Pre-Pharmacy Guide for
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois at Chicago
1200 W Harrison St
Chicago, IL 60612
http://www.uic.edu
LAS Academic Advising Center, prehealth@las.uic.edu
Pre-Pharmacy Prerequisite Area
I. Communication
Written and verbal
II. Life Sciences
Biology with lab
Anatomy and Physiology
Microbiology with lab
Genetics
III. Physical Sciences
General chemistry with lab
Organic chemistry with lab
General Physics
Biochemistry
IV. Mathematics/Statistics
Calculus
Statistics
V. Humanities
Minimum
Semester
Hours
Required*
8
University of Illinois at Chicago
Prerequisite Course(s)
ENGL (160, 161) and COMM 100 or COMM 102
22
8
8
3
3
23
8
8
4
3
6
3
3
3
BIOS (100, 101)
KN (251, 252) or KN (253, 254)
BIOS (350, 351)
BIOS 220
CHEM (112,114) or CHEM (116, 118)
CHEM (232, 233, 234)
PHYS 105 or PHYS 141
BIOS 352 or CHEM 352 or CHEM/BIOS 452
MATH 170 or MATH 165 or MATH 180
STAT 101 or STAT 130
Courses such as history, philosophy, religion, literature
VI. Social and Behavioral Sciences
Total Pre-Pharmacy Coursework
3
Courses such as sociology, psychology, anthropology,
political science
Minimum of 65 semester hours; 2.75 minimum GPA
*Semester hours: These represent the minimum semester hours. The credits associated with these courses may exceed the
minimum.
If science course work was taken more than five years prior to admission application, students must have their transcripts evaluated
by a College of Pharmacy admissions counselor.
For additional information, please see https://pharmacy.uic.edu.
2/18/2016