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Course Equivalencies for California State University Long Beach

Requirement: Equivalent Courses:
Calculus MATH 122 or 119A or 119B
General Chemistry CHEM 111A, CHEM 111B
Organic Chemistry* CHEM 320A, CHEM 320B
General Biology** BIO 211A, BIO 211B
Biochemistry CHEM 441A OR 302 OR 448
Microbiology MICRO 200 or 211
Molecular Biology BIO 340 or BIO 370
Physics PHYS 100A/100B OR 101A/101B
Physiology BIO 342/342L or 345/345L
Statistics BIO 260 OR MATH 180
English Composition ENG 100, ENG 101, 102, 184, 200
Communications COMM 110
General Psychology or Sociology PSYCH 100 OR SOC 100
Micro or Macroeconomics ECON 100 or 101
Social and Behavioral Sciences Students who have earned or will earn a baccalaureate degree in the U.S. before beginning the Pharm.D. program and meet the prerequisites described above (including introduction to psychology or introduction to sociology and micro- or macro-economics) will have fulfilled the requirements for social and behavioral sciences.

Students who will not have earned a baccalaureate degree before beginning the Pharm.D. program must complete an additional 2 semesters/3 quarters of courses in the social and behavioral sciences. Recommended areas include anthropology, psychology, psychobiology, economics, geography, and sociology.
Humanities Students who have earned or will earn a baccalaureate degree in the U.S. before beginning the Pharm.D. program and meet the prerequisites above will have fulfilled the requirements for humanities. Students who will not earn a baccalaureate degree before beginning the Pharm.D. program must complete 2 semesters/3 quarters of courses in literature, philosophy, history, ethics, foreign language, art history, or music history. Studio or performance classes in art and music are not acceptable.
* For science majors only.
** These courses fulfill pre-requisites for the USC School of Pharmacy. They may not, however, earn equivalence to USC's BISC-110 and/or BISC-112. Please review the appropriate articulation agreement if you seek these equivalences for other programs.
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