UW-River Falls

Approved PharmD Prerequisites

Last updated: 7/12/2023

Prerequisite Requirement Approved Courses
Calculus 1 course MATH 166
General Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 111 & 116
General Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 112 & 117
Organic Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 231 & 236
Organic Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 232 & 237
General Biology I 1 course and lab BIOL 150
BIOL 155
General Biology II
or Advanced Biology *
1 course BIOL 240
BIOL 350
BIOL 356
BIOL 451
CHEM 360
CHEM 361
Microbiology 1 course BIOL 324
BIOL 325
Human or Comparative
Physiology
1 course BIOL 341
General Physics 1 course PHYS 121
PHYS 131
Statistics 1 course ANSC 341
ECON 226
MATH 216
MATH 225
MATH 226
MATH 231
PSYC 201
English Composition / Written Communication 1 course or U.S. bachelor’s degree ENGL 100
ENGL 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.