Century College

Approved PharmD Prerequisites

Last updated: 6/2023

Prerequisite Requirement Approved Courses
Calculus 1 course MATH 1081 Single Variable Calculus
General Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 1041 Principles of Chemistry 1
General Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 1042 Principles of Chemistry 2
Organic Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 2041 Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 2042 Organic Chemistry
General Biology I 1 course and lab BIOL 1041 Principles of Biology 1
General Biology II
or Advanced Biology *
1 course BIOL 1042 Principles of Biology 2
BIOL 2038 Genetics
Microbiology 1 course BIOL 1029 Microbes and Society: An Introduction to Microbiology
Human or Comparative
Physiology
1 course BIOL 2031 Human Anatomy and Physiology
General Physics 1 course PHYS 1041 General Physics 1
Statistics 1 course MATH 1025 Statistics
English Composition / Written Communication 1 course or U.S. bachelor’s degree LING 1030 Introduction to English Language Analysis
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.