School of Pharmacy
Pre-Pharmacology/Toxicology Course Requirements
Contact the UW-Madison pre-School of Pharmacy advisor or the School of Pharmacy Admissions Office with questions about any of the following requirements:
- Biology (with labs) (8-10 cr)
A complete one-year integrated sequence of general biology, to include a good foundation in both organismal biology and cell/molecular/genetics biology. If a year sequence of general biology is not available, then: animal biology + one course in cell biology or botany, to total 8-10 cr. A one-semester general biology survey course, and anatomy, physiology, and microbiology, do not count toward this requirement. - Chemistry (with labs)
A complete one-year sequence of general chemistry (8-10 cr) + a complete one-year sequence of organic chemistry (8-10 cr). - Calculus (see important information under School of Pharmacy Calculus Admission Requirement)
- Physics (with labs) (8-10 cr)
A complete one-year sequence of general physics. Students who plan to pursue graduate study in the physical sciences should consider taking calculus-based physics. - Communication
Course work sufficient to fulfill the UW-Madison Communication "A" requirement. - Social Studies electives (3-6 cr)
A social studies course may count also as ethnic studies, if it qualifies as such.
Non-Major Curriculum Graduation Requirements
- Communication "B"
A course to fulfill the UW-Madison Communication "B" requirement. - Humanities electives (6 cr)
A humanities course may count also as ethnic studies, if it qualifies as such. - Ethnic Studies (3 cr)
Students who fulfill this requirement at UW-Madison or at schools outside the UW System must do so by selecting a course, or a course equivalent to one, approved by UW- Madison; students who fulfill this requirement at other UW System schools may do so by selecting a course designated by the campus of attendance as fulfilling its ethnic studies/diversity requirement. An ethnic studies course, in addition to fulfilling the ethnic studies requirement, may fulfill or count toward any one of certain other admission or graduation requirements, if it qualifies as such. - Free-choice electives
Sufficient to result in a total of 120 degree credits.
(For students who begin the program in fall 2004 and thereafter)
Junior Year
| Fall Semester | | Spring Semester |
| Phm Sci 420 Introduction to Drug Action and Drug Delivery I (with lab) | 4 cr. | Phm Sci 421 Introduction to Drug Action and Drug Delivery II (with lab) 4 |
| Phm Sci 432 Pharmaceutical Biochemistry | 4 | Botany / Genetics / Zoology 466 General Genetics | 3 |
| Phm Sci 558 Laboratory Techniques in Pharmacology and Toxicology | 2 | Path 404 Pathophysiologic Principles of Human Diseases | 3 |
| Physiol 335 Physiology (with lab) | 5 | Stat 371 Introductory Applied Statistics for the Life Sciences | 3 |
| TOTAL | 15 credits | Electives* | 2 |
| | TOTAL | 15 credits |
Senior Year
| Fall Semester | | Spring Semester |
| Phm Sci 521 Pharmacology I | 3 | Phm Sci 522 Pharmacology II | 3 |
| Phm Sci 623 Pharmacology III | 2 | Phm Sci / Env Tox 626 Toxicology II | 3 |
| Phm Sci / ENV TOX 625 Toxicology I | 3 | Phm Sci 679 Pharmacology and Toxicology Senior Seminar | 1 |
| Phm Sci 699 Advanced Independent Study | 2-3 | Electives* | 8 |
| Electives* | 4-5 | TOTAL | 15 credits |
| TOTAL | 15 credits |
*"Electives" consist of any remaining pre-pharmacology/toxicology course requirements; 6 credits of electives in the major (including the 2-3 credits of Phm Sci 699, above, which may serve as the laboratory component of the electives requirement, depending upon the independent study project, but which otherwise will count toward the other 4 credits of the electives requirement); any remaining nonmajor curriculum graduation course requirements (Communication "B," humanities, and ethnic studies); and any free-choice electives needed to reach the required total of 120 degree credits.