McHenry County College

Approved PharmD Prerequisites

Last updated: 8/2023

Prerequisite Requirement Approved Courses
Calculus 1 course MAT-171
MAT-175
General Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHM-165
General Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHM-165
Organic Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHM-265
Organic Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHM-266
General Biology I 1 course and lab BIO-157
General Biology II
or Advanced Biology *
1 course BIO-158
Microbiology 1 course BIO-255
Human or Comparative
Physiology
1 course BIO-263
General Physics 1 course PHY-280
Statistics 1 course MAT-120
MAT-220
English Composition / Written Communication 1 course or U.S. bachelor’s degree ENG-151
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.