Common Curriculum
The Common Curriculum provides academic breadth with a set of intellectually rigorous and challenging courses that foster skills and attributes associated with leadership and global citizenship. Every undergraduate student in a baccalaureate degree program in the University, on all campuses, must complete the Common Curriculum. The Common Curriculum comprises six Topics of Inquiry (TOIs) and three competencies.
The Common Curriculum applies to students entering UConn in fall 2025 and later, although any student can opt into the Common Curriculum. Please reach out to your assigned academic advisor if you have questions about switching from General Education to Common Curriculum.
Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy Studies/Doctor of Pharmacy Catalog Year 2025-2026
Common Curriculum Requirements
Pharmacy students must complete all common curriculum courses by the end of their second professional (P2) year in order to earn the BS degree in Pharmacy Studies and advance into the Pharm.D.
Topics of Inquiry (TOIs)
A full description of the common curriculum requirements and a full list of all courses for each Topic of Inquiry (TOI) is available in the Undergraduate Catalog.
| TOI 1: Creativity: Design, Expression, Innovation | 3 credits |
| TOI 2: Cultural Dimensions of Human Experiences | 3 credits |
| TOI 3: Diversity, Equity, and Social Justice | 3 credits |
| TOI 4: Environmental Literacy | 3 credits |
| TOI 5: Individual Values and Social Institutions | Economics ECON 1201 |
| TOI 6: Science and Empirical Inquiry (at least one course must be a lab course designated as TOI 6L) Students will satisfy the Focus requirement in TOI 6. |
Biology AND BIOL 1107Chemistry AND CHEM 1124Q + 1125Q + 1126Q OR CHEM 1127Q + 1128Q OR CHEM 1147Q + 1148Q Physics |
Requirements:
- At least three credits must be passed in each Topic of Inquiry (many courses fulfill two TOI).
- Students must also satisfy a Focus requirement by successfully completing either nine credits in a single TOI or nine credits within a Theme.
- Common Curriculum courses may be counted toward the major.
- Including the Focus requirement, students must pass at least 21 credits of TOI courses.
- The 21 credits of TOI courses must be from at least six different subject areas as designated by subject code (e.g. BIOL). For cross-listed courses, students may count any subject code under which the course is offered toward this requirement regardless of the subject code under which they register for the course.
- No more than six credits with the INTD prefix may be elected by any student to meet the Common Curriculum requirements.
Competencies
A full description of the general education requirements is available in the Undergraduate Catalog.
| Quantitative (Q) – All students must pass two Q courses, one of which must be from mathematics or statistics; Q courses may be used to satisfy Topic of Inquiry requirements. | MATH 1131Q
CHEM ____Q |
| Second Language – A student meets the minimum requirement if admitted to the University with 3 years of a single foreign language in high school, or the equivalent. Otherwise, the student must pass the second semester course in the first-year sequence of college level study in a single language. | __________
__________ |
| Writing (W) – All students must take English 1007, 1010, or 1011. All students must also pass two writing-intensive courses, which may also satisfy Content Area Requirements. One of these courses must be at the 2000-level or above and associated with the student’s major. English 1007, 1010, or 1011 is a prerequisite to all writing-intensive courses. | ENGL 1007/1010/1011
__________W PHRX 4001W OR PHAR 3097W (honors) |