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
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Spring Semester
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Biochemistry 507 General Biochemistry 1
Phm Sci
558 Laboratory Techniques in Pharmacology and Toxicology
|
3cr.
2
|
Biochemistry 508 General Biochemistry 2
Botany / Genetics / Zoology 466 General Genetics
|
3cr.
3
|
|
Physiol 335 Physiology (with
lab)
|
5
|
Path 404 Pathophysiologic
Principles of Human Diseases
|
3
|
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Electives
|
5
|
Stat 371 Introductory Applied Statistics for the Life
Sciences
|
3
|
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TOTAL
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15 credits
|
Electives*
TOTAL
|
3
15 credits
|
Senior Year
|
Fall Semester
|
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Spring Semester
|
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Phm Sci
521 Pharmacology I
|
3
|
Phm Sci
522 Pharmacology II
|
3
|
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Biochemistry/Zoology 631 Cellular Signal Transduction
Mechanisms
|
3
|
Phm Sci
/ Env Tox 626 Toxicology
II
|
3
|
|
Phm Sci
/ ENV TOX 625 Toxicology I
|
3
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Phm Sci
679 Pharmacology and Toxicology Senior Seminar
|
1
|
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Phm Sci
699 Advanced Independent Study
|
2-3
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Electives*
|
8
|
|
Electives*
|
3
|
|
|
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TOTAL
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15 credits
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TOTAL
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15 credits
|
*"Electives" consist of any remaining pre-pharmacology/toxicology
course requirements; 6 credits of electives in the major, in addition to the
2-3 credits of Phm Sci 699,
above); 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.