General Education Basic Requirements
A. English Requirement (6 semester hours).
- ENG 100, 100T or ESL 100 and above
(All entering Freshmen, continuing or transfer students without English 100, and all students for whom English is not a native language must take the UH Hilo Writing Placement Examination).
B. Quantitative Reasoning (3 semester hours).
- Calculus I (MATH 205)
C. World Cultures (3 semester hours).
Select one course from:
- Agriculture: AG 230
- Anthropology: ANTH 100
- English: ENG 253, 254
- Geography: GEOG 102
- History: HIST 151, 152
- Indigenous Studies: KlND 240
General Education Area Requirements
A. Humanities Electives (9 semester hours)
Select from three different academic areas as listed below or from two different academic areas plus one Interdisciplinary course which is eligible for Humanities credit, such as Honors. Note that Com 200 (or equivalent) is required.
Humanities Disciplines
- Art
- Communication 200 (Required)
- English
- Hawaiian Studies and Indigenous Studies
- Languages (including Hawaiian and Indigenous)
- Linguistics
- Performing Arts (Dance, Drama, Music, Technical Theatre)
- Philosophy
- Religious Studies
B. Social Sciences Electives (3 semester hours)
Select from one academic area as listed below.
Social Sciences Disciplines
- Anthropology
- Business 100
- Economics or Agricultural Economics
- Geography
- History
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Women's Studies
C. Natural Sciences (38-40 semester hours)
The following courses (or transfer equivalent) are required for admission to the College of Pharmacy. Note that some courses have prerequisites.
- General Chemistry (CHEM124/125/124L/125L/124D/125D) (10 semester hours)
- Organic Chemistry (CHEM241/242/241L/242L) (8 semester hours)
- General Biology (BIOL175/176/175L/176L) (8 semester hours)
- Human Anatomy & Physiology (BIOL243/243L/244/244L) (8 semester hours)
- Microbiology (BIOL275/275L or BIOL375/375L) (4 semester hours)
- Pre-pharmacy orientation (IS 198) (UH students 2 semester hours)