{"id":554,"date":"2026-05-21T17:08:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T17:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-uwsp-multi.pantheonsite.io\/school-of-biology-chemistry-and-biochemistry\/?page_id=554"},"modified":"2026-05-21T17:26:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T17:26:28","slug":"pre-pharmacy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/school-of-biology-chemistry-and-biochemistry\/pre-pharmacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-Pharmacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>UW-Stevens Point offers a wide variety of pre-professional programs, and our graduates have an excellent record of acceptance by graduate and professional schools. The School of Biology, Chemistry, and Biochemistry sets students up for success with tracks designed to provide students with the necessary coursework and advising support to prepare for a professional school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AcaDEMIC PLANS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Many students who plan to enter a professional school as undergraduates or who intend to pursue graduate studies in a professional school such as Dentistry, Pre-Vet or Optometry, follow a program of study specifically designed for that career path.  The emphasis is an advising program, not a major. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pre-Chiropractic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pre-Dentistry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pre-Medicine  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pre-Mortuary Science<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pre-Optometry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pre-Pharmacy<\/strong>*<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pre-Physician Assistant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pre-Veterinary Science<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To complete the pre-professional program and earn an undergraduate degree, students must declare a major, which serves as the primary area of study.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">majors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">BIOCHEMISTRY*<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">CHEMISTRY (ACS CERTIFIED)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">*typically pairs with pre-pharmacy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.uwsp.edu\/departments\/CHEMISTRY\/overview\">VIEW UW-STEVENS POINT COURSE CATALOG<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The pre-professional program is not a major, minor, or certificate, and it does not appear as a credential on a student\u2019s transcript.<em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CONTACT US<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/school-of-biology-chemistry-and-biochemistry\/chemistry-and-biochemistry\/\">Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry<\/a> will assist you in finding an adviser to help you plan your program.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Email:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:chemistry@uwsp.edu\">chemistry@uwsp.edu<\/a>\u00a0| Phone: 715-346-2888\u200b<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UW-Stevens Point offers a wide variety of pre-professional programs, and our graduates have an excellent record of acceptance by graduate and professional schools. The School of Biology, Chemistry, and Biochemistry sets students up for success with tracks designed to provide students with the necessary coursework and advising support to prepare for a professional school. AcaDEMIC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-554","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/school-of-biology-chemistry-and-biochemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/school-of-biology-chemistry-and-biochemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/school-of-biology-chemistry-and-biochemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/school-of-biology-chemistry-and-biochemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/school-of-biology-chemistry-and-biochemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/school-of-biology-chemistry-and-biochemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":564,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/school-of-biology-chemistry-and-biochemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/554\/revisions\/564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/school-of-biology-chemistry-and-biochemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}