College of St. Benedict / St. John’s

Approved PharmD Prerequisites

Last updated: 8/2023

Prerequisite Requirement Approved Courses
Calculus 1 course MATH 119
General Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 201
General Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 202
Organic Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 203
Organic Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 205
General Biology I 1 course and lab BIOL 101
General Biology II
or Advanced Biology *
1 course BIOL 201
BIOL 311
BIOL 316
Microbiology 1 course BIOL 212
BIOL 307
Human or Comparative
Physiology
1 course BIOL 325
General Physics 1 course PHYS 105
PHYS 191
Statistics 1 course MATH 124
MATH 345 & 346
English Composition / Written Communication 1 course or U.S. bachelor’s degree ENGL 311
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.