Oral & Dental Medicine Faculty Regulations

Faculty Regulations

The Academic System

The Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine awards bachelor's degrees and will be awarding masters, and doctoral degrees in the future.

The bachelor’s degree in Dental Surgery (BDS) is awarded after a successful completion of ten semesters over a five-year period of professional study in the faculty.

The first year (first and second semester) builds a foundation in the sciences. Courses in chemistry, physics, zoology, botany, human dentition, in English, and in computer sciences provide the necessary background for junior students.
The second and third year courses (third, fourth, fifth, and sixth semesters) focus on laboratory study and training, including the application of materials and techniques. The curriculum is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed for the pre-clinical stage.
The final stage of professional study (clinical stage) comprises four semesters (semester seven, eight, nine, and ten). Courses are given over the last two years during which the student is provided with the opportunities to integrate information learned and develop skill essential to diagnose diseases, monitor drug therapy, treat patients, and practice different specialties in dentistry.

Upon successful completion of their professional study, graduates of the faculty will have gained advanced practice experiences in order to be able to compete with dentists graduated from the best dental schools.
The students also polish their personal knowledge with courses on human rights, psychology, sociology, and report writing.
After obtaining the bachelor’s degree, all graduates will spend a full year as full-time residents in the dental hospital, practicing on patients, and gaining clinical skills in all aspects of dentistry.

The faculty in its commitment to academic excellence offers instructional programs such as Oral implantology, laser maxillofacial surgery, immunology, and advanced preventive measures.

The System of study

The system of study in the faculty is a credit hour system, in which courses are offered over two semesters per year, the duration of each semester is fifteen teaching weeks. Courses may also be offered in a summer semester over a five week period.. The credit hour is an educational measuring unit for determining the academic weight of each course and is the equivalent to one week’s theoretical instructional hour (or laboratory or clinical) of duration not less than two hours a week (unless otherwise stated in the educational plan), over the period of one semester.

The syllabus requires the successful completion of about 199 credit hours in order to obtain a bachelor’s degree, together with twelve hours of university requirements. Students can achieve the graduation requirements in ten regular educational semesters. Each department has proposed a program that allows the fulfillment of these requirements. The flexibility of the credit hour system enables the students to increase or decrease the duration of these programs through the permissible registration of 18 to 24 credit hours, or through attendance on summer courses.

It will be noticed that exceeding the maximum number of credit hours is not permitted without the permission of the Dean and the advice of the academic advisor.

Credit hours

The number of credit hours required to obtain a bachelor’s degree is about 211 credit hours.

These are classified as follows:

University requirements: 12 Credit Hours
Compulsory courses: 8 Credit Hours
Elective courses: 4 Credit Hours
Faculty requirements: 199 Credit Hours

Academic Supervision

The faculty assigns to each student an academic advisor, who can help the student with his or her registration and guide him or her during his or her studies.
The advisor would also help the student to solve any academic or personal problem.

Registration Procedure

Before the start of each semester, students will register in the courses which they select, using specific templates specially designed for this purpose, on the date specified by the faculty before the semester starts.
The ordinary load for the semester ranges between 18 to 24 credit hours, each faculty specifies the suitable load according to the Faculty's courses and rules, the maximum load of the summer course is nine credit hours.
Excellent students are allowed to register up to 24 credit hours, subject to the approval of the academic advisor and the Dean of the faculty.

Course Withdrawal and Addition

After the first registering, students are allowed to drop and add courses, during the first two weeks of the semester, following the advice of the academic advisor and the approval of the Dean of the faculty.
It is not possible to add any course to the student's time table after the end of the registration period.
The student may withdraw from a course during the first ten weeks provided that the number of remaining registered hours is not less than the minimum requirements for the semester.
The student is not allowed to withdraw from a course after the permitted period (the first ten weeks of the semester) without an excuse acceptable to the faculty council. However, if the council accepts the excuse, the student is then allowed to register once more for this course, and keep his course grades.

Attendance and Absence

Attending lectures, labs, and clinics is considered to be an important part of the course in the faculty, as students benefit greatly from interaction in the classroom between themselves and the members, teaching assistants, and colleagues. Therefore, students will attend regularly in order for their grades not to be affected by their absence.
Students, who do not attend end of term exams without excuses that their academic advisors and the course instructors agree upon, shall not be given chance to take repeat examinations.
Students may be forced to withdraw from a course if their absence rate from lectures, labs, and clinics, exceeds 25 percent during the first ten weeks of the semester, but if the absence ratio exceeded 25 percent after the first ten weeks, students are not allowed to withdraw from the course, attend lectures, or attend the final term examinations. If this is the case, the students would achieve a grade F for the course in question. The students shall receive at least one warning before being prevented from sitting the final exam.
The final exam may be postponed for a student till the start of the next semester if he or she has an excuse accepted by the faculty council. In this case, the semester work mark is kept, and the student is allowed to sit the final exam at the beginning of the next semester, and obtain a final grade (incomplete) for this course in the semester in which he or she did not sit the exam. This incomplete grade is added to the actual grade obtained by the student in the postponed examination.

System of Examinations

The highest final mark of a given course is 100, which is composed of the sum of semester or academic year coursework and the final examination mark, as follows:

Final exam: 50 marks
Semester work: 50 marks, divided as follows:

Two written exams at the end of the week six and week eleven.
Quizzes
The oral and practical examinations, if applicable
Student's performance, conduct and his or her capability for understanding and participation
The distribution of the semester work is as follows:
- 15 marks for evaluating the student at the end of the week 6
- 15 marks for evaluating the student at the end of the week 11
- 20 marks for evaluating the student performance during the whole semester.

A course instructor may suggest a different suitable distribution of these marks.

Grading System

At the end of the semester students receive a final grade in each course. The grade is the professor's official estimate of the student's achievement as reflected in examinations, assignments, and class participation. The final grades are recorded on the students’ permanent records at the office of the University Registrar.

Grade	Range	Points
A	From 90% to 100%	4.0
A-	From 85% to 90%	3.7
B+	From 80% to 85%	3.3
B	From 75% to 80%	3.0
B-	From 72% to 75%	2.7
C+	From 70% to 72%	2.3
C	From 67% to 70%	2.0
C-	From 65% to 67%	1.7
D+	From 62% to 65%	1.3
D	From 60% to 62%	1.0
F	Less than 60%	0.0

The Grade Point Average (GPA) is calculated as follows:

GPA = sum of the multiplication of the credit hours of each course by the points earned for that course, with the total number of credit hours completed.
The minimum GPA required to pass the exam is 1.0, which is grade D, 60 percent.

Faculty Regulations

The Academic System The Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine awards bachelors degrees and will be awarding masters and doctoral degrees in the future The Academic SystemThe Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine awards bachelors degrees and will be awarding masters and doctoral degrees in the futureThe bachelors degree in Dental Surgery BDS is awarded after a successful completion of ten semesters over a fiveyear period of professional study in the facultyThe first year first and second semester builds a foundation in the sciences Courses in chemistry physics zoology botany human dentition in English and in computer sciences provide the necessary background for junior studentsThe second and third year courses third fourth fifth and sixth semesters focus on laboratory study and training including the application of materials and techniques The curriculum is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed for the preclinical stageThe final stage of professional study clinical stage comprises four semesters semester seven eight nine and ten Courses are given over the last two years during which the student is provided with the opportunities to integrate information learned and develop skill essential to diagnose diseases monitor drug therapy treat patients and practice different specialties in dentistryUpon successful completion of their professional study graduates of the faculty will have gained advanced practice experiences in order to be able to compete with dentists graduated from the best dental schoolsThe students also polish their personal knowledge with courses on human rights psychology sociology and report writingAfter obtaining the bachelors degree all graduates will spend a full year as fulltime residents in the dental hospital practicing on patients and gaining clinical skills in all aspects of dentistryThe faculty in its commitment to academic excellence offers instructional programs such as Oral implantology laser maxillofacial surgery immunology and advanced preventive measuresBack to topThe System of studyThe system of study in the faculty is a credit hour system in which courses are offered over two semesters per year the duration of each semester is fifteen teaching weeks Courses may also be offered in a summer semester over a five week period The credit hour is an educational measuring unit for determining the academic weight of each course and is the equivalent to one weeks theoretical instructional hour or laboratory or clinical of duration not less than two hours a week unless otherwise stated in the educational plan over the period of one semesterThe syllabus requires the successful completion of about credit hours in order to obtain a bachelors degree together with twelve hours of university requirements Students can achieve the graduation requirements in ten regular educational semesters Each department has proposed a program that allows the fulfillment of these requirements The flexibility of the credit hour system enables the students to increase or decrease the duration of these programs through the permissible registration of to credit hours or through attendance on summer coursesIt will be noticed that exceeding the maximum number of credit hours is not permitted without the permission of the Dean and the advice of the academic advisorBack to topCredit hoursThe number of credit hours required to obtain a bachelors degree is about credit hoursThese are classified as followsUniversity requirements Credit HoursCompulsory courses Credit HoursElective courses Credit HoursFaculty requirements Credit HoursBack to topAcademic SupervisionThe faculty assigns to each student an academic advisor who can help the student with his or her registration and guide him or her during his or her studies The advisor would also help the student to solve any academic or personal problemBack to topRegistration ProcedureBefore the start of each semester students will register in the courses which they select using specific templates specially designed for this purpose on the date specified by the faculty before the semester startsThe ordinary load for the semester ranges between to credit hours each faculty specifies the suitable load according to the Facultys courses and rules the maximum load of the summer course is nine credit hoursExcellent students are allowed to register up to credit hours subject to the approval of the academic advisor and the Dean of the facultyBack to topCourse Withdrawal and AdditionAfter the first registering students are allowed to drop and add courses during the first two weeks of the semester following the advice of the academic advisor and the approval of the Dean of the facultyIt is not possible to add any course to the students time table after the end of the registration periodThe student may withdraw from a course during the first ten weeks provided that the number of remaining registered hours is not less than the minimum requirements for the semesterThe student is not allowed to withdraw from a course after the permitted period the first ten weeks of the semester without an excuse acceptable to the faculty council However if the council accepts the excuse the student is then allowed to register once more for this course and keep his course gradesBack to topAttendance and AbsenceAttending lectures labs and clinics is considered to be an important part of the course in the faculty as students benefit greatly from interaction in the classroom between themselves and the members teaching assistants and colleagues Therefore students will attend regularly in order for their grades not to be affected by their absenceStudents who do not attend end of term exams without excuses that their academic advisors and the course instructors agree upon shall not be given chance to take repeat examinationsStudents may be forced to withdraw from a course if their absence rate from lectures labs and clinics exceeds percent during the first ten weeks of the semester but if the absence ratio exceeded percent after the first ten weeks students are not allowed to withdraw from the course attend lectures or attend the final term examinations If this is the case the students would achieve a grade F for the course in question The students shall receive at least one warning before being prevented from sitting the final examThe final exam may be postponed for a student till the start of the next semester if he or she has an excuse accepted by the faculty council In this case the semester work mark is kept and the student is allowed to sit the final exam at the beginning of the next semester and obtain a final grade incomplete for this course in the semester in which he or she did not sit the exam This incomplete grade is added to the actual grade obtained by the student in the postponed examinationBack to topSystem of ExaminationsThe highest final mark of a given course is which is composed of the sum of semester or academic year coursework and the final examination mark as followsFinal exam marksSemester work marks divided as followsTwo written exams at the end of the week six and week elevenQuizzesThe oral and practical examinations if applicableStudents performance conduct and his or her capability for understanding and participationThe distribution of the semester work is as follows marks for evaluating the student at the end of the week marks for evaluating the student at the end of the week marks for evaluating the student performance during the whole semesterA course instructor may suggest a different suitable distribution of these marksBack to topGrading SystemAt the end of the semester students receive a final grade in each course The grade is the professors official estimate of the students achievement as reflected in examinations assignments and class participation The final grades are recorded on the students permanent records at the office of the University RegistrarGradeRangePointsAFrom to AFrom to BFrom to BFrom to BFrom to CFrom to CFrom to CFrom to DFrom to DFrom to FLess than The Grade Point Average GPA is calculated as followsGPA sum of the multiplication of the credit hours of each course by the points earned for that course with the total number of credit hours completedThe minimum GPA required to pass the exam is which is grade D percentBack to top