North Hennepin Community College

Approved PharmD Prerequisites

Last updated: 8/2023

Prerequisite Requirement Approved Courses
Calculus 1 course MATH 1221
General Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 1061
General Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 1062
Organic Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 2061
Organic Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 2062
General Biology I 1 course and lab BIOL 1001
BIOL 1101
General Biology II
or Advanced Biology *
1 course BIOL 1102
Microbiology 1 course BIOL 2100
Human or Comparative
Physiology
1 course BIOL 2111
General Physics 1 course PHYS 1201
PHYS 1231
PHYS 1601
Statistics 1 course MATH 1130
English Composition / Written Communication 1 course or U.S. bachelor’s degree ENGL 1201
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.