Purdue University

Approved PharmD Prerequisites

Last updated: 10/2024

Prerequisite Requirement Approved Courses
Calculus 1 course MA 16010
MA 16100
MA 26100
General Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHM 11500 & 11600
CHM 12500 & 12600
CHM 12901 (satisfies gen chem 1 and 2)
General Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHM 11600
CHM 12600
CHM 12901 (satisfies gen chem 1 and 2)
Organic Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHM 25500 & 25501
MCMP 20400
Organic Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHM 25600 & 25601
MCMP 20500
General Biology I 1 course and lab BIOL 10100
BIOL 1100o
BIOL 12100
General Biology II
or Advanced Biology *
1 course BIOL 11100
BIOL 11300
BIOL 13100
CHM 33300
MCMP 20800
Microbiology 1 course BIOL 22100
BIOL 43800
Human or Comparative
Physiology
1 course BIOL 20100 & 20200
BIOL 20300 & 20400
BIOL 30100 & 30200
General Physics 1 course PHYS 21800
PHYS 22000
PHYS 23300
Statistics 1 course STAT 24000
STAT 30100
STAT 30500
STAT 35000
STAT 50300
STAT 51100
English Composition / Written Communication 1 course or U.S. bachelor’s degree ENGL 10600
ENGL 10800
ENGL 10200
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.