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Approved PharmD Prerequisites

Last updated: 8/2023

Prerequisite Requirement Approved Courses
Calculus 1 course MAT 017A
MAT 021A-C
General Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHE 002A
CHEM 002AH
General Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHE 002B & 002C
CHE 002BH & 002CH
Organic Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHE 118A
CHE 128A & 129A
Organic Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHE 118B & 118C
CHE 128B & 129B
General Biology I 1 course and lab BIS 002B
BIS 002C
BIS 002D
General Biology II
or Advanced Biology *
1 course BCB 210
BCB 212
BCB 214
BIS 104
CHE 108
Microbiology 1 course MIC 101
MIC 102
MIC 111
Human or Comparative
Physiology
1 course NPB 101
General Physics 1 course PHY 001A
PHY 007A
PHY 009A
Statistics 1 course STA 013
STA 100
STA 101
English Composition / Written Communication 1 course or U.S. bachelor’s degree UWP 101
UWP 102A-M
UWP 104A-T
General Elective Coursework in Social Science, Communication, Humanities, Foreign Language, or Diversity Studies 4 courses (12 credits minimum)
or U.S. bachelor’s degree
General Elective Coursework in Social Science, Communication, Humanities, Foreign Language, or Diversity Studies
Additional Elective Coursework 72 total credits of college-level coursework required Additional Coursework

* Advanced Biology includes biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, or molecular biology.