2.0 | | Total | 19.0 | Total | 21.0 | ^ Fifth Year ^^^^ | **First Semester** || **Second Semester** || | **Course Code** | **Credit Units** | **Course Code** | **Credit Units** | | Dent 123 | 4.0 | Dent 161 | 1.0 | | Dent 143 | 4.0 | Dent 165 | 1.0 | | Dent 154 | 2.0 | Dent 171.2 | 15.0 | | Dent 164 | 2.0 | Dent 174 | 1.0 | | Dent 171.1 | 6.0 | Dent 176 | 1.0 | | Dent 199 | 3.0 | Dent 178 | 2.0 | | Total | 21.0 | Total | 21.0 | ^ Sixth Year ^^^^ | **First Semester** || **Second Semester** || | **Course Code** | **Credit Units** | **Course Code** | **Credit Units** | | Dent 166 | 2.0 | Dent 197 | 1.0 | | Dent 172.1 | 16.0 | Dent 166 | 2.0 | | Dent 198 | 3.0 | Dent 172.2 | 16.0 | | | | Dent 175 | 1.0 | | | | Dent 177 | 1.0 | | Total | 21.0 | Total | 21.0 | === Individual Course Titles and Descriptions with Credit Units, Pre-requisites, and/or Co-requisites === ==== Major Courses ==== **Course Code:** DENT 101\\ **Course Title:** Perspectives in Dentistry\\ **Credit Units:** 1.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** None\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** An overview of the dental profession, the characteristics of the self as a practitioner in relation to the society\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 111\\ **Course Title:** Oral Anatomy\\ **Credit Units:** 5.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** None\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** The morphology of the permanent and deciduous teeth, their arrangement, articulation, and relationship with supporting structures; study of the stomatognathic system and structures associated with it\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 167\\ **Course Title:** Introduction to Dental Research and Biostatistics\\ **Credit Units:** 2.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** None\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** Foundation for research and evidence-based dental practice\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 102 and 102.1\\ **Course Title:** Biochemistry\\ **Credit Units:** 5.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** None\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** Biochemistry of cells and metabolism\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 112\\ **Course Title:** Oral Histology\\ **Credit Units:** 3.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** None\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** Study of the microscopic anatomy of the tissues comprising teeth and its supporting and surrounding structures\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 114\\ **Course Title:** Fundamentals of Occlusion\\ **Credit Units:** 2.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** None\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** The paleontology of the human dentitions; growth and development of the skull and jaws coincidental to the eruption of teeth and forces of occlusion\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 115\\ **Course Title:** Oral Radiography and Radiology\\ **Credit Units:** 3.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** DENT 111\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** The paleontology of the human dentitions; growth and development of the skull and jaws coincidental to the eruption of teeth and forces of occlusion\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 116\\ **Course Title:** Infection Control and Safety\\ **Credit Units:** 2.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** None\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** Methods of infection control in dental practice\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 173\\ **Course Title:** Oral Health Informatics\\ **Credit Units:** 4.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** None\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** A multidisciplinary field that seeks to improve health care through the application of Health Information Technology (HIT) and information science to health care delivery management, administration research, and knowledge sharing\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 113\\ **Course Title:** Dental Materials of the Craniofacial Structure\\ **Credit Units:** 5.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** None\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** The composition, properties and manipulation of materials used in dentistry\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 121\\ **Course Title:** Growth and Development of the Craniofacial Structure\\ **Credit Units:** 2.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** DENT 111, DENT 112\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** Fundamentals of growth and development of the craniofacial structures and their relation to the stomatognathic system\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 131\\ **Course Title:** Operative Dentistry\\ **Credit Units:** 5.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** DENT 111\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** Concepts and principles of intra-coronal tooth preparation\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 133\\ **Course Title:** Cariology\\ **Credit Units:** 1.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** None\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** Etiology, prevention and treatment of dental caries, dental erosion, non-erosive wear, and other dental hard tissue disorders\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 163\\ **Course Title:** Preventive Dentistry\\ **Credit Units:** 2.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** None\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** Concepts, principles, and methods of prevention applied to major dental public health problems\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 122\\ **Course Title:** Preventive and Interceptive Orthodontics\\ **Credit Units:** 3.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** DENT 114, DENT 121\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** Study of the classification, etiology and diagnosis of malocclusion; the general principle of orthodontic therapy; and the use of removable appliances indicated for limited orthodontics\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 132\\ **Course Title:** Operative Dentistry II\\ **Credit Units:** 4.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** DENT 131C\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** Concepts and Principles of Complex Tooth Restorations\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 141\\ **Course Title:** Fixed Partial Denture Prosthodontics\\ **Credit Units:** 4.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** DENT 111, DENT 113, DENT 114, DENT 131\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** Concepts and Principles of Fixed Partial Denture Prosthodontics\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 156\\ **Course Title:** Essentials in Periodontics\\ **Credit Units:** 3.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** DENT 111, DENT 112\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** Etiology, pathogenesis, and diagnosis of periodontal diseases\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 162\\ **Course Title:** Dental Jurisprudence, Ethics and Economics, Philippine Constitution, Taxation, and Land Reform\\ **Credit Units:** 2.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** None\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** The relation of law and ethics to dental practice\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 119\\ **Course Title:** Oral Diagnosis and Treatment Planning\\ **Credit Units:** 1.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** DENT 111, Gen Physio, Patho 22\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** Principles and procedures in making a diagnosis and the planning of treatment\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 142\\ **Course Title:** Removable Partial Denture\\ **Credit Units:** 4.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** DENT 113, DENT 114\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** Concepts and principles in removable partial denture service\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 153\\ **Course Title:** Oral Surgery\\ **Credit Units:** 2.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** Pharma 22, DENT 115\\ **Co-requisite:** DENT 158\\ **Course Description:** The principles of surgery as applied in the oral cavity\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 155\\ **Course Title:** Endodontics\\ **Credit Units:** 5.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** DENT 131, DENT 115\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** Principles in the diagnosis and management of the diseases of the dental pulp and periapical tissues\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 157\\ **Course Title:** Principles in Periodontal Therapy and Management\\ **Credit Units:** 4.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** DENT 156, Pharma 22\\ **Co-requisite:** DENT 153\\ **Course Description:** Prevention and management of periodontal diseases\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 158\\ **Course Title:** Oral Pathology and Tumors\\ **Credit Units:** 3.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** Patho 22\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** Etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and management of pathologic and aberrant conditions of the teeth and associated structures, including occurring tumors\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 159\\ **Course Title:** Regional Anesthesia and Conscious Sedation\\ **Credit Units:** 2.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** DENT 111, Physio 21, Pharma 22\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** Solutions, armamentaria, and techniques of local anesthesia administration as it applies to Dentistry with introduction to basic conscious sedation\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 123\\ **Course Title:** Pediatric Dentistry\\ **Credit Units:** 4.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** DENT 132, DENT 122\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** Principles and techniques in the management of the child patient\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 143\\ **Course Title:** Complete Dentures\\ **Credit Units:** 4.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** None\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** Principles and techniques in complete denture Prosthodontics\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 154\\ **Course Title:** Maxillofacial Surgery\\ **Credit Units:** 2.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** DENT 153\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** Principles of surgical management of pathologic and abnormal conditions of the oral cavity and adnexa\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 164\\ **Course Title:** Community Oral Health\\ **Credit Units:** 2.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** DENT 163\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** Concepts and theories in community oral health\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 171.1\\ **Course Title:** Introduction to the Practice of the Profession I\\ **Credit Units:** 6.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** All courses at the 4th year level\\ **Co-requisite:** DENT 123; DENT 143; DENT 154\\ **Course Description:** An interdisciplinary course involving the basic practice of Dentistry in actual patients, excluding Pediatric Dentistry and Complete Denture Prosthodontics\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 199\\ **Course Title:** Research Methods\\ **Credit Units:** 3.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** DENT 167\\ **Co-requisite:** DENT 171.1\\ **Course Description:** Principles in research proposal development, biostatistics, and bioethics\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 161\\ **Course Title:** Dental Practice Management\\ **Credit Units:** 1.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** None\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** Principles and systems in managing a dental practice\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 165\\ **Course Title:** Dental Health Practice I\\ **Credit Units:** 1.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** DENT 164\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** Oral health education for partner communities\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 171.2\\ **Course Title:** Introduction to the Practice of the Profession II\\ **Credit Units:** 15.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** All courses at the 4th year level\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** An interdisciplinary course involving the basic practice of Dentistry in actual patients, including Pediatric Dentistry and Complete Denture Prosthodontics\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 174\\ **Course Title:** Hospital Dentistry\\ **Credit Units:** 1.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** DENT 171.1; DENT 154\\ **Co-requisite:** DENT 171.2\\ **Course Description:** Principles in infection control, decorum and protocols in a hospital setting for patients under conscious sedation or general anesthesia to address special needs\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 176\\ **Course Title:** Dental Management of Patients with Special Needs\\ **Credit Units:** 1.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** DENT 171.1\\ **Co-requisite:** DENT 171.2\\ **Course Description:** Basic protocols in the dental management of patients with physical, developmental, mental, sensory, behavioral, cognitive, or emotional impairment with emphasis on management of geriatric patients\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 178\\ **Course Title:** Basic Implantology\\ **Credit Units:** 2.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** DENT 171.1\\ **Co-requisite:** DENT 171.2\\ **Course Description:** An introduction to implant treatment and management\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 166\\ **Course Title:** Dental Health Practice II\\ **Credit Units:** 2.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** DENT 165\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** Practicum course where competencies learned from all courses offered by the College of Dentistry, to include basic, clinical and community dental sciences, are integrated and find their application in promoting the oral health of Filipino communities\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 172.1\\ **Course Title:** Practice of the Profession I\\ **Credit Units:** 16.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** All courses at the 5th year level\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** An interdisciplinary course involving the management of more complex conditions in the practice of Dentistry\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 198\\ **Course Title:** Special Projects\\ **Credit Units:** 3.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** DENT 199\\ **Co-requisite:** DENT 172.1\\ **Course Description:** Application of principles in research methods relating to the practice of dentistry\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 197\\ **Course Title:** Seminars\\ **Credit Units:** 1.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** DENT 198\\ **Co-requisite:** DENT 172.2\\ **Course Description:** Integration of research principles in the implementation and dissemination of dental research\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 172.2\\ **Course Title:** Practice of the Profession II\\ **Credit Units:** 16.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** All courses at the 5th year level\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** An interdisciplinary course involving the management of more complex conditions in the practice of Dentistry\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 175\\ **Course Title:** Forensic Dentistry\\ **Credit Units:** 1.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** DENT 171.1; DENT 171.2; DENT 172.1\\ **Co-requisite:** DENT 172.2\\ **Course Description:** Application of dental sciences and technology to legal investigations\\ \\ **Course Code:** DENT 177\\ **Course Title:** Special Topics\\ **Credit Units:** 1.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** DENT 171.1; DENT 171.2; DENT 172.1\\ **Co-requisite:** DENT 172.2\\ **Course Description:** Management of complex cases in an interdisciplinary approach\\ \\ ==== Foundation Courses ==== **Course Code:** CHEM 33\\ **Course Title:** Elementary Organic Chemistry\\ **Credit Units:** 5.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** None\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** This course covers the fundamental chemistry of carbon containing compounds which encompasses the physical and chemical properties of the major classes of organic compounds, their nomenclature, stereochemical structures, methods of structural identification, synthesis, and mechanisms of reactions\\ \\ **Course Code:** NSTP 1\\ **Course Title:** National Service Training Program 1\\ **Credit Units:** 3.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** None\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** Aimed at enhancing civic consciousness and defense preparedness in the youth by developing the ethics of service and patriotism while undergoing training in any of its three program components designed to enhance the youth's active contribution to the general welfare\\ \\ **Course Code:** Bio 110\\ **Course Title:** Biology\\ **Credit Units:** 3.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** None\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** A comprehensive phylogenetic approach in emphasizing basic biological principles\\ \\ **Course Code:** OrComm 104\\ **Course Title:** Dynamics of Interpersonal Communication\\ **Credit Units:** 3.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** None\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** The study of the nature, principles, and the different forms of interpersonal communication and analysis of the influence of Philippine social values on interpersonal communication\\ \\ **Course Code:** HPEd 20\\ **Course Title:** Teaching for Learning\\ **Credit Units:** 3.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** None\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** Basic principles, theories and understanding one's learning and using the process of learning to help others learn\\ \\ **Course Code:** NSTP 2\\ **Course Title:** National Service Training Program 2\\ **Credit Units:** 3.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** NSTP 1\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** Aimed at enhancing civic consciousness and defense preparedness in the youth by developing the ethics of service and patriotism while undergoing training in any of its three programs; components designed to enhance the youth's active contribution to the general welfare\\ \\ **Course Code:** Anat 12C\\ **Course Title:** General Histology\\ **Credit Units:** 5.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** None\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** A comprehensive study of the normal microscopic structure of the cell and primary tissue and of the cytoarchitecture of adult organs correlated with histogenesis\\ \\ **Course Code:** Anat 12A\\ **Course Title:** Human Anatomy: Head and Neck\\ **Credit Units:** 5.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** None\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** Dissection of the head and neck with special emphasis on the structure of the buccal cavity and surrounding parts of particular importance in dentistry\\ \\ **Course Code:** Anat 12B\\ **Course Title:** Human Anatomy: Trunk, Extremities, and Internal Organs\\ **Credit Units:** 3.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** None\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** This course introduces the learner to the basic knowledge of the skeletal, cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and reproductive systems. This course covers the integration of structure and function of the skeletal, cardiovascular respiratory, gastrointestinal, and genitourinary systems at the gross anatomy level\\ \\ **Course Code:** Microbio 100\\ **Course Title:** Microbiology\\ **Credit Units:** 4.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** None\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** Principles of microbiology and their application to dental and other infectious diseases\\ \\ **Course Code:** Philippine Institutions 1\\ **Course Title:** The Life and Works of Jose Rizal\\ **Credit Units:** 3.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** None\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** Critical understanding of the life works and writings of Jose Rizal, their socio-historical contexts, and their relevance to the Filipino people\\ \\ **Course Code:** Physio 21\\ **Course Title:** General Physiology\\ **Credit Units:** 3.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** None\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** A study of physiological mechanisms underlying movement, including physiologic response to exercise\\ \\ **Course Code:** Pharma 22\\ **Course Title:** Pharmacology for Dental Students\\ **Credit Units:** 3.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** Physio 21; DENT 102 & 102.1; Microbiology 100\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** Pharmacodynamics, pharmacotherapeutics and prescription writing\\ \\ **Course Code:** Patho 22\\ **Course Title:** General Pathology for Dental Students\\ **Credit Units:** 5.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** Anat 12A, Anat 12B, Anat 12C, Physio 21, DENT 102, and 102.1\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** The fundamental principles of general and systematic pathology with emphasis laid upon the dependence and/or close correlation of pathologic process of the mouth and those of the rest of the body and vice-versa\\ \\ **Course Code:** Principles of Medicine\\ **Course Title:** Principles of Medicine for Dental Students\\ **Credit Units:** 3.0\\ **Pre-requisite:** None\\ **Co-requisite:** None\\ **Course Description:** Principles of Medicine course aims to introduce to dentists the basic concepts and diseases in Medicine that are relevant in their practice\\ \\ ==== GE Core Courses ==== Comm 10, Wika 1, KAS 1, Ethics 1, Math 10, and STS 1\\ \\ Please refer to Chapter 2.2 for the more information about the GE courses. ==== GE Elective Courses ==== Arts 1, SAS 1, PhilArts 1, Science 10, Science 11, SocSci 1, KAS 2, KAS 3, KAS 4, Psych 10, and NatSci 4\\ \\ Please refer to Chapter 2.2 for the more information about the GE courses.\\