The following description of the Dentistry Program is taken from the School of Dentistry's "Announcement" of 1900-1901, pp. 9-10. This four-year program had just been designed as an alternative to the standard three-year program.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
The Board of Regents at a meeting held May 17, 1900, authorized the Dental Faculty to provide a curriculum for a four years’ course in Dentistry in place of the present three years’ course, to be inaugurated with the session beginning in 1901, and also, at the same time, to make the educational requirements for admission to the Dental Course; a diploma from an accredited High School or other school of similar standing; or the equivalent of either in examination.
The following arrangement of the curriculum for the four years course will outline, as far as it is practicable to do so at the present time, the order and scope of work to be covered by the course. For the first year the fundamental studies will be pursued entirely, to the exclusion of technical subjects.
FIRST YEAR.
| Subjects | Hours |
| Lecture course in General Osteology and Anatomy, | 100 |
| Lecture course in General Inorganic Chemistry, | 85 |
| Lecture course in Organic Chemistry, | 51 |
| Lecture course in Embryology and Histology, | 100 |
The following laboratory courses of nine weeks each, or 180 actual hours for each course, will accompany and supplement the lecture courses: Dissection, Qualitative Chemistry, and Histology.
SECOND YEAR
| Subject | Hours |
| Lecture course in Bacteriology, | 85 |
| Laboratory course in Bacteriology, | 180 |
| Lecture course in Physiology, | 136 |
| Lecture course in General and Electrical Physics, | 100 |
| Demonstration course in Prosthetic Technics, | 100 |
| Laboratory work in Prosthetic Technics, | 600 |
THIRD YEAR
| Subject | Hours |
| Lecture course in Dental Materia Medica, | 70 |
| Lecture course in Dental Operative Principles, | 34 |
| Lecture course in Dental Anatomy and Operative Technics, | 50 |
| Laboratory course in Dental Anatomy and Operative Technics, | 180 |
| Lecture course in General and Histological Pathology, | 50 |
| Laboratory course in Histological Pathology, | 180 |
| Lecture course in Regional Anatomy and Surgical Principles, | 34 |
| Laboratory course in Regional Anatomy and Operative Surgery, | 180 |
| Lecture course in Dental Metallurgy, | 34 |
| Laboratory course in Dental Metallurgy, | 180 |
| Lecture course in Orthodontia, | 34 |
| Laboratory course in Orthodontia Technics, | 180 |
FOURTH YEAR
| Subject | Hours |
| Lecture course in Operative Dentistry, | 34 |
| Clinical course in Operative Dentistry, | 500 |
| Lecture course in Prosthetic Dentistry, | 34 |
| Clinical course in Prosthetic Dentistry, | 300 |
| Clinical lecture course in Oral Surgery, | 68 |
| Lecture course in Dental Pathology and Surgery, | 75 |
| Lecture course in Dental Therapeutics, | 34 |
