University of California – San Diego

Approved PharmD Prerequisites

Last updated: 8/2023

Prerequisite Requirement Approved Courses
Calculus 1 course MATH 10A
General Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 6A
General Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 6B & 7L
Organic Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 40A
Organic Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 40B & 43A
General Biology I 1 course and lab BILD 1 & 4
General Biology II
or Advanced Biology *
1 course BIBC 100
BICD 100
BICD 110
BIMM 100
CHEM 114D
Microbiology 1 course BIMM 120
BIMM 124
Human or Comparative
Physiology
1 course BIPN 100
BIPN 106
General Physics 1 course PHYS 1A
PHYS 2A
Statistics 1 course MATH 11
PSYC 60
English Composition / Written Communication 1 course or U.S. bachelor’s degree BGGN 293
AWP 101
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.