Chemistry Major for Pre-Pharmacy Students

This curriculum meets the requirements for admission to the UK Pharmacy School but does not guarantee admission. The requirements for other schools may be different - consult your pharmacy advisor to alter this curriculum to meet your needs.

Electives should be chosen to complete the requirement of a minor in another discipline. Schedule university studies electives to satisfy university requirements.

Complete upper division electives to total 32 hours for a major in chemistry. The University of KY requires either 2 years of HS or 1 year of college foreign language.

Suggested Curriculum Sequence

First Year
Fall	Hrs.	Spring	Hrs.
CHE 099 Transitions	1	CHE 202 General Chemistry and Qualitative Analysis	5
CHE 201 General College Chemistry	5	BIO 216 Biological Inquiry and Analysis	4
BIO 221 General Zoology	4	CIV 201/202 World Civilizations I or II	3
ENG 105 Critical Reading, Writing and Inquiry	4	MAT 250 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I	5
Second Year
Fall	Hrs.	Spring	Hrs.
CHE 312 Organic Chemistry I	5	CHE 320 Organic Chemsistry II	3
PHY 130/131 General Physics I	3	PHY 132/133 Physics II	4
BIO 300 Introduction to Microbiology	4	CHE 305 Analytical Chemistry I	5
ECO 231 Principles of Microeconomics	3	BIO 228 Human Anatomy	4
Third Year
Fall	Hrs.	Spring	Hrs.
CHE 325 Organic Chemistry II Lab	3	CHE 403 Basic Physical Chemistry	5
HUM 211 The Western Humanities Tradition: Continuity	3	CHE 330 Basic Biochemistry	3
MAT 135 Introduction to Probability and Statistics	4
ANT 140 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology	3
Fourth Year
Fall	Hrs.	Spring	Hrs.
CHE 352 Basic Chemical Instrumentation	4
CSC Visual Basic I	4
PSY 180 General Psychology	3

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