Beloit College

Approved PharmD Prerequisites

Last updated: 7/25/2023

Prerequisite Requirement Approved Courses
Calculus 1 course MATH 110
General Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 117
CHEM 220
General Chemistry II 1 course and lab NA – Complete 117 OR 220
Organic Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 230
Organic Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 235
General Biology I 1 course and lab BIOL 111
BIOL 121
BIOL 172
General Biology II
or Advanced Biology *
1 course BIOL 237
BIOL/CHEM 260
BIOL 289
BIOL 345
BIOL 360
Microbiology 1 course BIOL 208
Human or Comparative
Physiology
1 course BIOL 257
General Physics 1 course PHYS 101
PHYS 210
Statistics 1 course BIOL 247
MATH 106
MATH 205
English Composition / Written Communication 1 course or U.S. bachelor’s degree ENGL 190
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.