Northern Illinois University

Approved PharmD Prerequisites

Last updated: 6/2023

Prerequisite Requirement Approved Courses
Calculus 1 course MATH 229 Calculus 1
General Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 210 General Chemistry 1
General Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 211 General Chemistry 2
Organic Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 336 Organic Chemistry 1
Organic Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 339 Organic Chemistry 2
General Biology I 1 course and lab BIOS 103 General Biology
General Biology II
or Advanced Biology *
1 course BIOS 202 Cell Biology
BIOS 487 Conservation Genetics
Microbiology 1 course BIOS 313 Microbiology
Human or Comparative
Physiology
1 course BIOS 357 Human Anatomy and Physiology
General Physics 1 course PHYS 150 Physics
Statistics 1 course STAT 100 Basic Statistics
STAT 200 Elementary Statistics
STAT 300 Introduction to Probability and Statistics
English Composition / Written Communication 1 course or U.S. bachelor’s degree ENGL 103 Rhetoric and 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.