Moraine Valley Community College

Approved PharmD Prerequisites

Last updated: 6/2023

Prerequisite Requirement Approved Courses
Calculus 1 course MTH 150 Calculus 1
General Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHM 131 Chemistry 1
General Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHM 132 Chemistry 2
Organic Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHM 203 Organic Chemistry 1
Organic Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHM 204 Organic Chemistry 2
General Biology I 1 course and lab BIO 111 General Biology 1
General Biology II
or Advanced Biology *
1 course BIO 112 General Biology 2
Microbiology 1 course BIO 119 Introductory Microbiology
Human or Comparative
Physiology
1 course BIO 180 Human Anatomy & Physiology 1
General Physics 1 course PHY-106 Fundamentals of Physics
Statistics 1 course MTH 139 Probability and Statistics
English Composition / Written Communication 1 course or U.S. bachelor’s degree COM 101 Compostion 1
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.