Degree Plan of English-Teaching Program on Dental Surgery

I. Objectives of Program

The program provides the graduates with the necessary grounding in both theoretical and clinical aspects of dentistry, prepares them to be future dental professionals with outstanding dental skills and high ethical standards, with pioneer spirit and innovative consciousness, with international vision and cross-cultural competence.

II. Requirements of Program

Students are expected to have acquired competences in the following domains:

1. Knowledge Base: master the basic theories and concepts of Basic & Clinical Medicine.
2. Professionalism: master basic theoretical and practical skills of all dental specialties.  
3. Legal Awareness: Familiar with China’s national healthcare policies and regulations.
4. Information Retrieval: able to identify, gather and analyse primary data and source material in medical research.
5. Chinese Proficiency: Able to use the language fluently and accurately. Able to read all styles and forms of the language pertinent to professional needs.
6. Basic Computer Skills
7. Lifelong Learning Skills: creativity and critical thinking, decision-making and problem-solving.

III. Main Courses:

Oral Anatomy and Physiology, Oral Pathology, Operative Dentistry and Endodontics, Periodontology, Diseases of Oral Mucosa, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Prosthodontics, Orthodontics, etc.

IV. Basic Schooling: 5 years 

V. Minimum Total Credits for Graduation: 201 credits

VI. Degree Conferred：Bachelor of  Surgery