University of California – Los Angeles

Approved PharmD Prerequisites

Last updated: 8/2023

Prerequisite Requirement Approved Courses
Calculus 1 course MATH 3A
MATH 31A
General Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 14A
General Chemistry II 1 courses and lab CHEM 14B & CHEM 14BL
Organic Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 14C & CHEM 14 CL
Organic Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 14D
General Biology I 1 course and lab LIFE SCI 1
General Biology II
or Advanced Biology *
1 course CM 156
PHYS SCI 125
MCD BIO 100
CHEM 156
CHEM 153A
LIFE SCI 107
Microbiology 1 course MIMG 101
Human or Comparative
Physiology
1 course LIFE SCI 7C
PHYS SCI 3
PHYS SCI 111A & 111B
PHYS SCI 165
General Physics 1 course PHYS 1A
PHYS 10
Statistics 1 course BIOSTAT 100A-B
PSYCH 100A
STATS 13
English Composition / Written Communication 1 course or U.S. bachelor’s degree ENGCOMP 3
ENGCOMP 100W
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.