City Colleges of Chicago

Approved PharmD Prerequisites

Last updated: 6/2023

Prerequisite Requirement Approved Courses
Calculus 1 course MATH 207 Calculus & Analytic Geometry 1
General Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 201 General Chemistry
General Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 203 General Chemistry 2
Organic Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 205 Organic Chemistry 1
Organic Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 207 Organic Chemistry 2
General Biology I 1 course and lab BIOLOGY 121 Biology 1
General Biology II
or Advanced Biology *
1 course BIOLOGY 122 Biology 2
Microbiology 1 course MICROBIO 233 General Microbiology
Human or Comparative
Physiology
1 course BIOLOGY 116 Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology
General Physics 1 course PHYSICS 231 General Physics 1
Statistics 1 course MATH 125 Introductory Statistics
English Composition / Written Communication 1 course or U.S. bachelor’s degree ENGLISH 1010 Composition
General Elective Coursework in Social Science, Communication, Humanities, Foreign Language, or Diversity Studies 4 courses (12 credits minimum)
or U.S. bachelor’s degree
General Elective Coursework in Social Science, Communication, Humanities, Foreign Language, or Diversity Studies
Additional Elective Coursework 72 total credits of college-level coursework required Additional Coursework

* Advanced Biology includes biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, or molecular biology.