UW-La Crosse

Approved PharmD Prerequisites

Last updated: 3/2024

Prerequisite Requirement Approved Courses
Calculus 1 course MTH 175
MTH 207
General Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHM 103
General Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHM 104
Organic Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHM 303
Organic Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHM 304 & 305
General Biology I 1 course and lab BIO 105
General Biology II
or Advanced Biology *
1 course BIO 203
BIO 306
BIO 315
BIO 435
BIO 465
BIO 466
CHM 325
CHM 417
Microbiology 1 course MIC 230
Human or Comparative
Physiology
1 course BIO 312
General Physics 1 course PHY 103
PHY 203
Statistics 1 course STAT 145
MTH 265
English Composition / Written Communication 1 course or U.S. bachelor’s degree ENG 110
ENG 303
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.