UW-Whitewater

Approved PharmD Prerequisites

Last updated: 3/2024

Prerequisite Requirement Approved Courses
Calculus 1 course MATH 250
MATH 253
General Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 102
General Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 104
Organic Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 251
Organic Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 252 & 261
General Biology I 1 course and lab BIOLOGY 141
General Biology II
or Advanced Biology *
1 course BIOLOGY 142
BIOLOGY 251
BIOLOGY 253
BIOLOGY 363
BIOLOGY 425
CHEM 454
CHEM 458
Microbiology 1 course BIOLOGY 311
Human or Comparative
Physiology
1 course BIOLOGY 361
General Physics 1 course PHYSCS 140
PHYSCS 180
Statistics 1 course BIOLOGY 303
MATH 343
PSYCH 215
English Composition / Written Communication 1 course or U.S. bachelor’s degree ENGL 101
ENGL 150
BIOLOGY 200
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.