University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Approved PharmD Prerequisites

Last updated: 8/2023

Prerequisite Requirement Approved Courses
Calculus 1 course MATH 152
MATH 231
General Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 101 & 101L
General Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 102 & 102L
Organic Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 261 & 261L
Organic Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 262 & 262L
General Biology I 1 course and lab BIOL 101 & 101L
General Biology II
or Advanced Biology *
1 course BIOL 202
BIOL 205
BIOL 425
BIOL 430
BIOL 434
BIOC 107
Microbiology 1 course BIOL 422
MICRO 251
Human or Comparative
Physiology
1 course BIOL 451
BIOL 252
General Physics 1 course PHYS 102
PHYS 114
Statistics 1 course ECON 400
PSYC 210
STOR 151
STOR 155
STOR 455
English Composition / Written Communication 1 course or U.S. bachelor’s degree ENGL 105
ENGL 300
ENGL 301
ENGL 302
ENGL 303
ENGL 304
ENGL 305
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.