Marquette University

Approved PharmD Prerequisites

Last updated: 8/2023

Prerequisite Requirement Approved Courses
Calculus 1 course MATH 1450
General Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 1001
CHEM 1013
General Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 1002
CHEM 1014
Organic Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 2111
CHEM 2113
Organic Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 2112
CHEM 2114
General Biology I 1 course and lab BIOL 1001
General Biology II
or Advanced Biology *
1 course BIOL 1002
BIOL 3101
BIOL 3201
BIOL 3301
BIOL 4102
BISC 3213
CHEM 4530
Microbiology 1 course BISC 3115
Human or Comparative
Physiology
1 course BIOL 4701
BISC 1015
BISC 2015
BISC 4145
General Physics 1 course PHYS 1001
PHYS 1003
Statistics 1 course MATH 1700
English Composition / Written Communication 1 course or U.S. bachelor’s degree ENGL 1001
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.