College of DuPage

Approved PharmD Prerequisites

Last updated: 8/2023

Prerequisite Requirement Approved Courses
Calculus 1 course MATH 2134
MATH 2231
General Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEMI 1551
General Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEMI 1552
Organic Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEMI 2551
Organic Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEMI 2552
General Biology I 1 course and lab BIOLO 1151
General Biology II
or Advanced Biology *
1 course BIOLO 1152
BIOLO 2151
CHEMI 2213
Microbiology 1 course MICRO 1420
Human or Comparative
Physiology
1 course ANAT 1551
ANAT 1571
General Physics 1 course PHYSI 1100
PHYSI 1201
PHYSI 2111
Statistics 1 course MATH 1635
English Composition / Written Communication 1 course or U.S. bachelor’s degree ENGLI 1101
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.