Rochester Community & Technical College

Approved PharmD Prerequisites

Last updated: 8/2023

Prerequisite Requirement Approved Courses
Calculus 1 course MATH 1127
General Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 1127
General Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 1128
Organic Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 2127
Organic Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 2128
General Biology I 1 course and lab BIOL 1220
General Biology II
or Advanced Biology *
1 course BIOL 1230
BIOL 2300
CHEM 1119
CHEM 2800
Microbiology 1 course BIOL 2021
Human or Comparative
Physiology
1 course BIOL 1107
BIOL 1217
General Physics 1 course PHYS 1117
PHYS 1127
Statistics 1 course MATH 2208
MATH 2350
English Composition / Written Communication 1 course or U.S. bachelor’s degree ENGL 1117
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.