University of California – Irvine

Approved PharmD Prerequisites

Last updated: 8/2023

Prerequisite Requirement Approved Courses
Calculus 1 course MATH 2A
General Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 1A & Lab
General Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 1B, 1C, & Labs
Organic Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 51A & Lab
Organic Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 51B, 51C, & Labs
General Biology I 1 course and lab BIO SCI 93 & 94
General Biology II
or Advanced Biology *
1 course BIO SCI 97
BIO SCI 98
BIO SCI 99
BIO SCI D103
Microbiology 1 course BIO SCI M122
BIO SCI 285
M&MG 210A
Human or Comparative
Physiology
1 course BIO SCI E109
General Physics 1 course PHYSICS 3A
PHYSICS 7C
Statistics 1 course STATS 7
STATS 8
English Composition / Written Communication 1 course or U.S. bachelor’s degree HUMAN 1AS
HUMAN 1BES
WRITING 45
WRITING 139W
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.